SINGAPORE: Paris, favourite to host the 2012 Olympic Games, were under increasing pressure yesterday as International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge opened a four-day session with two major divisive issues at stake.
Rogge told IOC members they had a tough decision to make today when they choose the 2012 hosts from five major world city candidates – London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris – in the most closely fought bid contest in Olympic history.
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