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Maybe that little time warp could turn back the clock in Qatar by about 30 hours?

Hungary is the most successful Summer Olympic nation that has never hosted the Games.......for what it is worth!

IT'S DEMOCRACY TIME! Yes, don't panic, this is just the preview of our latest Olympic logo competition. Traditionally, you get a winter & summer city dumped on you by me, but this time, the competition's most important aspect is up & down to YOU! For the first time ever, the cities we use will be determined by vote, in the closest thing the Olympics have had to a normal bidding process since 2013. It's not a free-for-all, there's a shortlist, and the rest of this post is their names, a picture, and a Wikipedia link to each city. The summer shortlist is at the top, the winter cities are below. They are separate polls. Because democracy only ever goes so far in global sport, this will run as a British election - one vote per person, most votes wins, simples. It's not the comp, just selecting the cities. DO NOT SUBMIT ANY LOGOS HERE. But do feel free to support your favourite. Like all the best IOC shortlists, we got 5 candidates for each one, Here they are, the summer cities: ----------------------- AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsterdam AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham NAIROBI, KENYA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul --------------------------------------- And here are our 5 candidates for the winter title: BARCELONA, SPAIN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canberra REYKJAVIK, ICELAND https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reykjavík SANTIAGO, CHILE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago TROJENA, SAUDI ARABIA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neom ------------------------------------------- The votes will close at 12pm UK time on THURSDAY DECEMBER 1, when whichever city has most votes in each poll will win. HAPPY VOTING

Given the (supposed)opponents, Budapest would definetely take the lead on the Europe front with this.

I totally agree.

Just another bump, I'll probably do one more on Wednesday when it's 24-ish hours to go - but until then, if you haven't already - vote

Just like 2006, a Labor government will govern the Commonwealth Games

That seems like an opportunity for them to catch up and could finally be awarded these games.

Hungary chances for the 2036 Olympics/Paralympics will be boosted by these coming blue ribbon 2023 World Athletics Championships, just as it was this year in hosting the widely acclaimed 2022 World Aquatics Championships.

Commentator on the match there the other day said Uruguay want it - all of it - for the 2030 bid. Maybe it really will be the first truly nomadic stadium, could be at least one good thing come out of this tournament. Also yeah that was an amazing win by Japan @Palette86 - I had Germany down as top 3 favourite, they're usually at their best when nobody is talking about them...

Yes, there are many real containers, but are they ' integral' to the structure of the stadium, or just a decoration? I believe very little of the hype of this WC....

As I was saying before we were interrupted, there's now just under a week left to vote if you want your voice to count

A board glitch of some sort. We lost the last 24 hours of posts and everything stopped working. Couldn’’t even pm people to ask what’s up. Just good to be back now.. Congrats Japan! Didn’t see you coming for Germany!

Joe Lycett shreds £10,000 over Beckham's controversial Qatar World Cup deal https://news.sky.com/story/will-joe-lycett-shred-10-000-today-over-david-beckhams-controversial-qatar-world-cup-deal-12751508 Or did he?

Maybe this is what Infantino should've said/sung: I FEEL PRETTY!

OPENING CEREMONY LIVE !! PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN SPEECHES !!

I still have no idea why Zinedine Zidane was supporting the Qatar Bid. Was he bribed and in with it?

All I have left to say about the situation is, wake up Fifa. There are so many reasons for taking away the Hosting Rights than against it. 1) Qatar is homophobic. 2) Qatar is corrupt. 3) Qatar is too hot. 4) Qatar is too small. 5) Qatar wouldn't recognise Israel if they qualified. 6) Alcohol would be banned. 7) Lack of Human Rights. 8) Lack of Workers Rights. 9) Qatar has contributed nothing to the World of Football. All they have brought is corruption and greed. 10) Lack of Legacy afterwards. Am I missing anything? Fifa, wake up and listen to the majority of us people. It's not too late. Just over 8 years until the 2022 Fifa World Cup is enough time for another Country to prepare. Don't worry about Qatar's reaction. Think of Humanity and Sport, instead of Greed, Money and Corruption. As far as I am concerned, Blatter is the main party in the Corruption, yet Bin Hamman (Who yes was also corrupt aswell) was sacked, but Blatter weren't? Also, they have a Fifa investigator. Prove your 'Innocence' by having a neutral, outside source investigate the 'Allegations'. The IOC had the right idea by rejecting Doha for the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Fifa, prove that money doesn't influence Sport, clear up your act and take away Hosting Rights from Qatar.

Wembley Stadium meets Fifa requirements. London. Emirates Stadium meets Fifa requirements. London. Old Trafford would get minor renovations. Manchester. New Birmingham City Stadium would meet Fifa requirements. Birmingham. St James' Park would get minor renovations. Newcastle. New Everton Stadium would meet Fifa requirements. Liverpool. AMEX would be expanded and meet Fifa requirements. Brighton. Stadium MK would be expanded and meet Fifa requirements. Milton Keynes. Stadium of Light would get major renovations. Sunderland. Home Park would get major renovations. Plymouth. New Portsmouth Stadium would meet Fifa requirements. Portsmouth. New Nottingham Forest Stadium would meet Fifa requirements. Nottingham. 8 years until 2022, we would be complete on time, as we proved on the 2012 Olympics.