Tag

Tony Hawk told TIME that if skateboarding were to become an Olympic event it would bring a new relevancy to the sport that Hawk himself helped legitimize by attracting the public’s eye. While skateboarding already has the X Games, a World Cup, and Red Bull events, they...

“We are pleased that surfing has been recommended for inclusion in the 2020 Games by the Tokyo Olympic Organizers”. Final word on the inclusion of the sports will come next August when the International Olympic Committee will make a ruling at the 129th IOC Session in Rio.

“We are totally committed to putting athletes at the very heart of our Games Plan, with a concept designed to optimize the athletes’ experience”.

Poll: Olympics in LA? The final decision will be unveiled in Lima, Peru in September 2017.

The U.S. Olympic Committee selected Los Angeles Tuesday as the nation’s candidate to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, about an hour after the City Council voted 15-0 to back the bid. Garcetti, bid chairman Casey Wasserman and U.S. Olympic leaders wrapped up their...

Tuesday’s city council vote backing the Olympic bid contains wording that allows Los Angeles City ongoing scrutiny of possible bid costs.

The U.S. Olympic Committee selected Los Angeles Tuesday as the nation’s candidate to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, about an hour after the City Council voted 15-0 to back the bid.

Poll numbers there had languished around 40% all spring.

Instead, he is focused on the success of the current Parapan Am Games, and said any further discussion about a possible Olympic bid would take place after the close of these Games.

LA mayor Eric Garcetti decided to push for the bid after Boston, the initial US candidate, dropped out last month. The Boston bid committee also outlined a capital budget of $4 billion, to be financed by private developers. Already plans for a stadium costing $1.7 billion in...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori, center, walks after a presentation to the IOC committee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

Boston was initially chosen by the USOC to be the American candidate for the 2024 Games, but following the refusal of the city’s Mayor to commit to bidding for the multi-sport event, had its application rescinded in dramatic fashion. And if that’s confusing to the IOC...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics President Yoshiro Mori, left, along with Tokyo 2020 Olympics CEO Toshiro Muto, talks to media after a presentation to the IOC committee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 29, 2015.