International Olympics Committee will convene in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7th September to decide the venue of 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo is the current favorite ahead of Madrid and Istanbul. But the Olympics Committee never fails to throw a surprise. It is often accused of corruption and nepotism. Henry Kissinger, the legendary American diplomat who shaped its foreign policy and once lobbied for his country in IOC said that the politics there reminded him of Middle East. 1996 being the centennial Olympics was supposed to go to Greece for historical as well as sentimental reason. However Coca Cola was rumored to have influenced the delegates to snatch it to its headquarters Atlanta. When Beijing lost closely to Australia it accused USA of scuttling its chances for Australia. Ideally politics should be kept out of sports. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world.
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