SAPPORO--Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto announced on Dec. 19 that the city would suspend its bid to host the Winter Olympics as it will be unlikely to host the Games for the next 18 years.

SAPPORO--After withdrawing Sapporo’s bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics amid declining public support, Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto plans to keep the city’s candidacy alive for the 2038 Games ...

TASS/. The representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials may have conducted unofficial consultations to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, the Kyodo ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Men's Marathon ... REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Sapporo hosted the Winter Games in 1972 and could face stiff competition from Vancouver and Salt Lake City, both of ...

For Team USA’s Ryan Cochran-Siegle, Alpine skiing is the family business. Not only did his mother, Barbara Ann Cochran, win slalom gold at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, she also runs the Richmond, ...

During a meeting organized by ‘All Japan’ on Tuesday, Yamashita noted if Sapporo were to win the bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, construction costs would be manageable due to already exi ...

David Anderson of Victoria won a silver medal in rowing in 1960 at Rome in the Summer Olympics before becoming an MP and ...

"We've already accomplished the dream in the Summer Olympics — three gold medals ... The Philippines first took part in the Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan in 1990 with alpine skier Michael ...

Wallace — who died April 6 from causes incident to age — was part of the 1966 team that pitched Utah as a site for the Winter Olympics. He was 97. Sapporo, Japan, would get the bid that year ...

The Sapporo Dome hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2017 Asian Winter Games and is one of the planned venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, hosting football. Other venues for the Games ...

The Sapporo Dome hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2017 Asian Winter Games and is one of the planned venues for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, hosting football. Other venues for the Games ...