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Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Politics
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Germany positive about new Olympic bid, DOSB chief says
Germans are positive about a new Olympic bid, according to German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) president Thomas Weickert. Weikert said on Thursday at the SpoBis conference in Hamburg that the positive mood has gained momentum after the successful Paris Games last year. "We have conducted surveys. What do you think here in Germany? Do you want to have the Games again? They are always positive, over 70% at the moment," Weickert said. The DOSB has agreed in principle to tackle a new bid, for 2036, 2040 or 2044. A decision on the bidding city or region is scheduled for December at its next assembly. The cities of Hamburg and Berlin are among those interested, and Weikert defended the plan not to name a candidate but also to get the population involved. "I believe that the regions that want to apply must also send out a positive signal from the population," he said. Germany last hosted Olympics 1972 in Munich. Since then several bids have failed or stopped by referendums, including Hamburg's bid for 2024. Hamburg senator for the interior and sport, Andy Grote, nonetheless favours a new vote and said he was confident of a positive result. Grote said that all cities and regions should have a referendum at the same time. "That way we would also have a bit of of competitive idea, and you would know before you decide in favour of a city how high the approval rating actually is," he said.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Business
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Bayern boss calls for bigger clubs effort in international marketing
Bayern Munich CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen has called for more Bundesliga clubs to travel and play abroad in the off-season to help rise international marketing income. "It is not right that two years ago only [Borussia] Dortmund and Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga were travelling far abroad during the summer break," Dreesen said on Wednesday at the SpoBis conference in Hamburg. "How do we expect the Bundesliga to be visible to the outside world beyond the screen? "As a team, we also have to be tangible in a stadium, and that includes travelling abroad, whether that's in Asia or North America or wherever." Dreesen said that more clubs should travel, and to "the markets where we believe there is potential." The Bundesliga is generating around €200 million ($207 million) fro international marketing, which is one-tenth of which the English Premier League generates. Dreesen said that while only Bayern and Dortmund travelled far two years, 13 of the 20 English top flight sides went international. "That can't be right," he said, adding that there is "a long, long road", and that "we as Bayern must find our own way to complement this with other measures for us."
