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Saturday, 24 April 2021 Québec City could enter the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games after a group of local business people unveiled plans to bring the event to the province. The Québec 2030 Committee, comprised of 12 directors, wants to co-host the Games with another Canadian city. Its preliminary plans include a budget of CAD5 billion (£2.9 billion/$4 billion/€3.3 billion), based on estimates from Calgary's failed bid to stage the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The Committee, which claims to have considerable financial backing from local partners, has a...

Ukraine eyes bid for Olympic Games with 2030 viewed as likeliest option Wednesday, 6 January 2021 Ukraine is considering launching a bid for the 2030 or 2032 Olympic Games, according to the country’s Youth and Sport Minister Vadym Huttsait. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky raised the possibility of an Olympic bid in September. Zelensky reportedly instructed Huttsait to begin a technical analysis of what would be required to stage the Games. Huttsait suggested Ukraine was leaning towards a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics, rather than the Summer Olympics in 2032. Huttsait, a Barcelona...