Sapporo to drop 2030 Winter Games bid, aim for future race

Sapporo is set to abandon its bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics at the request of the Japanese Olympic Committee, and will instead aim to stage the games in 2034 or later, sources close to the matter said Friday.The JOC does not want the city, which is the capital of Hokkaido, to give up its bid itself, as doing so would jeopardize their chances of bidding again for future games, the sources said.Sapporo has been unable to build momentum as public sentiment has soured following the revelations of widespread bribery and bid-rigging related to the Tokyo Games in the summer of 2021.There ar…READ FULL ARTICLE