JOC to approve Sapporo as candidate if it pushes back Olympic bid

The Japanese Olympic Committee plans to approve Sapporo as a candidate to host the Winter Olympics if the city aims to do so in 2034 or later, instead of the initially planned 2030 time frame.The plan, made Tuesday at a JOC board meeting in Tokyo, came amid a significant drop in public support for Sapporo's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, following widespread bribery and bid-rigging scandals related to the Tokyo Olympics.Sapporo was once considered the frontrunner for 2030, but the International Olympic Committee appears to have shifted its focus to other candidates as the scandals ha…READ FULL ARTICLE