Eastern Europe

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Budapest 2024 chairman Balázs Fürjes has conceded that the Hungarian capital’s bid for the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has likely “ran aground” as International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach labelled the uncertainty surrounding the bid as the work of a political group that is seeking to “make a name” for itself.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is faced with the prospect of the bid race for the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games being reduced to two contenders after a threshold was met to stage a referendum on Budapest’s bid.
Curling
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Tallinn in Estonia has been confirmed as the host of the 2018 European Curling Championships.
Curling
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The World Curling Federation (WCF) has awarded hosting rights to its Olympic Qualification Event (OQE) for the 2018 winter Games in Pyeongchang to Pilsen in the Czech Republic.
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The teams behind Budapest, Los Angeles and Paris’ bids for the 2024 summer Olympic Games are now allowed to promote their projects outside their national boundaries after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed the start of the final phase of the candidature process.
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Budapest 2024 has today (Thursday) hailed a “magnificent endorsement” of its plans to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games as the city assembly gave its backing for the final candidature submission for the bid.
Volleyball
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The European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) has added a number of new events in Turkey and Slovenia to its beach volleyball calendar for the 2017 season.
Football
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The Football Association of Serbia (FAS) has lost an appeal against Kosovo joining Uefa, football’s European governing body.
Canoeing
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has overturned a one-year ban handed out to the Belarus senior men’s canoe and kayak teams by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), a punishment which meant the team missed out on competing at the 2016 summer Olympic Games.
Ice Hockey
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The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced that Finland has applied to host its 2021 Men’s World Championship and will face competition from a joint bid by Belarus and Latvia.
Equestrian
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The Slovakian town of Samorin is the sole contender for the 2022 World Equestrian Games after rival bidder, the US city of Lexington, exited the race.
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The organising committee behind Budapest’s bid to stage the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games has claimed that public support for the endeavour has increased significantly in Hungary over the past six months amid fresh moves for a referendum on the project.
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Hungarian youth organisation Momentum Mozgalom is poised to launch the latest effort to force a referendum in Budapest against the capital city’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Athletics
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The Belarusian capital of Minsk is in pole position to stage a major new athletics event after the British Athletics governing body rejected a request to stage it at the London Stadium, according to the Press Association news agency.
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Poland and the Czech Republic are planning a joint bid for the 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to Polish officials.
Motorsport
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Officials at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary, have announced plans to bid to host a MotoGP motorcycling championship event at the revamped track in 2018.
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The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) has received bids from Brazil and the Czech Republic to stage its World Championships in 2021.
Biathlon
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The International Biathlon Union has announced that Osrblie in Slovakia will stage its 2017 Youth and Junior World Championships after the Russian city of Ostrov last month withdrew its hosting rights for the event.