One city, one sport, one president

The host city for the 2020 summer Olympics and Paralympics will be chosen in Buenos Aires this afternoon (local time). Istanbul, Tokyo, and Madrid (which are all struggling to overcome negative aspects that could torpedo their bids) are the contenders in a secret ballot that will be announced today at 5pm local time (8am tomorrow New Zealand Standard Time). International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will also decide which one of squash, baseball/softball (joint bid), or wrestling will be added to the Olympic Games programme in 2020. A new IOC president will also be chosen to replace the outgoing Jacques Rogge. But enough about that because thousands of Cambodians are taking part in a rally in Phnom Penh to protest against alleged electoral fraud. The main opposition - the Cambodia National Rescue Party - is leading the protest. It claims there was widespread rigging in July's election, which was narrowly won by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Of course there was rigging involved. Cambodian elections have often been marred by allegations of fraud, and this year's was no exception. Whoever's behind the rigging, you'd better stop it. This sort of rubbish is greedy and unfair.