Games
Olympic Winter Games
Vancouver became Canada’s third Olympic host city after winning the vote on the second ballot over PyeongChang, South Korea. But…
Turin was a first ballot selection to host the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, the first time the Winter Games would…
After losing a close vote for the 1998 Olympic Winter Games, Salt Lake City was the runaway winner for 2002.…
Nagano won the right to host the 1998 Olympic Winter Games by just four votes over Salt Lake City, bringing…
In 1986 the IOC had voted to alter the Olympic schedule so that the Summer and Winter Games would be…
Albertville faced competition from six other cities for the right to host the 1992 Olympic Winter Games, ultimately winning on…
Olympic Summer Games
The 2008 Olympic Games were the first to be held in China and there was no holding back on the…
In 2004 the Olympic Games finally returned home to Greece. History was revisited as the shot put events were held…
The Olympic Games returned to the southern hemisphere and were the most attended ever. In addition to the 199 NOCs,…
It was at the Centennial Olympic Games that Canada recorded its best ever medal total in a non-boycotted Games, winning…
The first boycott-free Olympic Games since 1972 came after several years of important political changes. In keeping with the changing…
After concerns that the 1988 Olympic Games were to be hosted by an authoritarian regime, they were instead the impetus…
Other Multi-Sport Games
Toronto was awarded the 2015 Pan American Games on November 6, 2009, defeating bids from Lima, Peru and Bogota, Colombia….