Anti-US mood could torpedo LA Games bid

A bid by Los Angeles to host the 2024 Summer Olympics could fall victim to anti-American sentiment brewing inside the International Olympic Committee, sources inside the IOC said on the weekend.

The bid, which is competing against three European cities, risks a negative protest vote by several IOC members angry over the prominent role the US has taken in pursuing doping allegations against Russian athletes, the sources said.

The IOC will decide on bids from Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and Budapest in September next year.