International Rugby Board (IRB) president Bernard Lapasset has revealed that the decision to include rugby sevens in the Olympic Games has fuelled significant new interest in the game... More >
Eurosport has announced that 120 million people watched its TV coverage of the Winter Olympics, while its website attracted 23 million visitors – double the number it pulled f...More>
The president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Leonid Tyagachev has resigned after the country’s dismal performance at the Winter Olympics, according to reports.
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The National Hockey League (NHL) has still not decided whether to allow its players to take part in the next Winter Games despite the massive TV audience that watched last wee...More>
Munich 2018 chief executive Willy Bogner believes the success of the German team at the Vancouver Games, combined with massive television audiences at home, will have boosted ...More>
Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini has blamed the country’s winter sports federations for Italy’s disappointing performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Links of London to create the official jewellery collection of the 2012 Olympics.
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Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn has labelled the 2012 Olympic Stadium a “disaster” and predicted that it will be demolished after the London Games.
Hearn had been in tal...More>
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has told the country’s Olympic officials to resign or be sacked after a dismal performance at the Winter Games in Vancouver.
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Samsung has extended its sponsorship of the Paralympic movement to include the forthcoming Winter Games in Vancouver.
The electronics giant, which became a Paralympic spons...More>
Korea's strong performance at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games could boost PyeongChang's chances of hosting the 2018 event, bid officials believe.
Korea finished fifth in...More>
London 2012 organisers have said they learned many things from a “memorable” Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
The event faced its fair share of problems but the London Organis...More>
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has praised Vancouver 2010, saying he has never seen a city “embrace” the Winter Olympics so warmly.
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British bobsledder Adam Pengilly has been elected on to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Pengilly received 615 votes from the athletes at the Vancouver Winter Ol...More>
The International Olympic Committee has estimated that half the world’s population – about 3.5 billion people – will have watched at least some of the Vancouver Winter Games b...More>
