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Provincial leader Ephrahim Rasool said the 68, 000 stadium would be part of an inner city park and could be the 'deposit' on a future bid for the Olympic Games to be held in Cape Town.
BBC: Cape Town to get new stadium
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Here is a look at the official Olympic Bid film for the Stockholm Olympic Games (see if you can spot my dog Zorro the black flat coat with the boat on his nose) as well as the films from several other cities.
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The governor of Tokyo has apologised for comments he made about rival Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.
BBC: Tokyo governor in apology over Olympics comments
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Escadaria Selaron has been designated a city landmark and featured in the video promoting Rio de Janeiro's successful bid for the 2016 Olympic Games.
BBC: Rio de Janeiro landmark artist Jorge Selaron dies
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This international rowing centre, complete with gym and restaurant, is partly designed to kick-start any future bid by London for the Olympic Games.
ECONOMIST: Industry
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It has decided not to bid for the security contract for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
WSJ: Social Media
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Chicago was chosen to bid for the Games two years ago by the US Olympic Committee ahead of four other US cities.
BBC: Obama to woo IOC over Chicago bid
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They seem to like Chen's declaration that Taipei may support Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games. (Lee's government had opposed China's bid for this year's Games.) And on July 3, Xiamen Mayor Zhu Yayan invited his Kaohsiung counterpart, Frank Hsieh Chang-ting, to visit his city on the coast of Fujian province, opposite Taiwan.
CNN: Did He Say 'One China'?
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The report from the Youth Olympics working group, headed by German Olympic silver medallist and world champion fencer Claudia Bokel, praised Glasgow's bid for its use of existing venues and for drawing on the experience of both the Commonwealth Games and last year's Olympic Games in London.
BBC: Kelly Holmes backs Glasgow's bid
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Former British Olympic hockey player David Luckes, who helped design the original bid for the London 2012 Games, received an MBE.
BBC: SPORT | Thorpe/Ferguson head honours list
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Reedie, president of the British Olympic Association and an International Olympic Committee member, revealed that London would be the favoured choice should the BOA decide to bid for the Games again.
BBC: Manchester out of Olympic running