Official signing ceremony for #SAC2018 takes place with host city Bangkok in Thailand
The official signing ceremony took place with Host City ‘Bangkok’ for the sixteenth edition of the Convention to be held from 15 – 20 April 2018
Exclusive: Hosting World Cup in China would boost football globally
Regardless of how the national team performs, China hosting the FIFA World Cup would bring commercial and sporting benefits at home and internationally, one sports industry professional told Host City in Beijing
Exclusive: Can La La Land win the biggest prize of all – the 2024 Olympic Games?
The vote to decide the 2024 Olympic Games host city takes place in September. Host City spoke with the leaders of Los Angeles’ bid at SportAccord Convention
Four countries express interest in hosting 2022 Commonwealth Games
In a remarkable turnaround, the Commonwealth Games Federation has several cities from four countries interested in hosting the 2022 Games, after original choice Durban fell by the wayside
What are international federations looking for in a host city?
Host City’s editorial director Ben Avison moderated a panel at SportAccord Convention 2017 with Shiny Fang, secretary general of UIPM (Modern Pentathlon Federation) and Jeongkang Seo, head of event department, World Taekwondo Federation
Stockholm pulls 2026 bid as IOC president admits bidding ‘too expensive and too complicated’
The cost and complexity of bidding can create political reasons not to bid for the Olympic Games, IOC president Thomas Bach admits as another bidding city announces its withdrawal
“Global Britain” urges cities to join in 2022 Commonwealth Games bid
The UK Government is driving the bid process for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, inviting cities to bid individually or collectively
eSports made medal sport for Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games
Following demonstration events at 2017 AIMAG and Jakarta 2018 Asian Games, eSports will become an official medal event at Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games
Team Liverpool launches bid for the Commonwealth Games
Former English FA chief Brian Barwick will spearhead the city’s drive to secure the event.
No decision from Edmonton over new 2022 Commonwealth Games bid
Edmonton withdrew from the original 2022 bid process to leave Durban as the sole candidate city.