September 30 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights for next year's Vancouver Winter Olympics and the London 2012 Games to SportsMax’s parent company, International Media Content Ltd. (IMC) in the Caribbean, it was announced today.
September 30 - Human traffickers are expected to step up efforts to smuggle women into Britain and force them to become sex workers in the run-up to London 2012, the Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman (pictured) admitted today.
September 30 - UPS has become the latest £20 million sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics, it was announced today.
By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen
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September 29 - Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics is enjoying a surge of support as the final vote approaches, a new poll conducted by Zogby International and released today claims.
September 29 - Rio de Janeiro officials tonight insisted that the cancellation of a World Cup swimming event scheduled to be held there next month because of the lack of finance will not harm their bid to host the 2016 Olympics.
September 29 - Greenwich Park will be closed for half the time first planned in 2012 to accommodate the equestrian events taking place there during the Olympics, it has been announced.
September 29 - China, one of the most sought-after teams in the build-up to London 2012 by cities wanting to stage pre-Olympic training camps, have opened talks with Sheffield and visited the Yorkshire city to inspect the facilities.
By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen
September 29 - Madrid will win its bid to the 2016 Olympics because it already has been promised between 25 and 50 per cent of the votes from the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch junior (pictured) claimed today.
September 29 - Britain's 1,200 Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be sponsored by Visa in a deal that London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has branded as "a ground-breaking moment for British sport".
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By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen
September 28 - Sport England has announced a £20 million deal with the social networking site Facebook to get people playing sport in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics.
September 28 - Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (pictured) will push Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Summer Games at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here this week, his spokesman said today.
September 27 - Members of the the team that will present Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics today completed their final off-site rehearsals before heading to Copenhagen.
September 27 - Brazil's João Havelange (pictured) has said that RIo de Janeiro hosting the 2016 Olympics would be the perfect 100th birthday present for him.
September 26 - Fabio Capello (pictured), England's Italian manager, has backed Madrid to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
The City of Liverpool is host to the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2022.
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships is the property of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) which is the governing body of Gymnastics worldwide. The Championships represent the pinnacle of elite gymnastics competition, attracting a substantial worldwide broadcast audience. WGC2022 is looking to engage an individual or agency to deliver the commercial sales process and maximise commercial opportunities for the event.
As the Olympic Movement prepares to re-elect Thomas Bach, David Owen reviews the International Olympic Committee President's seven-and-a-half-year reign. It is a period which has often seen the IOC struggling to cope with forces far beyond its control.
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