I cannot see the Summer Olympics in 2016 held on the Continent of Europe since London, England is the host of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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Likely not, but it depends on the bid. I know that with Beijing 2008, Vancouver/Whistler for 2010, London 2012, and the 2014 Games not named yet, It is possible you could see the  OG going to Africa, or South America being rather distant at this point, due to so much political & economic instability. So yes, you could see a European nation getting the 2016 Summer Games.
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You can email one of the Olympic Committees- not sure which one and find out. The contact link is on the bottom right hand corner of the link here. Best of Luck and I hope your Olympic Dreams come true like I am hoping mine will. Also, you only have to be 16 to compete in the Olympics.\n\nhttp://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/index_uk.asp
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Because the MLB didn't want to suspend its season to let the professional players go to the olympics, in a manner similar to what the NHL does for the winter olympics.\n\nThis plus other problems like a poorly designed qualifying scheme meant that piss-poor teams from Europe and Africa went to Athens, but several very good teams from N & S America were left out led to almost no ticket sales. It was all about the Money.
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Because England is a country within the United Kingdom, as are Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in their own right.\n\nBesides, the first international football match was played in 1872 between England and Scotland, and at this stage, the sport was barely heard of outside the United Kingdom.
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Seems like you're a few decades behind!  I'm not sure of the exact date, but the world used to host the Olympics every four years, and both Summer and Winter Games would be in the same year.  \n\nFor example, during the Cold War, the 1980 Olympics were held in Lake Placid (winter) and in Moscow (summer) later that year.  There was some controversy because the Easterners (Russia, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, etc.) talked about boycotting the Lake Placid games, and President Carter talked about retrobuting by boycotting the Moscow games.  Something like that.  \n\nAnyways, since then, the schedule has changed, and the Olympics are every two years.  The seasonal games, like the summer games, are held every 4 years.  The schedule is: Beijing 2008(summer), Vancouver 2010(winter), and London 2012(summer).  Check out the links below for more info. (there are links to each of the sites from olympic.org)
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You know something is wrong with this picture.  There is the Olympics and the senior Olympics but no inbetween Olympics.  I think you could actually be onto something here.  I suggest that you get a committee together and begin the process of starting up an "Olympics for Late Blommers". We are  missing our chance here, after all what about all of us late bloomers?
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Poland is a country... Muslims is a religion... I bet you saw other people as well tho... Even i've been there and i'm neither! Not even english! London is a big city with people from everywhere! Just accept it!
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Not>>>Australia or Japan
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They have not set the final lineup yet, some players will be named to the qualifying team. This lineup could dirastically change before the actual summer olympics.
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Being that you placed this question in the American Football category, i am going to say none of the above.\n\nAmerican Football has never been an Olympic event thus no one won the atlanta 96 Olympic.\n\nCategorize your question correctly for best results.
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Doping is illegal and since the athletes and the Olympic games are in Italy, their police are getting involved. Just like the police here in the US would get involved if it was here.
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Well when the new Wembly is finally ready it won't just be used for "special occasions" such as the FA Cup Final. It is used for International football matches, lower division playoff games and other events such as large music concerts. There were a couple of years where Arsenal actually played their European games there and when London had an NFL Europe team, the London Monarchs, they played their games there. As for the Millenium stadium, it is the home of the Welsh rugby team and has held events such as boxing and also music concerts. They are like the English/Welsh equivalents of Madison Square Garden I suppose...
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No, I think that the Twins and the Vikings should have their own stadiums and this would be good if Minneapolis decides to put forth a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad assuming that the United States does not host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Also, I think that it will be a lot easier for both teams to have their own stadiums but the disadvantage for the Vikings Stadium is that since the stadium will be outdoors, they might not be about to host the Super Bowl again in the future like Minneapolis held in 1992 (Super Bowl XXVI).
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Wimbledon, England is always rainy....there wouldn't be the perfect season to host the tourny....plus there are other tournaments going on all year round so they'd be stepping on toes if they held one at the same time >.<\n\n**Plus if they held it any other time than summer, the players would be frozen and there'd be snow instead of rain which would be worse! =P
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Maybe the Americans can have there own Olympics because they seem to only want to play sports that are played by such a small amount of countries. Im sorry your dream is gone for the moment but lets try and even up the playing field and play something thats played at a competitive level in the other 90% of the non americanized parts of the world.
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My guess is that some countries are administratively part of a larger unit. \n\nI'll give you the example I'm familiar with: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales are all individual members of FIFA, however, they are all part of the United Kingdom and that is the body which has UN membership.\n\nI don't know which other countries this would apply to.
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London 2012 Olympics\n------------------------------\n\nIn October 2006 the Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, announced that the ODA budget may increase from £2.375 billion to £4 billion. [4]. for the London 2012 Olympics\n\nOn 21 November Tessa Jowell admitted the cost could rise to £3.3billion [5]. These figures were contradicted by London Mayor Ken Livingston, who pledged the Games would make a profit, and cost less than Ms Jowell's figures [6]\n\n\nThe lists are incomplete:\n\n\n[edit] Costs\n£560 million for new venues, including £250 million for the Olympic Stadium. \n£65 million for the Olympic village. \n£1.5 billion to run the Games. \n£200 million on security. \n\nBeijing 2008 Olympics\n----------------------------\n\nBeijing 2008 Olympiad involves an aggregate cost of US$1.625 billion of which the greatest part will be from market development, "on top of some central and local appropriations to be made a major part about 80 percent of the money needed will come from markets."