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Russia To Award Universiade Winners Cash Prizes Up To $5,40005 / 22 / 13Each medalist in the upcoming Kazan World Summer Universiade "will be awarded a cash prize," according to XINHUA. Gold medal winners will be awarded with 168,000 rubles ($5,400). Silver medalists will receive $2,600 and bronze medalists will earn $1,600. Coaches and other sports staff of the 27th Un... Tags: Events and Attractions, Russia |
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Ecclestone: F1 Schedule To Stay At 19
F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone confirmed that a 20th grand prix "will not be added to the Formula One calendar this year," according to Gary Meenaghan of THE NATIONAL. Ecclestone, however, did say he is certain the schedule will return to its full capacity in '14 after he was left "very impressed" by prog ...
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Winter Olympics Host Lacking Snow
The next host of the Winter Games, Sochi, is "struggling with a lack of snow as it prepares to stage test events for the Games over the next three weeks," just one year before the Games begin, according to Nicole Jeffery of THE AUSTRALIAN. The Sochi organizing committee announced Monday it was cance ...
Russia On Track For Sochi GP
Russia President Vladimir Putin told F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone that the country "is ready to host the Formula One Grand Prix in Sochi after it holds the Winter Olympic Games in the southern Black Sea city" in '14, according to the AFP. Putin "has already agreed with Ecclestone" to hold F1 races at a ...
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Russia Spent More Than $36B On Games
Documents prepared for a first meeting of the state commission responsible for preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games revealed that Russia spent 1.1T rubles ($36.7B) "on preparatory events" for the Sochi Games by the start of '13, according to the IANS. Investors spent 737B rubles ($24.6B) of t ...
Sochi Agrees To Licensing Agreement
The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has entered into a licensing agreement with Russian grocery market X5 Retail Group. Under the agreement, X5 will become an official Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee retail sales operator. The sales of the Sochi 2014 licensed merchandise will be organized in 45 Russ ...
Sochi 2014 Tickets As Cheap As $6
Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee President Dmitry Chernyshenko revealed that sports fans will be able to buy tickets for the Olympic Park for 200 rubles ($6.60), "a fraction of the price charged at London 2012," according to R-Sport. In London, adult Olympic Park tickets cost £10 ($16). Tickets ...
Winter Olympic Venues Near Completion
As the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games approach, the mountain resort of Krasnaya Polyana "is getting ready to host international competitions at its brand new facilities," according to Galina Stolyarova of the ST. PETERSBURG TIMES. The biathlon and ski complex, which "boasts arguably the world&rsquo ...
Sochi Considers Post-Olympics Venue Use
The fate of Sochi's Olympic venues after the 2014 Winter Olympics "must come in the scrutiny of Russian government," according to XINHUA. Russia Head of the Audit Chamber Sergei Stepashin said, "Sochi Olympics is a unique project but we are worrying about the post-Olympics heritage." Stepashin added ...
Sochi 2014 Winter Games Torch Unveiled
Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics organizers "unveiled a futuristic torch" on Monday based on the "contrasts of the world's largest country and combining Russian folklore, including a mythical Firebird, with space-age technology," according to Gennady Fyodorov of REUTERS. The torch relay, which starts in t ...
ARD, ZDF Agree To Show 2013 IAAF WC
The Int'l Association of Athletics Federations has agreed to a broadcasting deal in Germany for the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia. The agreement was concluded between Sport A, the sports buying rights agency of German public service broadcasters ARD and ZDF, and IEC in Sports, the ...
