A total of 26 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members are accredited to attend next week's SportAccord Convention in Aarhus at which the next major milestone is due to take place in the campaign to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

"Short introductory" presentations are due to be given by both Los Angeles and Paris during the Association

 Both Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Parisian counterpart Anne Hidalgo are expected to be present.Of

are co-chairing a special IOC Working Group exploring the possibility of awarding both the 2024 and 2028

 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is expected to lead the Californian city's delegation ©Getty ImagesOther

Angeles 2024".

Civil engineering and real estate development company Bouygues Construction have signed up as the 15th official partner of Paris 2024.

first bid to receive an internationally-recognised sustainability award.Yesterday, the IOC praised both Los

Angeles 2024 and Paris 2024 after an initial review by the Evaluation Commission, led by Patrick Baumann.The

body's four vice-presidents is currently considering the possibility of awarding both the 2024 and 2028

editions in the Peruvian capital.Both Los Angeles and Paris though are publicly insisting that they

The "creativity and strong legacy focus" of both Los Angeles and Paris has been praised by the International

Angeles and Paris next month ©Getty ImagesLos Angeles 2024's legacy is focusing more on intangible factors

The world is changing, and so are the needs of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements," said Los Angeles

More members of Los Angeles' Board of Directors were also unveiled today.Latest names include New Zealand's

body's four vice-presidents is currently considering the possibility of awarding both the 2024 and 2028

editions in the Peruvian capital.Both Los Angeles and Paris, though, are publicly insisting that they

Former International Olympic Committee (IOC) marketing director Michael Payne has claimed that the bid process for the Olympic Games has become "toxic" and requires significant change.

Payne's comments here at SportsPro Live come at a time when Los Angeles and Paris are the only two remaining

Olympics.Such is the apparent reluctance, the possibility has been raised of awarding both the 2024 and 2028

Olympic and Paralympic Games at the IOC Session in Peru's capital Lima on September 13.Both Los Angeles

Olympic Committee, headed by President Thomas Bach, could award the hosting rights to both the 2024 and 2028

Los Angeles 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman stars in the first episode of a new video series which promises

Universal Studios, one of the most famous film locations in Hollywood.The video is said to highlight Los

Angeles' role as a "global storytelling powerhouse", a trait they hope to utilise as the city bids against

Angeles bid with their creative talents."

2024 at its Session in Lima on September 13.However, there has been speculation that both the 2024 and 2028

Angeles and Paris have, however, insisted they are only interested in the 2024 Games.

Opening Ceremony tickets for Los Angeles 2024 Olympic Games will be similarly priced the other major

to justify an estimated "average" price of $1,783.02 (£1,423.17/€1,666.20) for the main event at the Los

Angeles Stadium.This is "comparable to prices for events like the Super Bowl and the NBA Finals", the

 A total of 85,000 spectators are expected to witness this "formal" Opening Ceremony at the Los

separate entertainment programme and "live viewing experience" will be held at the Los Angeles Memorial

September 13.An IOC Working Group is currently considering the possibility of awarding one of the two the 2028

Los Angeles would "greatly reduce the financial risks which have plagued prior Olympics" if the city

The document aims to give a summary of the current state of Los Angeles 2024's bid and provides an update

and Paralympics at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Lima on September 13.Los Angeles

Games and are focused solely on 2024.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti exclusively told insidethegames

Los Angeles 2024's plans and budget have been independently validated numerous times, which has helped

With no permanent venues to build, including an Olympic and Paralympic Village, only Los Angeles 2024

If Agenda 2020 is to be taken seriously then Los Angeles must be awarded the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic

Los Angeles is locked in a two-way competition with Paris to become the second city after London to host

Games at the same time in September.Both Los Angeles and Paris, however, have claimed they are each

".Across the Atlantic, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti had told insidethegames on Sunday (March 19) that

 It is widely assumed that Los Angeles would be more prepared to wait until 2028 if that was the

Los Angeles 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman claims that they are the only city which fulfills the aims

Committee (IOC) vice-president Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr has insisted that a joint awarding of the 2024 and 2028

Games will only take place with the full "consensus" of Los Angeles and Paris.

President Thomas Bach last week in order to consider the possibility of awarding both the 2024 and 2028

the dangers of changing the process midway through and about alienating other cities considering a 2028

has convened a working group chaired by the four vice-presidents to investigate whether the 2024 and 2028

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Bid Committee has signed an agreement with SNCF Group, France's national state-owned railway company.

delivery stages of the Games, should the French capital be successful with its bid against American city Los

Angeles.

editions to Paris and Los Angeles respectively have gathered pace in recent months.Yesterday, however

.Los Angeles has also insisted that they only have eyes for 2024.

There will be no Games in Paris in 2028."It is now or never with Paris."

It seems a typically clever move by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to appoint his four vice presidents to a working group to, as the news release put it, “explore changes to the candidature procedure” with “everything…on the table”.

The hot topic, of course, is whether to award both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games

1980s, 1990s and the noughties used to assure them of.Whatever commitments current bidders Paris and Los

Angeles have so far signed up to will relate, it is safe to assume, to 2024.Were one of them to end

to let the first vote take its course”.It is probably quite helpful for the IOC in this regard that Los

Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti continued to insist, when interviewed this week by insidethegames Editor

Sebastian Coe and Marisol Casado are set to be elected onto the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council at the organisation's General Assembly in Aarhus in Denmark next month.

well as to implement the decisions and resolutions taken by it", according to the ASOIF.Paris 2024 and Los

Angeles 2024 will also give "short introduction" presentations during the ASOIF General Assembly in

Olympics.Their presentations to the membership come as plans from the IOC to award both the 2024 and 2028

Paris 2024 chairman Tony Estanguet has said there will be "no Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2028

and Los Angeles respectively have gathered pace in recent months.The IOC contacted both Los Angeles

Angeles the 2028 Games.

We are competing for 2024," Garcetti told insidethegames in Los Angeles. "Full stop.

also claimed that it was not down to Paris to strike a deal with Los Angeles and that it would leave

Los Angeles is the right city at this critical time for the Olympic Movement and is only bidding for

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has warned that his city is not going to give up on their campaign to

host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite increasing signs the 2028 event will be awarded

Angeles the 2028 Games.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, tells insidethegames editor Duncan Mackay why his city should

Committee (IOC) contacted both Los Angeles and Paris following the decision of its ruling Executive

 "Los Angeles has always prided itself on re-booting the Games.

In Los Angeles it is true."

A "wide-ranging" and "landmark" social charter has been signed by the Paris 2024 Bid Committee and five major trade unions in the French capital today.

Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Lima on September 13.Calls for the IOC to award both the 2024 and 2028

editions to Paris and Los Angeles respectively have gathered pace in recent months, however.The IOC