Olympics

Poland set for 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic bid

By Andrew Warshaw at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London

Zakopane 08-11-12November 8 - Poland is considering putting forward Zakopane as a candidate to stage the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games – going head to head with Ukraine, with whom the country jointly staged the 2012 UEFA European Championship.

IOC should take control of Olympic ticketing process says Reedie

By Tom Degun at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London

Olympic ticketsNovember 8 - Britain's International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Sir Craig Reedie has claimed that the organisation should take control of the Olympic ticketing distribution process rather than leave it in the hands of the host Organising Committee.

Ukraine hopes to reinforce power of emerging nations in Olympic bidding process

By Lauren Mattera at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London

Carpathian ukraineNovember 7 - Ukraine is continuing its emergence as a more powerful and influential country, as their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games gathers pace, other more established bidders fall away, reinforcing the excitement growing within the former Soviet state that they can compete with the favourites, it was claimed here today.

Sochi 2014 will do for Russia what Beijing 2008 did for China, says Gosper

By Mike Rowbottom at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi

kevan gosper 06-11-1November 6 - The Sochi 2014 Games promise to do for Russia what Beijing 2008 did for China, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) former vice-president Kevan Gosper said here today as he opened the World Press Briefing in the luxury hotel complex that lies amid the inland mountains which will host the alpine events in 15 months' time.

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic ice track set for first test

By Tom Degun in Sochi

Sochi trackNovember 2 - The Sliding Centre Sanki, which will host the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, is set to face its first test as athletes from 25 nations use the venue for an international training week.