GamesBids.com Top Ten: Olympic Bid Stories of 2025 and More
GamesBids.com presents the 18th annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2025. Warning:…
Swiss 2038 Olympic Winter Games bid releases decentralized venue plan with opening ceremony in IOC capital Lausanne – price tag set at 2.2 billion Swiss francs
Officials claim that this would be the first-ever Olympics hosted by an entire country with…
South Korea’s 2036 Olympic bid from North Jeolla to include at least 8 sports in Seoul
Up to eight sports could be staged in the capital including athletics, handball, tennis, gymnastics,…
New MMA international federation to form with goal of bringing the combat sport to the Olympics
FIMMA aims to unify global MMA governance to raise the standard of the sport and…
Three cities – Asunción, Bangkok and Santiago – in the running to host Youth Olympic Games in 2030 with an election planned for June
The three cities were accepted into the IOC's targeted dialogue phase of the bid process…
Ahmedabad, India officially confirmed host of the centenary 2030 Commonwealth Games
The Games will be known as Amdavad 2030 using the locally used Gujarat language for…
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India reacts to IOC criticism in an attempt to put Ahmedabad 2036 Olympic bid back on track
Indian officials help resolve an IOA governance dispute, form a seven-member anti-doping panel and clarify key legislation that…
Qatar confirms Doha 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid amid uncertainty in IOC host selection process
Snubbed twice in bids to host Olympics in 2016 and 2020, Qatar officials believe they now have the…
First glimpse of what 2026 Winter Olympians will covet: Milano Cortina 2026 unveils medals with two joined halves
Each side of a medal has a split, opposite tilting surface with either the Olympic rings or Paralympic…
IOC cautions India’s 2036 Olympic bid identifying these significant fundamental concerns
The IOC named three key issues that must be resolved "before serious talks regarding hosting the Olympics take…
India’s Ahmedabad 2036 Olympic bid speeds up even after IOC hits the brake on the selection process
This week Indian officials sent a high-level delegation to IOC headquarters, officially nominated Ahmedabad the host city, and…
IOC hits “pause” on Olympic bid process as new president Kirsty Coventry orders review of timing and member involvement
Decision will impact current bids to host 2036 Summer Games where India is considered frontrunner, and Switzerland currently…






































