Experts predict cities signing up to host the Olympics will increasingly come from emerging markets.
Tightening public purses have already rendered bids by EU cities to host the Olympics less tenable.
China had to pledge free access for foreign journalists in order to host the Olympics.
China has come under close scrutiny since Beijing was chosen in 2001 to host the Olympics.
When that day dawns, it will be time for Beijing to host the Olympics.
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Lord Coe led the successful bid to host the Olympics and oversaw the Games as chairman of organisers Locog.
It won the right to host the Olympics by presenting itself as a uniquely global, rather than quintessentially British, city.
Greece is embarked on tens of billions of dollars in construction projects as it prepares to host the Olympics in 2004.
Intriguingly, countries that host the Olympics do better than the econometric model forecasts as, to a lesser extent, do neighbouring countries.
So we've never seen a city like this host the Olympics, where so much is occurring, where technology and change is happening so quickly.
The country's bid to host the Olympics could well be its incentive to impress, said Stephen Thomas, lead on football policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers.
But Rio along with the rest of Brazil has benefited from the oil discoveries off Brazil's coastline, as well as the country being named to host the Olympics and soccer's 2014 World Cup.
Still, when Rio was selected in 2009 to host the Olympics, many questioned whether the city would be able to overcome seemingly intractable problems of decaying infrastructure, high crime rates and a labyrinthine regulatory system that could slow improvements.
The Obamas' overseas trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, is just the latest move in their campaign to turn their hometown of Chicago, Illinois, into the host of the Olympics.
U.S. law allowed the government to retaliate economically against Norway a country that had just helped negotiate a Middle East peace accord, and which was to host the Winter Olympics the following year.
On Lula's watch, as well as winning the right to host the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup, Brazil's economy boomed.
When London's selection as the next host of the Olympics was made in July 2005, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell described the Cultural Olympiad as "absolutely central" to the vision of what could be achieved.
Madrid's bid raises another question: After London which was selected to host the 2012 Olympics before the current crisis how will austerity programs sweeping Europe affect the Continent's role in hosting Olympic Games and other big events?
When London wanted to host the 2012 Olympics, it had to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The race to host the 2016 Olympics has been described as one of the closest in history.
With Rio set to hold a number games in the 2014 World Cup, and host the Summer Olympics in 2016, Prof Pereira says these events are definitely the force behind the pacification programme, and it should "on balance" be welcomed.
Thursday marks the deadline for a clutch of candidate cities to host the 2016 games, but with London's bill to host the 2012 Olympics growing to eye-watering heights, one wonders if the enthusiasm from Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid will be tempered by the economic downturn.
Russia will leading the G-20 and is preparing to host the Winter Olympics in Sochi next year.
David Kells, managing director at Hampden Park, said he was delighted the stadium had been included in London's bid to host the 2012 Olympics.
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In 1974, the IOC chose Moscow to host the 1980 Olympics.
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And just yesterday, the biggest cities of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council were in competition to host the Summer Olympics.
The opening ceremony for the London Games is later this month on July 27, the British capital the first city to host the Summer Olympics three times.
The outage caused chaos on the streets of major Brazilian cities, including Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, which will showcase the 2014 World Cup and host the 2016 Olympics.
"All Russians are proud that our country is playing a more significant role in world affairs, obtaining accession to the WTO and winning the right to host the 2014 Olympics, " Pavel Khodorkovsky wrote.
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