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Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surprise was the IOC favoring the French Alps bid for the 2030 edition on Wednesday.

Mont Blanc, which gets its origin from one of France's most prominent cultural symbols, has been a staple on the menus of Parisian bakeries for over a century.

The IOC Executive Board has selected only one of the three declared candidates for this edition, that of the French Alps. A gamble won in record time for a project to be finalized in the coming months, with many challenges at stake. The French application ticked many boxes: 95% of existing facilities, the smallest possible surface area - 500 km from north to south all the same. The only uncertainty is about the speed rink oval. The one used for the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville no longer exis...

In a happy yet surprising turn of events, the International Olympic Committee has announced that it is entering into “targeted” negotiations with France after its PACA-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes bid to host the 2030 Winter Games outperformed all other contenders. 

Bids by Switzerland and Sweden have already been ruled out

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed the only bidder for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games is France, which is hosting the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, and has hosted the Winter Games three…

Salt Lake City being preferred as a shoo-in to host the 2034 Winter Olympics was expected. The surprise was the IOC favoring the French Alps bid for the 2030 edition on Wednesday. Aiming to finalize back-to-back Winter Games hosts next year, the International Olympic Committee executive board has decided to enter exclusive talks with Olympic…

Bids by Switzerland and Sweden have already been ruled out

Born 86 years apart, Taffy Abel and T.J. Oshie are rare Indigenous American NHLers

How do you feel about another Chicken establishment coming to St. Cloud?