Glasgow bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the past. They were awarded the 1908, 1944, 1948 and 2012 Summer Olympics. The 1944 Games however were cancelled due to World War II, however London still hosted the games three years after the war ended. Birmingham bid to host the 1992 Summer Olympics but lost to Barcelona. Manchester bid for the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics but lost to Atlanta and Sydney respectively. Glasgow bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Glasgow 2018 was a bid by the city of Glasgow and the British Olympic Association to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. On 19 September 2011 it
Ice hockey at the Olympic Games May 1908, under the name "Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace". At the 1914 Olympic Congress in Paris, ice hockey was added to the list of optional sports that Olympics organizers could include. The decision to include ice hockey for the 1920 Summer Olympics was made in January, three months before the start of the Games. Several occurrences led to the sport's inclusion in the programme. Five European nations had committed to participating in the tournament and the managers of Antwerp's Palais de Glace stadium refused to allow the building to be used for figure skating unless ice hockey was