Never mind the politics; never mind the terrorist threat still hanging over Paris; never mind disconcerting financial questions, such as will France still have the euro as its currency in 2024?; never mind any of these things.

As the clock ticks down towards Lima, there seems to be more and more of a chance that both the Los Angeles

to see the Opening Ceremony live, it will set you back on average $1,471 (£1,174/€1375) a ticket.Los Angeles

and allowing its so-called “transport renaissance” to pick up more steam, you could even argue that a 2028

After the mega-project era that started after Los Angeles last hosted the Games and culminated with Sochi

“Most people called it Los Angeles; I called it a nightmare.”

When I first heard about Sebastian Coe’s plan to abolish bidding processes for International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) events late last year, I found it hard to stifle a laugh.

That leaves just two - admittedly very strong - bids from Los Angeles and Paris, who would probably have

guarded secret in Olympic corridors today is that Bach is now considering awarding both the 2024 and 2028

from baying press and public calling for transparency, from other cities who had been eyeing a bid for 2028

That background noise you might be aware of in calmer moments? It is the sound of rule-books that have underpinned international affairs for most of my adult life being ripped up.

Committee (IOC) might break with established practice by naming the host-cities of both the 2024 and 2028

from the Andes empty-handed has been cited as a possible obstacle to a grand bargain covering 2024 and 2028

Angeles and Paris, were going into international overdrive, would leave them so much catching up to

Angeles 2028 idea has built up.It would be surprising if, on sober reflection, anyone with an interest

Angeles, no such vote would be scheduled to take place until at least 2025, that is to say 12 years

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has claimed he understands the reasons why the International Olympic

Garcetti, however, stressed Los Angeles is solely focused on the race for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic

 Earlier this month, Los Angeles and the United States Olympic Committee stressed they have no interest

But we want the 2024 Olympics – to be very clear, we are not going for 2028, we want 2024."

Los Angeles 2024 was recently given final unanimous approval from the City Council ©Getty ImagesThe IOC

are debating giving Paris one edition of the Games and Los Angeles the other.Budapest, the other city

The old adage that a "week is a long time in politics", attributed to former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, is often relevant when considering the hustle and bustle of happenings in the Olympic world.

And what, if any, chance is their now of a refugees team at Los Angeles 2024 if Trump remains President

There has already been a rush to write off Los Angeles in the media and to suggest that any chance of

Yes, after the last week we can now say that some will undoubtedly be put off Los Angeles 2024 by Trump

was a unanimous show of support for the bid from the Californian city ©Getty Images"Los Angeles will

Paris could, therefore, receive the earlier edition, before Los Angeles gets the rights four years later

Fourteen nominations! When a film - La La Land – named after one of your city’s many nicknames is so honoured, you could be forgiven for starting to think that this might be your year.

it starts with a moment of road rage on a classically snarled-up LA freeway, I would think that the Los

Angeles 2024 Olympic and Paralympic bid team may feel that some details of the screenplay could have

usual, orthodox manner.I tried to deal with the pros and cons of awarding two Summer Games – 2024 and 2028

Angeles and Paris) and a middleweight (Budapest), albeit a middleweight whose extensive Olympic heritage

Angeles 2024 bid teams ©Getty ImagesWhile it is probably fair to say that Budapest is not generally

Los Angeles 2024 chairman Casey Wasserman has claimed the idea of awarding both the 2024 and 2028 Olympic

The IOC has been actively investigating the possibility of awarding Paris the 2024 Olympics and Los Angeles

2028 at its Session in Lima on September 13.

 Earlier this month, Los Angeles and the United States Olympic Committee claimed they have no interest

in 2024 should be in Los Angeles."

Los Angeles is currently in a three-way bid for the 2024 Games alongside Paris and Budapest ©LA 2024Last

One of my abiding memories of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic race in 2015 was sitting in a discreet corner of a bar in Kuala Lumpur's Mandarin Oriental on the eve of the vote between Almaty and Beijing. 

 For which of the three bidders - Los Angeles, Paris or outsider Budapest - are the best commercial

On the first question I would at this stage answer Los Angeles.

 Indeed, the frequent rumours about a combined 2024/2028 vote during September's decisive Session

Yes, In January 2015 you could say the same thing about Almaty, But Los Angeles and Paris are even more

 Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential race could prove a blessing or a curse for Los Angeles

whoever is appointed as its new chief executive will play a pivotal role in a possible bid for the 2028

Olympics".A bid from Brisbane for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games moved a step closer in September

IOC) actively investigating the possibility of awarding Paris the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics and Los

Angeles the 2028 Games.

discussions" are underway about changing a bidding process in which there are "too many losers".Paris and Los

Angeles have since declared they are only interested in the 2024 edition.De Jong, deputy Chef de Mission

A few years ago, Peter Ueberroth told me that he still remembers being woken by a 3am phone call telling him that a full contingent of Chinese athletes would attend the 1984 Olympics.

access to cloud technology, but that was a one-off.The long-term nature of the Alibaba agreement, until 2028

times; a tentative rapprochement with the United States which might, however, go out the window if Los

Angeles fails to win the 2024 Games; and Western Europe, with certain fairly obvious exceptions, more

Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) President Alejandro Blanco has again raised the possibility of a future Madrid bid for the Olympic and Paralympics, claiming “no city is more deserving of the Games”.

without accepting a Games.”Blanco’s comments seem to suggest Madrid may launch a candidacy for the 2028

IOC) actively investigating the possibility of awarding Paris the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics and Los

Angeles 2028.IOC President Thomas Bach admitted after an Executive Board meeting in Lausanne last month

Angeles have since declared they are only interested in the 2024 edition.Madrid has been a perennial

Angeles and Paris.

nbsp;Group has been signed up as an International Olympic Committee (IOC) top-tier sponsor until 2028

 It marks the first TOP sponsor deal set to last until 2028 and the first long-term partnership

Bach pictured during the ceremony to announce the Chinese company would become a TOP sponsor until 2028

million viewers.The group's Canadian President Michael Evans also claimed a men's eights rowing gold at Los

Angeles 1984.

innovative alliance, and will help drive efficiencies in the organisation of the Olympic Games through 2028

Should the International Olympic Committee (IOC) appoint the hosts of both the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games

its weakest position for a generation, to nail down strong hosts for its flagship event – presumably Los

Angeles and Paris – for the balance of the next decade, taking this key issue altogether off the agenda

to assess accurately are the consequences if the IOC resists the temptation to make both Paris and Los

Angeles winners when they gather in September in the shadow of the Andes.The key variable to assess

Whoever wins in Lima, we can expect Asia to be a likely source of 2028 bidders.

believes it is "completely possible" that Saint Petersburg, Kazan or Sochi could successfully bid for the 2028

At the moment [we can submit an application to host Olympics] only in 2028.

build on its hosting of the 2013 Summer Universiade ©Getty ImagesUnder current rules,a host city for 2028

awarded at September's IOC Session in Lima; presumably meaning that the events could be shared between Los

Angeles and Paris.Bid leaders from both cities have denied that they are interested in the 2028 Games

this did happen, it would clearly be a huge blow for Russia, as well as other countries considering a 2028

Los Angeles and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have warned that they have no interest in

bidding for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games if they are not awarded the 2024 edition.

been actively investigating the possibility of awarding Paris the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics and Los

Angeles 2028.

Angeles 2024 chief executive Gene Sykes."

Los Angeles claim they are concentrating all their efforts on being awarded the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Angeles are not awarded 2024.