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McDonald's Named One Of 15 Contracted Caterers For 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics05 / 24 / 13McDonald's "will get a triumphant welcome in Sochi as the event's official restaurant," according to Lena Smirnova of the MOSCOW TIMES. As one of 15 contracted caterers to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, "the world's largest fast food chain and nine-time official restaurant partner of the games will build ... |
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Sochi To Store Snow For Winter Games
Organizers of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics "are worried a lack of white powder could become a problem next February," according to Gennady Fyodorov of REUTERS. Unseasonably warm temperatures this winter in Sochi "have forced local organizers to store some 450,000 cubic meters of snow in the nearby ...
Russia, Ukraine Football Merger Planned
Plans to merge the top divisions of the Russian and Ukrainian football leagues "have won further support from club owners keen to replicate the commercial success of the English Premier League and Europe-wide Champions League," according to Kavanagh, Chazan & Olearchyk of the FINANCIAL TIMES. A ...
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Fans Must Be Educated About Paralympics
Russian Paralympic Committee head Mikhail Terentiev said Wednesday "the country’s sports fans must be educated to view next year’s Paralympics in Sochi as real sport rather than a 'charity drive,'" according to R-SPORT. Terentiev said that "spectators disturbed blind athletes by shouting ...
Friend Of Putin Gets $7B In Sochi Deals
Russian businessman Arkady Rotenberg, the boyhood friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, "already is collecting his winnings from what promises to be the most expensive Winter Olympics ever next year," according to Arkhipov & Meyer of BLOOMBERG. Rotenberg’s companies "have been a ...
Unreasonable Requests For World Cup
Russian First Deputy PM Igor Shuvalov said that the 540B rubles ($18B) the regions have asked for preparation for the football World Cup in Russia in '18 "is more than the government considers reasonable," according to Vladimir Goryachev of the MOSCOW TIMES. The fe ...
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Georgia To Participate In Sochi Games
Georgian National Olympic Committee Chair Leri Khabelov on Saturday "reiterated the country's willingness to participate in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi," according to XINHUA. The new government of Georgia "is doing everything possible" to ensure that Georgia takes part in the 2 ...
Audit Report Says Sochi '14 Struggling
An official audit report revealed state overspending on Sochi '14 "amounts to more than half a billion dollars while the government has failed to provide a lasting legacy for sporting venues," according to the AFP. Russia's federal audit office "gave a damning verdict on preparations for the So ...
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Former Beijing Mayor Liu Jingmin has called for reform of broadcasting rights of sports events to promote the development of industry. Liu said, "NBA's revenues mainly come from TV rights, but organizers of sports events in China need to pay for TV broadcasting." Lin also suggested breaking up the " ...
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FC Spartak Owner Seeks IPO
Lukoil VP and FC Spartak Moscow Owner Leonid Fedun said that he has spent almost $1B "to return Spartak Moscow to the glory it achieved in his youth, when it was Russia’s top soccer club" and plans to "take the team public after building a new stadium," according to Panja & Chilcote o ...
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'Dangerous' Sochi Track To Be Modified
The biathlon track for Sochi '12 has "very dangerous" features that could cause injury and must be modified, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee Sergei Zhukov said Sunday, according to IANS. The track is hosting its first major test event with a World Cup round "that has so far seen many falls ...
