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The cauldrons were extinguished, the flag handed over to French Alps 2030. What does the future look like for the Winter Olympics? The post Milano Cortina 2026 closes with a ceremony of understated art and culture, but the next chapter of the Winter Olympics is unclear appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

A Winter Youth Olympic Games is already set to be staged in Italy in 2028 and a bid by Venice to host the 2036 Summer Games has been proposed The post Why Italy isn’t finished hosting the Olympics after Milano Cortina 2026 with rings returning in 2028 and maybe in 2030, 2036 appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

"You know it's it's really hard but at the same time I know that the organization will bounce back," IOC Executive Director Christophe Dubi said amid mass resignations and a French Senate hearing The post What the IOC is saying about French Alps 2030 Winter Olympics amid leadership fallout and delays appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

Eight cities wanted to bid for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Seven submitted applications to host the Games. Four cities withdrew from the race before the final vote. The post These five cities wanted to host the 2026 Winter Olympics, but they had second thoughts – how we got a “widespread Games” instead appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

Reporting from Main Press Center in Milan, Italy – Almaty in Kazakhstan will host the 10th Asian Winter Games in 2029, awarded the massive event after Saudi Arabia and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) agreed to push The Kingdom’s hosting of the event forward due to significant delays. Plans were for the Games to […] The post Almaty chosen to host 2029 Asian Winter Games after Saudi Arabia withdrew citing delays appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

The Opening Ceremony ran simultaneously in four locations with the main proceedings held in Milan’s legendary 75,000 seat San Siro Olympic Stadium and over 400km away a second stage in Cortina d’Ampezzo. Athletes also joined the parade from Livigno and Predazzo. The post Italians offered no apologies at the Opening Ceremony of the ‘widespread’ Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics – instead they owned it appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

On Wednesday the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it is ready to begin targeted dialogue - a bid phase designed for building a final host contract and gaining official approval from IOC members - with Swiss Olympic by the end of this year. That would then virtually assure that the Games will go to Switzerland for the third time. The post IOC focuses on Switzerland to host 2038 Winter Olympics, possibly shutting door to other nations until 2042 appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

The Kingdom was awarded the NEOM 2029 event in 2022 when it promised to build a new ski resort in the desert, baffling critics who questioned the feasibility and sustainability of the grandiose project. Saudi Arabia was the only bidder in the race. The post Saudi Arabia’s unlikely 2029 Asian Winter Games now postponed indefinitely, OCA confirms appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

Officials claim that this would be the first-ever Olympics hosted by an entire country with 10 cantons and 14 municipalities directly involved in the organization The post 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 appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

GamesBids.com presents the 18th annual Top Ten list of Olympic Bid Stories for 2025. Warning: surprises ahead! The post GamesBids.com Top Ten: Olympic Bid Stories of 2025 and More appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

The three cities were accepted into the IOC's targeted dialogue phase of the bid process as preferred hosts after successfully completing the continuous dialogue stage where interested parties are vetted for suitability The post Three cities – Asunción, Bangkok and Santiago – in the running to host Youth Olympic Games in 2030 with an election planned for June appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

FIMMA aims to unify global MMA governance to raise the standard of the sport and make a competitive Olympic bid The post New MMA international federation to form with goal of bringing the combat sport to the Olympics appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

The Games will be known as Amdavad 2030 using the locally used Gujarat language for the city name. India will host its second edition in twenty years following Delhi 2010. The post Ahmedabad, India officially confirmed host of the centenary 2030 Commonwealth Games appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

Up to eight sports could be staged in the capital including athletics, handball, tennis, gymnastics, volleyball, track cycling and some preliminary basketball and football matches The post South Korea’s 2036 Olympic bid from North Jeolla to include at least 8 sports in Seoul appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article

No city has been named, but if successful South Africa could host the first-ever Olympiad in Africa The post South African government approves bid for the 2036 or 2040 Olympic Games and launch of continuous dialogue with IOC appeared first on GamesBids.com. View the full article