Olympics

South Africa officially enter race for 2020 Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 13 - South Africa will bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics after the outstanding success of the FIFA World Cup, they announced today.

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BOA call for "systematic change" in preparations for Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 13 - A change in how Britain's winter sports prepare for the Sochi 2014 Olympics is to be proposed after the team's disappointing performance at Vancouver earlier this year when the only medal was won by Amy Williams (pictured), who struck gold in the bob skeleton.

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Tour de France helps promote Annecy 2018 Olympic bid

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 13 - The Tour de France today helped showcase Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics as today's ninth stage of the race started in Morzine, which would be the venue for the women's downhill should they be chosen.

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Daley to lead Britain's team at Youth Olympics in Singapore

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

July 13 - Teenage diving sensation Tom Daley, the current world champion in the 10 metre platform event, will lead a group of 40 young athletes at the inagurual Youth Olympics in Singapore next month after the British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced their team for the Games.

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Rogge: It is up to South Africa to decide whether to bid for Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 12 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge claimed today that South Africa hosting the Olympics and Paralympics would be a natural progression after successfully staging the FIFA World Cup.

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British Winter Olympians more in debt and unhappy with governing bodies than ever

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

July 12 - Britain’s 2010 Winter Olympians are the poor relations compared to their counterparts in the summer Games as London 2012 funding rises, and many of them were badly let down by their national governing bodies.

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British journalists concerned over IOC proposal to sell media seats at London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 12 - Britain's Sports Journalists' Association (SJA) are to seek an urgent meeting with London 2012 officials over proposals from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to sell some seats usually reserved for the media to the public.

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More tickets go on sale for Youth Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

July 12 - More tickets for competition sessions at the inaugural Singapore 2010 Summer Youth Olympics have today been made available for public sale in some of the most eagerly anticipated sports of the Games.

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Exclusive: London 2012 chiefs earn "modest" salaries claims IOC member

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun

July 12 - Officials, like David Higgins (pictured right), involved in building the venues for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics are paid "modest" salaries even though nine of them earn more than the Prime Minister, Sir Craig Reedie has claimed.

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Vancouver Olympics cost British Columbia taxpayer $925 million report reveals

By Duncan Mackay

July 11 - A report from the British Columbia Government has revealed that final spending on the Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver earlier this year was $925 million (£596 million), substantially above the $600 million (£387 million) originally budgeted, critics have claimed.

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World Cup is bigger than the Olympics claims F1 President

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 11 - The Olympics is a "second-class" event compared to the FIFA World Cup, Formula One President Bernie Ecclestone claimed today.

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Cape Town refuse to commit to Olympic bid for 2020

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 10 - Cape Town is refusing to commit itself to launching a bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics even though South Africa seems set to put itself forward after the outstanding success of the FIFA World Cup.

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London 2012 launches biggest volunteer recruitment programme since War

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in London

July 9 - London 2012 today announced plans to recruit up to 70,000 volunteers for the Olympics and Paralympics in the biggest post-war volunteer recruitment campaign in the UK’s history.

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Munich 2018 unveils new Board for Olympic and Paralympic bid

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 9 - Steffi Klein, the former media and communications director of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has joined Munich's bid to host the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics as its new sports director, it was announced today.

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Football League confirm they will not clash with London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

July 9 - The Football League has today re-confirmed that its 2012-2013 season will be delayed until August 18 so it does not clash with the London 2012 Olympics.

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