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Russia, U.S. To Join Efforts For 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Security06 / 19 / 13Security issues at large-scale sporting and public events, including the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, "will become an area of interaction" between Russia and the U.S., according to RIA. Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Barack Obama "met late on Monday on the sidelines of the G8 sum... |
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IOC Presidential Hopeful Wants Wrestling
Int'l Rowing Federation President and IOC presidential hopeful Denis Oswald distanced himself from the IOC's current leadership on Monday, saying that "wrestling's 2020 Olympics exit could have been handled better and that more sports could join the Games," according to Karolos Grohmann of ...
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New IOC President Will Be Unpaid
The successor to IOC President Jacques Rogge "will remain an unpaid volunteer after all six presidential hopefuls turned down the idea of a salary," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. Rogge, who will step down in September after 12 years in charge, "had recently suggested that the IOC Preside ...
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Olympic Notes
An attempt to push Muay Thai to become an Olympic sport has suffered a blow after its governing body, Int'l Federation of Muaythai Amateur, failed to get recognition from the IOC. The organization will get another chance at an IOC meeting in December ( BANGKOK POST, 6/2 ). ... Community sports f ...
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Cities Make Final 2020 Olympic Pitches
Bid officials for Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid "made their pitch" for the 2020 Olympics to the IOC on Thursday as the race enters the final stretch, according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. Istanbul, bidding for the fifth time in the last six editions, "highlighted its location at the crossroads betw ...
LOCOG Announces $46M Surplus
The British Olympic Association's finances were "turned on their head" Thursday after LOCOG announced a £30M ($46M) surplus in its final set of accounts, according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. The BOA had been forecast to make a loss of around £4M ($6M) from its activities in ' ...
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Official: Wide Corruption At Sochi Games
Russian officials and businessmen "have stolen billions of dollars during the years of preparations" for the 2014 Sochi Olympics, according to Nataliya Vasilyeva of the AP. Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister-turned-Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov and an associate said in a report released Thursday th ...
Sochi 2014 Medals Revealed
The presentation of the Olympic and Paralympic medals, which will be awarded at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, took place in St. Petersburg Thursday during the 11th "SportAccord" Annual Int'l Sports Convention. The Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic medals feature the Sochi 2014 "Patchwork Quilt" -- a ...
Olympic Notes
Sixteen schools in Castle Point, U.K. have been awarded a £77,000 ($117,086) boost for pupils "to study the history of the Olympics and Paralympics." The Benfleet & Thundersley Interschool Cluster Trust "has been awarded the investment by the Heritage Lottery Fund" ( ECHO NEWS, ...
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Wrestling Makes Olympics Shortlist
Wrestling, baseball/softball and squash made an IOC shortlist "for potential inclusion" in the 2020 Olympics on Wednesday, according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. The sports "will be put to the vote" at the IOC session in Buenos Aires in September with only one of them winning a place on the '20 p ...
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Athletics Sees Olympics Revenue Cut
Athletics "will get a lower share of Olympic revenues in the future" after the IOC on Wednesday "recalculated the federations' revenues according to their contribution to the Games," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. The 26 sports federations at the London 2012 Olympics divided up $519M base ...
