Olympics: Bach welcomes future Japan bid after Sapporo withdrawal

Outgoing International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said Thursday that Japan is "very much welcome" to bid for another Summer or Winter Games, once issues such as corruption surrounding the staging of past events are addressed.Sapporo dropped its bid for the 2030 Winter Games in October 2023 following bid-rigging and bribery scandals linked to the 2020 Tokyo Games, which were postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the northern city subsequently unable to convince a skeptical public of the bid's merits."(A future hosting bid is welcome) if we can be sure on the IOC…READ FULL ARTICLE