Munich is one of three cities to have launched a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee confirmed.

Munich, which hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, is aiming to become the first German city to host the winter Games since Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.

Also bidding is the South Korean city of Pyeongchang, which lost out to Vancouver and Sochi for the right to host the 2010 and 2014 Winter Games.

The French city of Annecy is the other candidate. The winning venue will be selected in 2011.

http://www.muenchen2018.org/