{"id":120809,"date":"2026-05-17T16:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/sadiq-khan-calls-out-government-olympic-plans-as-he-bemoans-london-snub\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T16:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:46:05","slug":"sadiq-khan-calls-out-government-olympic-plans-as-he-bemoans-london-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/sadiq-khan-calls-out-government-olympic-plans-as-he-bemoans-london-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Sadiq Khan calls out Government Olympic plans as he bemoans London snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_184259\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">The Government are putting together a bid to hold the Olympics in the north come the 2040s but the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has slammed plans to snub the capital<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37119807\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, is against the Government's plans to overlook the capital for any Olympic bid\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, is against the Government&#8217;s plans to overlook the capital for any Olympic bid<cite aria-label=\"Image: Anadolu via Getty Images\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called out the Government&#8217;s plans to table an Olympic bid for the north of England, claiming it would be &#8220;a missed opportunity&#8221; for the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ministers have asked UK Sport to carry out a &#8220;strategic assessment&#8221; as they eye up a bid to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the north of the country come the 2040s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">London held the games back in 2012. After winning the bid in 2005 the country invested in a whole new infrastructure, including the London Stadium, which is now home to <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/west-ham-united-fc\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">West Ham<\/a>, and a full Olympic village featuring other sporting arenas. Khan believes another London-based Olympics could utilise all the sporting facilities built for the 2012 games, whilst it could also be the &#8220;greenest Olympics ever\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has said: \u201cIt\u2019s time the Olympics came North and we showed what we can offer to the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a>.&#8221; She also added: \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more pleased to announce that we\u2019re starting the firing gun on a long overdue vote of confidence in the North.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Chancellor, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/rachel-reeves-mp\" rel=\"follow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Rachel Reeves<\/a>, has said they are &#8220;throwing full support behind bringing the Games back home which will boost our Northern Growth Corridor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_ae62be\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37133313\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/keely-hodgkinson-emma-raducanu-agency-37133313\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keely Hodgkinson takes leaf out of Emma Raducanu&#8217;s book with huge new deal agreed<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_ae62be\">READ MORE<!-- -->: <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37096831\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/sir-chris-hoy-health-update-37096831\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sir Chris Hoy gives huge health update as he&#8217;s given hope of extending his life<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">But a spokesperson for the Mayor of London has claimed that overlooking the capital as part of any bid would be a major error and &#8220;mean our country fails to unleash the full benefits of a UK-wide games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">They said: \u201cSadiq believes that a potential country-wide bid, using all the assets we have in the UK, including the publicly-owned London Stadium would deliver the very best possible Olympics. Using London\u2019s existing world-class infrastructure would help deliver the greenest and most sustainable Games, as well as unlocking huge economic growth both here in London and around the country.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-33324057\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"33324057\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The London Stadium was built to host the 2012 Olympics\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article33324057.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Olympic-Stadium-generics.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article33324057.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_Olympic-Stadium-generics.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article33324057.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Olympic-Stadium-generics.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article33324057.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_Olympic-Stadium-generics.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The London Stadium was built to host the 2012 Olympics\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The London Stadium was built to host the 2012 Olympics<cite aria-label=\"Image: Mike Sharp \/ NOPP\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Mike Sharp \/ NOPP)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cNot including the capital in an Olympics bid would be a missed opportunity, and mean our country fails to unleash the full benefits of a UK-wide games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">London&#8217;s successful bid to host the 2012 games followed a failed attempt by Birmingham to stage the 1992 games and two unsuccessful bids by Manchester to host the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and Paralympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Back in 2017, five years after the Olympics in London, it again played centre stage to the athletics world when it hosted the World Championship, which proved to be the scene of Usain Bolt&#8217;s final race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/athletics\/sadiq-khan-olympics-bid-london-37168727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government are putting together a bid to hold the Olympics in the north come the 2040s but the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has slammed plans to snub the capital Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, is against the Government&#8217;s plans to overlook the capital for any Olympic bid(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) The mayor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[986,195,1263],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120809"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}