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London 2040

  • London Mayor ready for London Olympics bid after Brit backing

    Sport Business

    The Mayor of London says he stands ready to help form a bid for the 2040 Olympic Games after Morning Wire polling revealed widespread support for the plans. Over half of Brits back London challenging the likes of Saudi Arabia to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to Britain for a fourth time. The exclusive [...]

    The Mayor of London says he stands ready to help form a bid for the 2040 Olympic Games after Morning Wire polling revealed widespread support for the plans.
  • Majority of Brits support London 2040 Olympic Games bid, polling shows

    Sport Business

    More than half of Brits support a London bid to host the 2040 Olympics and Paralympics, exclusive polling for Morning Wire has revealed. Two-thirds of Londoners would back the proposals while 68 per cent of those who consider themselves sports fans are in favour of the capital bidding to stage the Olympics for a record-breaking [...]

    More than half of Brits support a London bid to host the 2040 Olympics and Paralympics, exclusive polling for Morning Wire has revealed.
  • What price do you put on London 2040 Olympics and 2029 athletics meet?

    Sport Business

    Ed Warner writes on the 2040 London Olympics and 2029 World Athletics Championships ambitions and what price you can put on the impact such events have. For London 2012 and London 2017 read London 2040 and London 2029. Plans are afoot to persuade the IOC and World Athletics to return their flagship events to Britain’s [...]

    Ed Warner writes on the 2040 London Olympics and 2029 World Athletics Championships ambitions and what price you can put on the impact such events have.
  • Can London challenge Saudi Arabia and India for Olympic Games?

    April 30, 2025

    Mayor Sadiq Khan wants the 2040 Olympic Games in London but up against Saudi Arabia, India and other new global powers, can Great Britain compete? Picture the scene: the year is 2040, the Olympic Games are back in London; Danny Boyle – at the age of 83 – has been persuaded out of retirement to [...]

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