2022 Olympic Bid Race; World Cup Fever -- Media Watch

(ATR) Lviv drops out of the 2022 Olympic bid race ... World Cup "grasps hold" of the U.S. market.

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L'VIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 15:  The Statue of Taras Shevchenko, the Ukraininan Poet and Artist on November 15, 2011 in L'viv, Ukraine. L'viv will be one of the UEFA EURO 2012 host cities next summer as the championship is held in Poland and Ukraine.  (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
L'VIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 15: The Statue of Taras Shevchenko, the Ukraininan Poet and Artist on November 15, 2011 in L'viv, Ukraine. L'viv will be one of the UEFA EURO 2012 host cities next summer as the championship is held in Poland and Ukraine. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

(ATR) Following an announcement Monday that the Ukrainian city of Lviv has withdrawn its bid for the 2022 Winter Games, AP Sports' Stephen Wilson asks: "Does anyone want to host the 2022 Olympics?"

A Norwegian new source, newsinenglish.no, predicts what may happen next in the 2022 Olympic bid race for Oslo.

Reuters says Lviv has now set its sight on the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.Ukrainian prime ministerArseniy Yatsenyuk said in a statement that"a bid for 2026 would have excellent potential for the economic recovery of the country and could have huge benefits for Ukrainian society."

FIFA World Cup

New York Times reporter James Montague discusses how"with the humidity and high temperatures in Brazil," Montague writes, "an inability to stay hydrated would appear to put those players, and the teams featuring Muslims, like Algeria, at a disadvantage in the knockout stage."

CBS News and the Associated Press also explore whether the majority of players at the FIFA World Cup will fast for Ramadan.

Los Angeles Times reporter Kevin Baxter takes a closer look at Mexico's "painful" World Cup exit. "In six consecutive World Cup tournaments," Baxter writes, "Mexico has made it to the second round ... but it has never gone further."

The New York Times' Christopher Clarey says that matchup between Germany and Algeria on Monday recalls a "32-year-old injustice."

Forbes contributing writer Maury Brown predicts how many could tune into watch the United States face off against Belgium tomorrow on ESPN. Brown also discusseswhy this World Cup is "grasping hold" of the U.S. market more than the last.

The Wall Street Journal's John W. Miller explains why he is "backing Belgium over the United States" on Tuesday.

New York Times reporter Juliet Macur explores the "dazzle and desolation" of stadiums in FIFA World Cup host cities. Macur writes,"The seven cities that built stadiums for this World Cup and the five cities that renovated existing ones spent billions that could have improved" conditions for Brazilians living in poverty.

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