Glasgow bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics week before the IOC votes to select the host city of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. On 4 July 2013 Glasgow was eliminated in the first round of voting in the host city election. Glasgow received 13 votes in the first round. Buenos Aires went on to be elected as the host city of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in the final round of voting. Glasgow's bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics marked the first time a city in Scotland has made a bid for an Olympic Game. London has made four successful bids for the Summer Olympic Games
2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games The 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games are a multi-sport event for athletes with intellectual disabilities in the tradition of the Special Olympics movement. They will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from March 14–21, 2019. There were three finalists chosen from the countries who had submitted bids to host the games: Australia, Germany, and South Africa. However, all three countries had withdrawn their bids by April 2015. In November 2016 it was announced that the Emirate of Abu Dhabi would host the 2019 summer games. This will be the first time