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Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Istanbul is planning to bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. A move by the Turkish city has support from as much as 85 percent of citizens, spokesman Mehmet Atalay said today at a conference in London.
Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Instanbul is planning to bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. A bid by the Turkish city has support from as much as 85 percent of citizens, spokesman Mehmet Atalay said today at a conference in London.
The U.S. Olympic Committee has signed a sponsorship deal that makes DISC Sports and Spine Center its official medical services provider through the 2012 Olympics.
Sporting a beard and an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke.
A charitable foundation is donating $3 million to help keep the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs.
Visa is conducting an integrated campaign for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver to urge consumers to use the company's credit cards while traveling there. The effort builds on Visa's effort for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which used the tagline, "Go World."
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards. Bolt set three world records last year at the Beijing Olympics and broke two of those marks -- in the 100 and 200 meters -- in August at the world championships in Berlin.
Michael Phelps failed to make the final in two events in a short-course meet in Stockholm, a meet few swimmers of his caliber even attend.
After four unsuccessful Olympic bids, Istanbul will enter the race to host the 2020 Games.
For Faisal Faisal, the 2006 Turin Olympics were both unforgettable and unbearable. Pinned inside his family's Baghdad home while the opening ceremony from Turin was happening, Faisal couldn't venture outside, couldn't see friends, had no idea when the next explosion was coming. He watched the Olympics with a war outside his window.
November 09, 2009 - The International Olympic Committee's recent announcement that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Olympic Games was celebrated throughout Brazil, a nation that appears on the verge of cementing its status as one of the world's emerging economic powers.
High in the Alps an Austrian ski resort has found an unlikely source of early season snow: Israel.
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet.
MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) -- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva are the leading contenders for the IAAF athlete of the year awards.
Public and private investors are expected to pump billions into Rio over the next three years, according to one study.
Despite difficult times for the industry, hardly a week goes by without a hotel opening or announcement of expansion plans in Asia.
The U.S. Olympic Committee has signed a sponsorship deal that makes DISC Sports and Spine Center its official medical services provider through the 2012 Olympics. The deal, announced Monday, will allow the USOC to partner with DISC to develop a sports medicine program for Olympic athletes. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Michael Phelps failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke events at a World Cup short-course meet while wearing an old-style swimsuit.
Swimming legend Michael Phelps failed to make it past the 100 metres freestyle heats when he returned to action in the Stockholm leg of the short-course World Cup on Tuesday.
After 4 failed Olympic bids, Istanbul to try for 2020 Games
Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke. He qualified in the 100 medley, finishing seventh in 53.13 seconds — more than half a second slower ...
