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.
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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>
Madrid will bid to host the Summer Olympics in 2020 or 2024 after missing out on the 2012 and 2016 Games, its mayor has announced.
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon said a decision on...More>
The Bundesliga has pledged its support to Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Germany’s top-flight football league will help promote the bid in television a...More>
Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton believes West Ham’s new owners are “out of order” for trying to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012.
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Vancouver 2010 organisers have agreed licensing deals with three companies working on projects to commemorate the Games.
EMI Music Canada will produce a CD featuring music ...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is getting a lukewarm response from US broadcasters in Vancouver as it tries to build up interest in the next round of bidding for Ol...More>
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone believes West Ham’s plans to move into the Olympic Stadium after 2012 could fall flat in the courts.
Livingstone helped London win the G...More>
The Jamaican track and field team has announced that it will hold its pre-London 2012 training camp in Birmingham.
It follows a similar agreement reached between the city a...More>
