In 2014, Formula One visits the Winter Olympic city of Sochi, for the inaugural Russian Grand Prix.
There are 110, 000 hotel rooms in the Greater London area and a further 75, 000 in south-east England within easy travelling distance of London - the most that any Olympic city has ever been able to offer.
The 2018 Youth Olympic host city will be announced by the International Olympic Committee in July 2013, following a shortlisting process in February next year.
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When London was announced as the 2012 Olympic host city, it meant one staple of the UK summer would have to take temporary break: the world-famous Glastonbury contemporary arts festival in Somerset.
It will mean you'll be able to get to the Olympic site from City airport without changing trains.
The demolition of Sheffield's Don Valley athletics stadium would be a "huge shame" for the city, Olympic champion Jessica Ennis has said.
The sign was being used to promote Olympic events in the city.
On February 22nd, in Nagano itself, the mayor of Salt Lake City will formally invite the Winter Olympic circus to pitch its tent in his city in four years' time.
As the young American Dick Fosbury lined up to take his first high jump in the heat of the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he had reason to feel nervous.
Turnbull acknowledges that he has little hope of getting the Olympic qualifying time before the Cork City Sports on 3 July - which is the deadline imposed by the Olympic Council of Ireland.
As Beijing prepares to host the summer Olympic Games in less than three months, officials were quick to report that the city's dozens of Olympic venues were built to withstand earthquakes and that none had suffered damage.
East London, where the city's Olympic Games are based, is a hub for street art.
He was given the freedom of the city alongside Irish Olympic champion Ronnie Delaney.
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The Big Screen is a partnership between LOCOG (the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games), Norwich City Council, the BBC and Chapelfield.
The Athens organising committee has also been turned upside down, with Gianna Angelopoulos, who led the city's Olympic bid, appointed to head the team.
The master design was drawn up by David Mackay of Barcelona-based MBM Arquitectes, who designed and built the boulevards for the Spanish city's Olympic village.
Sir Chris Hoy will be awarded the freedom of Edinburgh later this month when thousands are expected for an event to welcome back the city's Olympic and Paralympic stars.
Rio de Janeiro also will stage many of the key matches when Brazil hosts the World Cup next year, and it will be the host city for the Olympic Games in 2016.
Sunderland-born, Jeffries became the first boxer ever to bring an Olympic medal back to the city earlier this year - an honour which saw him handed the responsibility of switching on the city's Christmas lights.
Mr. Longueuil graduated from Northeastern University and, as his bid to make the 2002 U.S. Olympic Team in Salt Lake City as a speedskater fell short, he began making a name for himself as a wireless analyst.
With a journey time of about seven minutes, the train service means London's Olympic Park will be more quickly accessed from the host city than has been the case in any previous Olympic Games, LOCOG officials say.
The RAF officer also won the Olympic test event at the Park City track in February 2001.
Now the Olympic Park stages most of the city's big sporting events and rock concerts as well as business and education conventions.
In the men's event Austria's World champion Martin Rettle has a good chance of winning gold after coming second in the Olympic test run at the Park City track last season.
In 1999, he left the business world to become the president and chief executive of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, after fiscal and ethical problems emerged under the previous management.
Glasgow's 2018's bid team comprises the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and the British Olympic Association.
These are a few of the experiences London must take into account as the city develops its post-Olympic plans.
The Salt Lake City scandal rocked the whole Olympic movement.
With sports events taking place from east London's Olympic Park and Greenwich, through the city centre, and out to Wimbledon and Wembley, there are restrictions around 10 sports venues in the city.
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Newcastle City Council leader Nick Forbes said the zip-wiring torch moment planned for 15 June was a thrilling opportunity for the city to be part of Olympic history and to inspire young people.
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