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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.
Despite difficult times for the industry, hardly a week goes by without a hotel opening or announcement of expansion plans in Asia.
A charitable foundation is donating $3 million to help keep the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs. The El Pomar Foundation, one of Colorado's largest charities, announced Monday it was donating the money to help Colorado Springs satisfy a $13 million requirement in the first phase of a $53 million project.
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.
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 ...
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... World Cup - Michael Phelps - FIFA World Cup - sport - Soccer
CORPUS CHRISTI — He won’t hit his 17th birthday until Nov. 19, but Jeremy Longoria is continuing his pace for reaching an Olympic dream. The latest step came early last month in Houston, where Longoria was among 100 young fighters participating in the Texas Elite Amateur Showcase. At the invitation-only event sponsored by Undefeated Magazine, Longoria scored a 4-1 decision over Houston’s O ...
Greece faces formal criticism from other EU nations for failing to cut back a ballooning budget deficit, the EU's top economy official Joaquin Almunia warned Tuesday.
FAA Notice Number: NOTC2003 The 2010 Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games will be held during the period January 29, 2010 through March 24, 2010. Security associated with the Olympic Games includes some very restricted airspace in Canada and a US Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) that extends into northwestern Washington State.
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The Olympic flame began its first trek through the Canadian Arctic by crossing paths with a polar bear on the shores of Hudson Bay, local media said Monday.
Preparations for hosting the World Cup and 2016 Games will face municipal and bureaucratic challenges.
Michael Phelps plans to wear the old-style swimsuit that will become the standard next year at the upcoming European World Cup meet in Stockholm. The Olympic star will swim the 100-meter freestyle and backstroke plus the individual medley on Tuesday. He will... FIFA World Cup - Olympic Games - Stockholm - sport - World Cup
LONDON (AP) -- World Cup organizer Danny Jordaan said Monday there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa was not ready.
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LONDON — World Cup organizers say there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa were not ready. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the United States was among countries that could host at short notice.
Torchbearer Brenda Eckalook is seen carrying the Olympic Flame across the frozen bay in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Canada, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The Olympic Flame is on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010, to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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. She is not allowed to compete.
