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Cut the Chicane: Does motorsport belong in the Olympics?

Cut the Chicane: Does motorsport belong in the Olympics?

Holly Gustavsen September 11, 2024
Despite the Paralympics ending Sunday and the 2024 Olympics commencing about a month before, people are already looking toward the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Germany, the 2014 World Cup champions, celebrate. Boston is on the list of cities that will be considered to be one of the hosts of the 2026 World Cup. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston on shortlist of cities to host 2026 FIFA World Cup

Kiran Galani March 19, 2018
Boston was included as one of the 23 host city candidates in the United States, Mexico and Canada “United Bid” for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Boston 2024 focuses on updated bid plans at sixth community meeting

Justin Pallenik July 1, 2015

After unveiling an updated proposal for Boston's bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, organizing group Boston 2024 held a meeting Tuesday in Jamaica Plain to receive feedback from the community. The...

CEO of Boston 2024, Richard Davey, sits in a city council meeting about operations financing and venue development Thursday. PHOTO BY AMANDA BURKE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Financing, management on agenda at City Council meeting on 2024 Olympics

Amanda Burke June 27, 2015

Further exploring the possibility of hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics, the Boston City Council held a meeting Friday morning to review details of a new proposal from the organizing group Boston 2024...

Richard Davey, chief executive of Boston 2024, speaks at an Olympic Community Meeting Tuesday at Roxbury Community College. PHOTO BY NICKI GITTER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Fourth Olympic community meeting filled with demands for transparency, cooperation with community

Paige Smith April 29, 2015

The organizing group for the 2024 Summer Olympic host bid, Boston 2024, held its fourth community meeting at Roxbury Community College Tuesday evening. The meeting outlined the timeline for the Olympic...

The United States Olympics Committee chose Boston Thursday as its bid for the 2024 Olympics. PHOTO BY WERNER KUNZ/FLICKR

Boston selected as U.S. bid for host of 2024 Olympics

Gabriela Arriaga January 8, 2015

The United States Olympic Committee has selected Boston as its bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the USOC announced in a Thursday press release. Boston beat out San Francisco, Washington,...

Boston makes short list to host 2024 Olympics

Daily Free Press Admin June 13, 2014

Following the Tuesday meeting where the United States Olympic Committee announced that they completed an official short list of cities to host the 2024 Summer Olympics but declined to name them, an anonymous...

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