Olympics: Open race for 2020 Games
All three cities bidding for the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics declared themselves happy after the release on Tuesday of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Evaluation Commission report.
View ArticleIstanbul, Madrid trade blows
The battle for the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympics entered its' final stages on Tuesday with the Istanbul bid saying in Buenos Aires that of the three candidates they would need to spend the...
View Article‘Critical concern’ over Rio progress
Newly-elected International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates Wednesday piled pressure on 2016 host Rio, saying its slow progress in preparing for the Games was of ''critical concern''.
View ArticleBach keen on radically changing bid city mentality
Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach will move into his new office in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Tuesday with little fanfare but with much to do.
View ArticleAstronauts, Olympic torch headed back to Earth from space station
A Soyuz capsule carrying three crew members and the Olympic torch for the 2014 Winter Games was on its way back to Earth late Sunday.
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