be named chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the 2024 and 2028

 This will reportedly be for both the Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 editions simultaneously awarded

month.According to Le Soir, Patrick Baumann, the chair of the IOC Evaluation Commission for both 2024 and 2028

Baumann could reportedly be named vice-chair of the IOC Coordination Commission for Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2028 having led the Evaluation Commission after replacing Frankie Fredericks ©Getty ImagesOther

I like to think I have a special relationship with the Olympic Flame. I haven't. But I like to think I have.

InterContinental, formerly the Grand Hotel, in Paris by the city's Mayor Anne Hidalgo and her counterpart from Los

Angeles, Eric Garcetti.All too often, a Memorandum of Understanding has a cumbersome feel to it.

nbsp;"The feeling I have is that cities have always been important.Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and her Los

Angeles counterpart Eric Garcetti display a jointly signed Memorandum of Understanding on Olympic Cooperation

Innsbruck’s rejection of a potential 2026 Olympic and Paralympic bid in their referendum last week has prompted a flood of messages from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) about their ongoing bidding reforms.

I want to conclude by quoting Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles, who was asked what he had learned

about bidding for the Olympic Games after his city was awarded the 2028 edition this year.Eric Garcetti

French gymnast Samir Aït Saïd has boldly declared he will end his Olympic Games demons by winning a gold medal at Tokyo 2020 after he suffered an horrific injury at last year's event in Rio de Janeiro.

Games in 2024.The city was awarded the Games by the International Olympic Committee last month, with Los

Angeles named as hosts of the 2028 event."

Eric Garcetti, the Mayor of Los Angeles, has underlined the Olympic city's determination to uphold its

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris - of a Memorandum of Understanding committing the respective 2024 and 2028

worst enemies, to bring you together.Anne Hidalgo and Eric Garcetti, respective Mayors of Paris and Los

In Los Angeles and California you have what I think are the best embodiment of American values."

So we continue to show in Los Angeles and California that when you integrate immigrants you get a stronger

award in September, host consecutive summer Games, with the Olympics going to the Californian city in 2028

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach has joined Mayors from around the world attending a major summit in Paris on climate change.

French capital, and Tony Estanguet, the President of Paris 2024.Bach is also expected to hold talks with Los

Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is attending the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, coalition of

and Garcetti will also sign a joint agreement on cooperation between the host cities of the 2024 and 2028

Park City would be "key to any bid" from Salt Lake City for the 2026 or 2030 Winter Olympic Games, Utah Sports Commission President and Exploratory Committee co-chairman Jeff Robbins has claimed.

Larry Probst said 2030 would be the ideal scenario for the country in order to avoid a conflict with Los

Angeles 2028.Probst refused to rule out a possible bid for the earlier event, however, claiming they

agreement is due to be signed by Anne Hidalgo and Eric Garcetti, the respective Mayors of Paris and Los

Angeles, during an anti-pollution summit in the French capital on Monday (October 23).

acted as respective figureheads for successful Olympic and Paralympic bids from Paris for 2024 and Los

Angeles for 2028.The two were originally rivals but became increasingly close as negotiations took place

resolutely benevolent and optimistic spirit, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, and Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los

Angeles, decided to considerably strengthen the ties between their two cities between now and the Games

of 2024 and 2028 by signing a Memorandum of Understanding cooperation, known as 'Olympic twinning',"

A top International Olympic Committee (IOC) official has claimed to be unbothered about the prospect of a third successive Winter Olympic Games in Asia if Sapporo can produce a strong bid for 2026.

chairman Larry Probst saying he felt the latter edition was more likely to avoid a potential conflict with Los

Angeles 2028.Salt Lake City also hosted the 2002 Winter Olympic Games ©Getty ImagesDubi confirmed that

There was a smattering of confusion among the Olympic media when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent out a press release on Tuesday (October 17) declaring the "launch" of their "new approach" to the Winter Games candidature process.

member of the IOC, was keen to stress how the latter event would be more ideal to avoid a conflict with Los

Angeles staging the 2028 Summer Games.Los Angeles staging the 2028 Summer Olympics could hamper an American

of the conversation" if the IOC choose to go down the double-award route, as they did for 2024 and 2028

It suggested they have not completely given up on 2026, even if Los Angeles 2028 chairman Casey Wasserman

By gifting the US the 2028 event, they dramatically reduced the country's chances of landing the winter

A process to reform the management of the Winter Olympic Games should save $500 million (£380 million/€422 million) from the cost of future edition and help reinvigorate interest in bidding for the event, a senior official at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has predicted.

chairman Larry Probst saying he felt the latter edition was more likely to avoid a potential conflict with Los

Angeles 2028.

Sion's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has been given a significant boost after Switzerland's Federal Council confirmed their support for the project today.

chairman Larry Probst saying he felt the latter edition was more likely to avoid a potential conflict with Los

Angeles 2028.Probst also said, however, that the US would want to be part of any possible double award

Los Angeles 2028 has received official support from the State with California Governor Edmund G Brown

of Los Angeles’ ability to host the Olympic Games - their first since 1984.Bid organisers have said

Angeles' Olympic efforts before.

Angeles were formally announced as the host city for the 2028 Games at the International Olympic Committee

2028 have confidently predicted that the Games will not overrun and that they hope to replicate the

 Los Angeles 2028 are also receiving concessions from the IOC for hosting the later event.This includes

A bid from the United States for the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has moved a step closer after Salt Lake City formed an Exploratory Committee to weigh up a possible attempt at securing the hosting rights for either the 2026 or 2030 edition of the event.

Larry Probst said 2030 would be the ideal scenario for the country in order to avoid a conflict with Los

Angeles 2028.Probst refused to rule out a possible bid for the earlier event, however, claiming they

2028 chairman Casey Wasserman claimed that a US attempt to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic

formally launched.Wasserman admitted there would be "real challenges from a timing perspective", with Los

Angeles due to host the Summer Games two years later.America has hosted the Winter Olympics on four

Mirco Scarantino won his ninth European title and secured yet another gold medal for the Sicilian town that can justifiably claim to be the weightlifting capital of the world.

Weightlifting Federation, right ©RWF"I am planning to compete in Paris, but I also intend to be in Los

Angeles in 2028," he said.There is yet another potential champion waiting in the wings.