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IOC President Thomas Bach arrives in New Delhi on Sunday on a day's visit

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach arrives in New Delhi tomorrow for his one-day whirl wind visit. He is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discus ways to take Indian sports forward. Bach will be on his first visit to India after taking over as the head of IOC in 2013.The IOC chief will meet the Executive Committee of the Indian Olympic Association in the morning. IOA and sports ministry officials are tight-lipped on whether India will express its desire to bid for the 2024 Olympic Games during Bach's meeting with the Prime Minister. Boston, Hamburg and Rome are already declared bidders for 2024 Olympics. IOC President Bach recently met French President Francois Hollande to discuss Paris' prospects to bid for the 2024 Olympics. He has also visited several countries recently and met the Prime Ministers of Hungary and Kosovo and the Presidents of Serbia, Ukraine and Russia to discuss issues related with the Olympics Reform Agenda 2020. He will also visit Australia on Wednesday to discuss Brisbane's possible bid for 2028 Olympics and will meet Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

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