Paris Mayor supports city’s bid for 2024 Olympics

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo has thrown her weight behind the French city’s bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.

Hidalgo said that she had been convinced of the feasibility of attempting to bring the Games to Paris following the publication of a report by French sports officials. Hidalgo had originally asked for more time to consider the bid after President Francois Hollande publicly backed the project in November.

A total of 73 percent of those questioned recently in the CSA survey for newspaper Direct Matin would like to see the Games return to the city for the third time after 1900 and 1924.

However, a new poll on Boston's proposed bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games has revealed 52 per cent are now against the campaign as support for the city's attempt to host the event continues to decline.

The survey of 504 registered voters in the Boston area, conducted by local radio station WBUR together with MassINC Polling Group, also shows that only 36 per cent are in favour of bringing the Olympics and Paralympics to the city.