Riga bids to become European Capital of Sport in 2021

  • 2017-05-31
  • BNS/TBT Staff
The European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation will decide this fall whether Riga will be the European Capital of Sport in 2021, as the federation's Vice-President John Swanson told a press conference in Riga today. Riga Deputy Mayor Andris Ameriks today submitted to Swanson the Riga City Council's bid for the title of the European Capital of Sport in 2021. The author of the idea of the European Capital of Sport is Professor Gian Francesco Lupattelli, who at the end of the 1990’s, observed that there were many local governments acros...
 
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