More than half of Swedes would like the country to host the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a new poll released here today by Stockholm Åre 2026.
Calgary, whose bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games collapsed last November, have been awarded the rights to the Winter X Games for three years from 2020.
Sweden's Government will meet next month's deadline for providing information on the guarantees required by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the bid from Stockholm Åre 2026 - but refused to say whether or not the outcome would be positive here today.
Stockholm Åre 2026 is the "exceptional bid" that could help save the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, one of the Olympic Movement's top officials claimed today.
Swedish networking and telecommunications giant Ericsson has signed an agreement to partner with the bid from Stockholm Åre 2026 for the Winter Olympic and Paralympics Games.
A three-and-a-half hour coach trip to inspect the ski jumping and Nordic combined facilities that would be used if Stockholm Åre 2026 is awarded the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which followed a 60 minute flight to visit the downhill skiing course, does not give the International Olympic Committee (IOC) any concern, it was claimed here today.
A door has been left open for the Swedish Governments to provide the guarantees needed for the country's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games to continue even if they miss a key deadline next month.
Construction on the electrical facilities for a crucial high-speed railway network linking Beijing and the Chongli District of Zhangjiakou, being built for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, has begun.
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Sweden's former Finance Minister Pär Nuder today resigned as chairman of the Board of SkiStar, operator of the ski resort which will host many of the skiing events if Stockholm Åre 2026 is awarded the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
A unique piece of legacy could be created if Stockholm is awarded the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, a team of inspectors were told here today.
Facilities built for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary could be closed permanently following the collapse of the city's bid to host the 2026 Games, the company that runs them has warned.
Criticism from American superstar Mikaela Shiffrin about the conditions here during the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships last month have been noted, the head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission, which today begun inspecting the Stockholm Åre 2026 bid, admitted.
Political momentum in Italy continued to swing behind the joint bid from Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games with the country's President Sergio Mattarella promising the "utmost support" for the campaign.
Italy's campaign to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games has received a big boost on the eve of the start of the evaluation process after a key Government Minister said funding must be found to back the joint bid from Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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