Italian Olympic Committee rejects southern city Bari’s bid to try to host 2020 Summer Games

November 10th, 2009 Istanbul to bid for 2020 OlympicsLONDON — After four unsuccessful Olympic bids, Istanbul will enter the race to host the 2020 Games. Turkish government sports official Mehmet Atalay said Tuesday the country has decided to launch another Olympic bid and believes the city's chances are much stronger this time.

November 9th, 2009 TOKYO - Tokyo is planning to apply to host the 2020 Olympics, the city's governor Shintaro Ishihara said Monday. Japan's capital applied for the 2016 games but lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the International Olympic Committee vote in early October.

November 9th, 2009 Tokyo governor wants to bid for 2020 OlympicsTOKYO — Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics — a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio de Janeiro for the rights to host the 2016 games. Gov. Shintaro Ishihara told a group of reporters Monday he wants to give it another try.

November 2nd, 2009 Dubai rulers push Dubai 2020 Olympic bidDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The ruler of Dubai has taken part in a high-level meeting to discuss the Gulf emirate's possible bid for the 2020 Olympics. Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his son, Crown Prince Sheik Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, led a working group meeting Monday to push the joint effort for the 2020 Olympics and 2020 World Expo.

November 2nd, 2009 Dubai takes first steps toward Olympic bid in 2020DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — This Gulf boomtown has set its sights on becoming the first Arab city to host the Olympics with a committee meeting Monday to consider a possible bid for the 2020 games. The city-state's media office said Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum met with the group, urging it to devote its full efforts to the campaign.

October 27th, 2009 Visa renews as Olympic sponsor through 2020LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Visa extended its global sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee through 2020 on Tuesday. The eight-year renewal was signed in Moscow at a ceremony attended by IOC president Jacques Rogge and Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

October 14th, 2009 Scherr: Rio had advantages Chicago couldn't matchNEW ORLEANS — The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee says the organization's instability and strained relations with international Olympic officials were secondary in Chicago's failed bid host the 2016 Summer Games.

October 13th, 2009 Palermo announces plans to bid for 2020 OlympicsPALERMO, Sicily — Palermo joined the list of Italian cities interested in bidding for the 2020 Olympics on Tuesday. Rome and Venice already announced their desire to host the games, setting off a round of bickering over which city would be a better candidate.

October 11th, 2009 Hiroshima, Nagasaki to bid for 2020 OlympicsTOKYO — Hiroshima and Nagasaki — site of atomic bombings in World War II — are teaming up to make a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics that will emphasize world peace. Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue announced on Sunday that they will form a joint bid committee.

October 2nd, 2009 COPENHAGEN - Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games. Rio beat off the challenges of Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago in a vote by International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates at the IOC Session in Copenhagen Friday.

October 1st, 2009 Obama heads to Denmark to lobby for 2016 OlympicsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is on his way to Denmark to help his adopted hometown of Chicago try to land the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Obama departed the White House on Thursday evening for an overnight flight to Copenhagen.

September 30th, 2009 Some Chicago residents hoping Olympics bid a bustCHICAGO — Chicago's mayor, the U.S. president and Oprah Winfrey may hope to return to the city from Copenhagen with the 2016 Olympic Games.

September 10th, 2009 Obama pushes for Chicago's 2016 Olympic bidWASHINGTON — Aiming to boost his hometown of Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, President Barack Obama is bringing Olympic athletes to the White House next week and sending a senior adviser to Denmark to lobby Olympic officials, White House officials said Wednesday. Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama's top advisers, will attend an Oct.

August 10th, 2009 USOC: Chicago 2016 is our only focusCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —U.S. Olympic Committee leaders have reiterated their support for Chicago's bid to land the 2016 Olympics, saying it is the federation's sole focus.

July 3rd, 2009 Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bidSINGAPORE — The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. "Asia will always support any city from Asia," Kuwait's Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, the council president, said after a general assembly meeting in Singapore.