Brazil Proud to See Its Olympic Preparations on Right Track

BRAZIL: On time and on budget: It is an unexpected message 16 months ahead of the Rio Olympics. This, after all, is Brazil, the nation which hosted the last World Cup, a competition that redefined terms like delay and overspend, a tournament pockmarked in ...

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Former Olympic swimming champ Park apologises for doping ban

A tearful former Olympic swimming champion, Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, offered an impassioned public apology Friday, four days after receiving an 18-month ban for failing a doping test. Park, who won South Korea's only ever swimming gold in the 400 ...

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Asirbad, Samir empowered to run court affairs of Odisha Olympic body

The general body of Odisha Olympics Association (OOA) has empowered Secretary Asirbad Behera and President Samir Dey to take a final call on court related affairs of the stadium. At a meeting of the general body of the OOA held in Cuttack yesterday, the ...

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Canadian Olympic 400m runner Barnaby drowns

The 24-year-old Jamaican-born 400 metres runner represented Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games. “This is such a sad and profound loss, Daundre was an outstanding athlete and an even better young man,” said Rob Guy, chief executive officer of Athletics ...

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Rio 2016 releases Olympic event schedule

Rio de Janerio: The Rio 2016 Olympic organising committee on Tuesday released its daily competition schedule as the countdown to the Games hit the 500-day mark. The Games will officially begin on August 5 when the Maracana stadium hosts the opening ...

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Bring your short game to Olympic golf, warns course chief

Rio de Janeiro: After months of legal wrangles sparked by green protests over the choice of a nature reserve to host the return of Olympic golf after 112 years, Rio Games golfers can now plot how to deal with a tough course. Rio already has two private ...

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Rio 2016 opens Olympic volunteer centre

Rio de Janerio: The first training centre for Rio's 2016 Olympic volunteer program has opened, organisers said on Thursday, a media report said on Friday. The facility in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood is one of four permanent training centres due to ...

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New district Olympic association formed

The new district Olympic association — The Krishna District Olympic Association (TKDOA) — was formed and was registered under the Societies Act (No. 84/2015), according to association’s new president and badminton administrator K. Pattabhi R...

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No British soccer teams at Rio Olympic Games

London, March 31 (IANS): There will be no British soccer teams at the next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a media report said on Tuesday. The teams will not participate as the English Football Association failed to reach agreement on united teams ...

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Following HC order on Olympic Association, says Lagadapati

The present Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association, which is registered as per the Societies Act, is very much appropriate and the general body meeting to be held on April 19 at Hyderabad will officially pave the way for the formation of two States ...

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Brazil Proud to See Its Olympic Preparations on Right Track

BRAZIL: On time and on budget: It is an unexpected message 16 months ahead of the Rio Olympics. This, after all, is Brazil, the nation which hosted the last World Cup, a competition that redefined terms like delay and overspend, a tournament pockmarked in ...

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Former Olympic swimming champ Park apologises for doping ban

A tearful former Olympic swimming champion, Park Tae-hwan of South Korea, offered an impassioned public apology Friday, four days after receiving an 18-month ban for failing a doping test. Park, who won South Korea's only ever swimming gold in the 400 ...

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Asirbad, Samir empowered to run court affairs of Odisha Olympic body

The general body of Odisha Olympics Association (OOA) has empowered Secretary Asirbad Behera and President Samir Dey to take a final call on court related affairs of the stadium. At a meeting of the general body of the OOA held in Cuttack yesterday, the ...

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Beijing passes Winter Olympics test

Beijing, March 30 : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission has completed its visit to Beijing, which is bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with Zhangjiakou, and is pleased with what it found. "It was clear that you embraced ...

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Beijing `cold enough` to host in 2022 Winter Olympics: IOC

Beijing: Beijing is "cold enough," to host the Winter Olympics in 2022, the International Olympic Committee`s (IOC) evaluation chief said on Saturday, while avoiding criticism of a recent crackdown on Chinese activists. China`s capital is competing ...

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Airbnb becomes sponsor of 2016 Olympics in Rio

Rio de Janeiro's hotel bed shortage was eased on Friday, as online home share startup Airbnb inked a deal to be the official "alternative accommodations" sponsor of the 2016 Olympic games. The deal, which saw Airbnb pay an undisclosed amount to local ...

