Olympics News

Charity chips in $3 million of USOC payment
AP – Mon Nov 9, 9:47 pm ET

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A charitable foundation is donating $3 million to help keep the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs. Full Story »
UK to crack down on sex traffickers ahead of 2012
AP – Mon Nov 9, 12:13 pm ET

LONDON - Britain will take "pre-emptive action" to stop sex traffickers from targeting the 2012 London Games. Full Story »
Tokyo governor wants to bid for 2020 Olympics
AP – Mon Nov 9, 9:02 am ET

TOKYO - Tokyo's governor says he wants to bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics — a month after Japan's capital lost out to Rio de Janeiro for the rights to host the 2016 games. Full Story »
Former Olympic skier Bogner to head Munich bid
AP – Fri Nov 6, 7:20 am ET

MUNICH - Willy Bogner has been named head of Munich's bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Full Story »
City hands over athlete's village to Olympics
AP – Thu Nov 5, 11:33 am ET

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - With 100 days to the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the athletes village was handed over to the Games organizers Wednesday. Full Story »
Olympians celebrate 100 days until Vancouver
AP – Wed Nov 4, 10:23 pm ET

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NEW YORK - A very confident adolescent boy stopped skating around the Rockefeller Center rink to ask Gretchen Bleiler something. Full Story »
Phinney's hopes for 2012 gold may already be gone
AP – Wed Nov 4, 5:21 pm ET

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Taylor Phinney had a simple plan. The budding American cycling star was going to spend four years working toward four minutes, which is about how long his final race would have taken at the 2012 London Games. Full Story »
Speedskater Celski says he'll be back for Olympics
AP – Wed Nov 4, 4:22 pm ET

NEW YORK - Short track speedskater J.R. Celski is confident he'll recover from a deep gash to his leg in time for February's Vancouver Olympics. Full Story »
Olympic officials tender $1.1 billion in contracts
AP – Wed Nov 4, 10:15 am ET

LONDON - London Olympic organizers will tender for $1.1 billion worth of goods and services between now and the 2012 Games. Full Story »
Organizers struggle to fill Beijing's Bird Nest
AP – Wed Nov 4, 10:11 am ET

BEIJING - Chinese officials continue to struggle to find uses for the Bird's Nest Stadium, the iconic centerpiece of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Full Story »
Native Canadians no longer 'Dime Store Indians'
AFP – 1 hr 20 mins ago

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VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - They are Squamish, Lil'Wat, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh, Canada's native people whose embrace of the 2010 Winter Olympics is key to eradicating the problems faced by the First Nations. Full Story »
Injured US star Cohen to skip Skate America
AFP – Mon Nov 9, 1:02 pm ET

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AFP) - US star Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics figure skating runner-up, withdrew on Monday from this week's Skate America meet at Lake Placid due to right calf tendinitis. Full Story »
Why women can't ski jump in the Winter Olympics
The Christian Science Monitor – Sun Nov 8, 4:00 am ET

Lake Placid, N.Y.; and Boston - Unless a Canadian court decides otherwise, the ski jumper with the longest flight on record at Vancouver's Olympic facility will not attend the winter Games in February. Full Story »
Economic boost seen from 2010 Games preparations
Reuters – Thu Nov 5, 4:06 pm ET

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Preparations for next year's Olympics have given Vancouver an economic boost that's comparable to those enjoyed by past host cities, according to a study released on Thursday. Full Story »
Olympic looks mix patriotism and the Polo pony
AP – Wed Nov 4, 2:40 pm ET

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NEW YORK - Ralph Lauren's affinity for Americana will be on full display on athletes at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia — complete with red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes flags and, of course, polo ponies. Full Story »
Palander's Olympic dream over, considers retirement
AFP – Wed Nov 4, 12:59 pm ET

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HELSINKI (AFP) - Finnish skier Kalle Palander said Wednesday persistent injury had ended his dream of competing at the 2010 winter Olympic Games and that he may soon consider retiring from the sport. Full Story »
Bird's Nest stadium plans to stem losses: report
AFP – Wed Nov 4, 12:55 am ET

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BEIJING (AFP) - More than a year after the Beijing Olympics, the Bird's Nest stadium has been placed under Chinese government management in an effort to stem financial losses, state media said Wednesday. Full Story »
Stephen Colbert, fans sponsor U.S. speedskaters
Reuters – Tue Nov 3, 7:14 pm ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a move that puts him at the cutting edge of sport sponsorships, comedian Stephen Colbert and his fans will back the U.S. Speedskating team at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the talk show host said. Full Story »