How Australia quietly got the 2032 Olympics, calls to boycott 2022 Beijing Games, FIFA drops Beckenbauer bribery case, latest on Euros hosting & how India's PM got a stadium named after him

It's episode six of the podcast digesting and analysing
the week in sports news with Rob Harris and Martyn Ziegler joined
by Tariq Panja. On the agenda on February 26, 2021:


Why were the 2032 Olympics were effectively awarded to
Australia this week without the unusual IOC fanfare? And what
does the behind-the-scenes decision tells us about IOC President
Thomas Bach?

How are President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Boris Johnson
differing on calls to boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics?

And could London host the 2040 Olympics?






Why has FIFA dropped the bribery investigation into Franz
Beckenbauer over the awarding of the 2006 World Cup to Germany?

What's the earliest fans could return to English stadiums?

What's the latest UEFA thinking on plans for the rescheduled
European Championship this year?




And should Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have got the
world's biggest cricket stadium named after him?



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