Many countries hoping to host a World Cup find themselves having to build new stadia in order to meet the strict FIFA standards. Japan, however, only need build an 80,000-seater stadium in which to hold the 2018 World Cup Final, and there are plans in place to do so. There is a problem, however - namely that the stadium will only be built if Tokyo wins its bid to host the 2016 Olympics.

Cristiano Ronaldo and superstar sprinter Usain Bolt united in a press conference announcing that they both endorsed a 2016 Madrid Olympic bid. The endorsement comes as a huge bonus for Madrid as Bolt was the star on the track at the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

Chicago citizens gathering in downtown where shocked when the cities bid was the first of the four eliminated

The IOC announced on Friday that the 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Brazil seemed to be a global favorite for hosting the games even though hosting the games in the South American city will present more obstacles than any other of the four final cities that were in the running.

So we all know that Rio will be hosting the 2016 Olympics... but the man of the moment has to be Felipe Andreoli, the host of CQC, a popular TV show in Latin America and parts of Europe (you may remember this Chilean tipo teasing players at the Bernabeu).

The Brazilian legend is trying everything he can to get Rio the 2016 Olympics.
How greedy can they be down there right? The 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics?
Pele also had a slip o' the tongue and said 'Michael Jackson' when he meant to say 'Michael Jordan'.
Ouch.

My apologies to all of you who found this post looking for something else. Sometimes wordplay is just impossible to resist, even at the expense of my site's spam blockers.

Anyway, if you're still reading this after realizing this isn't what you thought it was, I was down at Daley Plaza this morning to see if Chicago would get the 2016 Summer Games.

While we never really had a chance to land the 2016 Olympics in Chicago (since we just had the 2002 Winter Games and South America has never held one), its astonishing to see how giddy the conservatives are that the Windy City was the first one voted out.
Whatever happened to that slogan from the McCain campaign; Country First?

Chicago citizens gathering in downtown where shocked when the cities bid was the first of the four eliminated

The IOC announced on Friday that the 2016 Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Brazil seemed to be a global favorite for hosting the games even though hosting the games in the South American city will present more obstacles than any other of the four final cities that were in the running.

University of Minnesota Athletic Director Joel Maturi talks to Inside Minnesota Soccer concerning soccer at TCF Bank Stadium

Just this past month we learned that Chicago lost out on a bid to host the 2016 Olympics. The University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium was on a short list to host Olympic soccer should Chicago have won that bid.

University of Minnesota Athletic Director Joel Maturi talks to Inside Minnesota Soccer concerning soccer at TCF Bank Stadium

Just this past month we learned that Chicago lost out on a bid to host the 2016 Olympics. The University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium was on a short list to host Olympic soccer should Chicago have won that bid.