Barcelona newspaper SPORT has claimed the city's Mayor Xavier Trias will announce later this week that they will not attempt to become the first city in history to host the Summer and Winter Olympics.

Barcelona staged a hugely successful Summer Olympics in 1992 but Madrid's defeat for 2020 at the hands of Tokyo - their third consecutive unsuccessful bid - has left the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) feeling deflated and damaged public support for a bid, SPORT claimed. 

In July, Trias had claimed that Barcelona would bid for the Olympics if Madrid did not win the 2020 vote. 

The bid had originally been the idea of former Mayor, Jordi Hereu i Boher, who had publicly announced the idea in 2010. 

The opening, closing, medal ceremonies, and indoor sports would be held in sporting arenas in Barcelona while outdoor sports would be held in ski resorts in the Pyrenees.

Source: insidethegames.biz