Olympic swim Champion Agnes Kovacs, Chair of Budapest 2024 Athletes’ Commission, attends bid city workshop in Lausanne (Agnes Kovacs Twitter) “The cities are advancing extremely well with their projects, and these workshops provided a further opportunity to exchange ideas.” The workshops are part...
Among the notable changes to the bid process were the option to include venues in the plan that exist across an international border; the inclusion of an invitation phase ahead of the application where the IOC and bid cities can work together and develop synergies and the IOC’s at...
or the Olympic bid process, and formed interesting plot lines and story arcs for the year. We’ll run them down from 10th to 1st as the year ends – click on the links for details.
The proposed bid reforms include an “invitation phase” whereby potential hosts are advised and helped by the IOC to determine how their cities and the Olympics could fit together, and what strategies may work. This is also intended to fine-tune communication and understanding among key...
I quitted a safe job at the BBC in late 1988 in order to move to Czechoslovakia as a freelance. And soon after I arrived, attractive young women started trying to 'make friends'. I had been warned about these honeytraps. Any kind of close relationship could prove a dangerous ...
That’s the story behind his gorgeous new album, “Yo Soy la Tradición.” Released in September, it’s an ambitious concert-length work for alto sax and string quartet drawing on Puerto Rican folkloric traditions. And though he is leaving the Collective, his relationship with SFJazz continues...
Reach out to a local photography studio or freelance photographer to solicit their services for a private family photoshoot. Parents will jump at the chance to get their New Years card arrangements squared away while also supporting your organization. ...
I quitted a safe job with the BBC in late 1988 in order to move to Czechoslovakia as a freelance. And soon after I arrived, attractive young women started trying to 'make friends'. I had been warned about these honeytraps. Any kind of close relationship could prove a dangerous ...
Jörg Schild, President of Swiss Olympic said Thursday “we are very pleased to see that our work with the candidate regions has borne fruit. We wanted a collaborative process, during which ideas would come together, for the sake of a common goal: to offer Switzerland the great project it...
“Our commission which is responsible for this needs a little bit more time to evaluate the different projects and then come to a conclusion which would be the most appropriate destination for 2028.”