In 2021, Japan will become the first Asian country to host the Summer Olympics twice at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics which were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ad #4 Australia.

The Qatar Olympic Committee announced a bid Tuesday to host the 2036 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. If successful, the ...

Paris has been the host city for two Olympics in France. The county hosted the second-ever Games in 1900 and then again in 1924. The Games will return 100 years later in 2024.

Kazakhstan or China may win the bid by default. May 28, 2014— -- Add Krakow to the growing list of cities who do not want to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Polish city withdrew its bid ...

The United States of America holds the record of hosting the Olympic Games for a total of eight times (1904, 1932, 1984, 1996, 1932, 1960, 1980, 2002). The country has hosted four Summer Olympics ...

Three countries battled it out for the right to host the games, with Istanbul, Turkey and Madrid, Spain falling short. It is the third Olympics in a row that Madrid has missed out on hosting.

The IOC will elect the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics at their session on Saturday. Rogge is stepping down after 12 years in charge with a successor to be elected next week.

It will be Tokyo's second time hosting the Summer Olympics; they previously hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics. The games are scheduled to be held from July 24 to Aug. 9 in 2020.

At the Paris Olympics, cities and countries were discreetly making their case to host in 2036 India's Nita Ambani attends the inauguration of the Indian House at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday ...

Sapporo is hoping for a third straight Winter Olympics in East Asia after PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022. Tokyo is also hosting the 2020 Summer Games. IOC president Thomas Bach has said he hopes ...