FIFA Resumes Brazil Tour; High Jumpers Join IAAF Hall; London 2032 Olympics?

London 2032?

IOC president Jacques Rogge says the Olympics could return to London within the next two decades.

Speaking on British radio show Sportsweek, Rogge said: "I think definitely that would be a possibility. Whether there is a will to do that is another matter, but definitely yes, that would be possible.

He added: "the IOC would welcome always good bids, irrespective of the place they originate from.

"There will always be a competition between various candidate cities. This is a contest and definitely it remains to be seen whether London would show an interest to bid again and if that is the case London will have to face other cities.

"I would welcome good bids emanating from as many countriesas possible and this includes the United Kingdom."

High Jumpers Join IAAF Hall of Fame

Olympic champion high jumpers Iolanda Balas and Stefka Kostadinova are the latest additions to the inaugural class of the IAAF Hall of Fame.

Balas of Romania set 14 world records and won 140 straight competitions, including the 1960 and 1964 Summer Games. She became the first woman to clear six feet in 1961, a record that stood for the next decade.

Kostadinova, who now heads the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, set seven women’s world records, including the current one achieved at the 1987 World Athletics Championships in Rome. She also won silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics and gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

"I’m delighted that Iolanda Balas and Stefka Kostadinova, two such thrilling exponents of high jumping will be among the inaugural members of the IAAF Hall of Fame," IAAF president Lamine Diack said Saturday in a statement.

"In a discipline which mixes raw power with graceful flight they left an indelible mark on our sports history"

One more name will be revealed ahead of the IAAF Centenary Gala on Nov. 24 in Barcelona, where Balas, Kostadinova and their 22 classmates will be officially inducted.

Valcke Resumes Brazil 2014 Host City Tour

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke is heading to Brazil to make his latest inspection visit of Confederations Cup and World Cup host cities.

Valcke will be accompanied on his three-city tour this week by sports minister Aldo Rebelo and Local Organizing Committee board member Bebeto.

Visits to Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre, two hosts of the 1950 World Cup, are on the schedule.

In Belo Horizonte, the delegation will visit infrastructure and urban mobility projects as well as the stadium. The governor of Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte mayor Márcio Lacerda will be among those updating FIFA on preparations for the Confederations Cup and the World Cup.

Valcke’s delegation will travel to Porto Alegre on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, mayor José Fortunati and the vice-governor of Rio Grande do Sul will present an urban mobility project and report on the city’s plans for the 2014 tournament.

The tour ends on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro with an LOC Board meeting.

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Rio Police Pacify Favelas

Police in Rio de Janeiro stormed the Jacarezinho and Manguinhos favelas, part of the city’s "pacification" program to clean up the slums ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.

According to an AFP report, police used 800 officers for Sunday's mission.

"The situation is calm," police spokesman Colonel Federico Caldas told Globo News.

With Sunday’s effort, 29 favelas are under the control of the UPP units, designed to eradicate drugs and gangs in the city’s sprawling slums.

Written by Ed Hula III.

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