2030 Winter Olympic bidder Sapporo cancels mid-Sept. IOC visit

The city of Sapporo, bidding to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, said Monday it has canceled its planned visit to the International Olympic Committee headquarters in mid-September over scheduling difficulties from both parties."It has nothing to do with the bribery case surrounding the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics," Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto said in reference to the arrest of Haruyuki Takahashi, a former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive.Hironori Aoki, the former chairman of clothing retailer Aoki Holdings Inc., and two others have been arrested in connection with alleged bribery o…READ FULL ARTICLE