Switzerland eyes 2026 Winter Olympics

Switzerland is looking to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics and has begun the process that officials hope will bring the Games back to the Alpine nation for the first time since 1948.  Swiss Olympic, the country’s national committee, said on Friday that as a first step interested cities will be asked to put in their bids by the end of 2016.  A task force will then evaluate the candidates before making a final decision on whether to bid by September 2017.  “We have launched this process because the fundamentals for hosting the Olympic Games ... have changed dramatically and in a good way,” Swiss Olympic chief Jörg Schild said in a statement.  “With our mountains and strong winter sports tradition we are pre-destined to host again the Winter Olympic Games and we will put sound financial and environmental planning at the core of a Swiss bid.”  Local rejection  Switzerland considered bidding for the 2022 Olympics with a joint effort from St Moritz and Davos in canton ...