German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) outlining initial details of how each would stage the 2024 or 2028

is yet to set a deadline for a decision on which city it will back or if it will target the 2024 or 2028

Games.The Olympiastadion in Berlin would play host to events again in any Berlin bid for the 2024 or 2028

the public.It remains to be seen how strong German public support for any potential bid for 2024 or 2028

Rome and Istanbul.The United States is also toying with a bid, with a shortlist containing Boston, Los

Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D.C.All this comes at a time when the whole cost and wider economic

By Nick ButlerAn intriguing contest is underway in Germany after Hamburg followed Berlin in confirming their intention to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.

city," he said, meaning that, if 2024 was deemed unsuitable, both would be considered again for the 2028

winning city due to be selected in 2017.It is assumed, though, that an American city - either Boston, Los

Angeles, San Francisco or Washington DC - will start as the favourite, particularly after the signing

By Nick ButlerNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has rejected a potential bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

global city".A fresh decision will be taken in four years time over whether the city should bid for the 2028

Los Angeles, which hosted the Summer Olympics in 1984, is among other US cities still considering bidding

to conclude that a US victory is inevitable.Among other cities considering bids are Boston, Dallas, Los

Angeles, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco and Washington DC, all of whom are currently lobbying

Angeles 2024 promise "canvas to paint winning American bid" on as publish plansDecember 2013: US receiving

By Tom Degun at the UKTI Global Sports Opportunities Conference in LondonJanuary 30 - Charmaine Crooks, Canada's five-time Olympian and a former International Olympic Committee (IOC) member, believes that a successful Toronto 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games could facilitate a bid from the city for the Olympics and Paralympics but stressed the whole country would need be behind it.

50-year-old Jamaican-born former 400 metre runner, who won a silver medal in the 4x400m relay at the Los

Angeles 1984 Olympics, is now a Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) Executive Board member while she is

Pan and Parapan American Games in the city could finally lead to a winning bid for Toronto in 2024 or 2028