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Speculation has already begun as to which cities might look to bid for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

London has won the race to host the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Singapore is to beef up security at next week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session that will see the announcement of the city to host the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Singapore is to beef up security at next week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session that will see the announcement of the city to host the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Following release of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) evaluation commission report yesterday, candidate cities have been talking up their chances.

The International Olympic Committee’s evaluation commission has reported favourably on the 2012 candidate cities, with only Moscow criticised for “a lack of detailed planning”.

The five cities bidding to stage the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will today find out more about their chances when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) releases a key report compiled by its evaluation commission.

The five cities bidding to stage the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will today find out more about their chances when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) releases a key report compiled by its evaluation commission.

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As many as 95 per cent of Russians want the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to be staged in Moscow, according to a new survey.

Moscow 2012 hopes to secure more than two million votes in less than six weeks in support of the city's bid to host the Games.

London bid leader Lord Coe believes the final 50 days of campaigning will make or break the city’s bid to host the 2012 Olympics, in what may have become a three-horse race against Paris and Madrid.

The start of this year’s SportAccord was marked by a flurry of media interest as the five cities bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games touched down for five days of frantic campaigning.

Paris will have the first chance to impress IOC members in a round of presentations which will represent the final chance to influence voting on the host of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Following two days of lobbying in Australia, officials from the five bidding cities have returned home hopeful they’ve boosted their chances of success in staging the 2012 Games.

Moscow’s Bid Committee has stressed to the visiting International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission that the country has moved on since it last hosted the Games in 1980.