Oslo pulled its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Norwegian government balked at the estimated $5.4 billion cost on Wednesday. That leaves Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan, as the only ...

OSLO, Norway – Oslo said it has dropped its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics after the Norwegian government declined Wednesday to provide financial backing, a move which leaves just two cities in a ...

OSLO, NORWAY - MAY 31: A Norwegian flag is seen on the occasion of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway’s 75th birthday celebration at Oslo Opera House on May 31, 2012 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by ...

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) Norway's ruling conservative party didn't reject a government financial guarantee for the Oslo 2022 Winter Olympics bid lightly. But STAVANGER, Norway (AP) Norway's ruling ...

SOCHI, Russia (AP) Leaders of Oslo's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics say they still need to secure government financial backing for the project. Oslo Mayor Stian Berger Roesland says Parliament won't ...

A survey conducted by Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende revealed that just 26 per cent of those asked are in favour of hosting the Games and a VG poll showed that 30 per cent would welcome the event ...

The $51 billion spent by Russia to host this year’s Winter Olympics — along with the steadily growing worldwide view that the International Olympic Committee is rivaled only by FIFA in terms of ...

Oslo, Norway, Beijing and Almaty, Kazakhstan are the three finalists in the running to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. The finalists shouldn't come as a surprise as they were the only three cities in ...