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Special Olympics athletes hit the hardwood this weekend

Special Olympics Delaware hosts their own version of March Madness this weekend. The organization’s annual State Basketball Tournament tips off Saturday morning at 11 at UD’s Bob Carpenter Center in Newark and play continues through Sunday. Forty-one ...

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Drop abuse case against Ex-Olympics CEO: lawyer

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for former Olympics CEO John Furlong has asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit against his client and award special costs. Bill Smart, who says the claimant made up a series of lies in filing the suit ...

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Doetse strikes Olympics win over All Stars

Great Olympics continued their upward surge on the FCPPL log with a 1-0 home win over All Stars in Accra on Saturday. The visitors failed to score in the first half despite pinning their hosts to play second best all through the opening exchang...

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Winter Olympics inspectors positive after Beijing visit

BEIJING (AP) — International Olympic Committee inspectors are departing Beijing after offering a positive evaluation of the Chinese capital’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The inspectors’ departure Sunday follows a news conference at which ...

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FA's plans for fielding GB men, women's football teams at 2016 Rio Olympics scrapped

London, Mar 31 (ANI): English Football Association's hopes of playing men's and women's teams at the Games came to an end as plans for Great Britain's male and female football teams to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics have been scrapped. The English FA ...

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Olympics is not everything: Pankaj Advani

Even as snooker is vying for an appearance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 12-time World billiards and snooker champion Pankaj Advani feels that taking part in the once-in-four-year affair may not be the only path to achieve sporting greatness. Advani, who ...

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FA confirms no British teams at 2016 Olympics

LONDON: England's Football Association confirmed on Tuesday that plans to enter British men's and women's football teams at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been abandoned. The FA wanted to enter teams for the tournament, but had to scrap ...

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Beijing passes Winter Olympics test

Beijing, March 30 : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission has completed its visit to Beijing, which is bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with Zhangjiakou, and is pleased with what it found. "It was clear that you embraced ...

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Beijing `cold enough` to host in 2022 Winter Olympics: IOC

Beijing: Beijing is "cold enough," to host the Winter Olympics in 2022, the International Olympic Committee`s (IOC) evaluation chief said on Saturday, while avoiding criticism of a recent crackdown on Chinese activists. China`s capital is competing ...

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Airbnb becomes sponsor of 2016 Olympics in Rio

Rio de Janeiro's hotel bed shortage was eased on Friday, as online home share startup Airbnb inked a deal to be the official "alternative accommodations" sponsor of the 2016 Olympic games. The deal, which saw Airbnb pay an undisclosed amount to local ...

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Special Olympics athletes hit the hardwood this weekend

Special Olympics Delaware hosts their own version of March Madness this weekend. The organization’s annual State Basketball Tournament tips off Saturday morning at 11 at UD’s Bob Carpenter Center in Newark and play continues through Sunday. Forty-one ...

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Drop abuse case against Ex-Olympics CEO: lawyer

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for former Olympics CEO John Furlong has asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit against his client and award special costs. Bill Smart, who says the claimant made up a series of lies in filing the suit ...

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Doetse strikes Olympics win over All Stars

Great Olympics continued their upward surge on the FCPPL log with a 1-0 home win over All Stars in Accra on Saturday. The visitors failed to score in the first half despite pinning their hosts to play second best all through the opening exchang...

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Winter Olympics inspectors positive after Beijing visit

BEIJING (AP) — International Olympic Committee inspectors are departing Beijing after offering a positive evaluation of the Chinese capital’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The inspectors’ departure Sunday follows a news conference at which ...

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FA's plans for fielding GB men, women's football teams at 2016 Rio Olympics scrapped

London, Mar 31 (ANI): English Football Association's hopes of playing men's and women's teams at the Games came to an end as plans for Great Britain's male and female football teams to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics have been scrapped. The English FA ...

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Olympics is not everything: Pankaj Advani

Even as snooker is vying for an appearance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 12-time World billiards and snooker champion Pankaj Advani feels that taking part in the once-in-four-year affair may not be the only path to achieve sporting greatness. Advani, who ...

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FA confirms no British teams at 2016 Olympics

LONDON: England's Football Association confirmed on Tuesday that plans to enter British men's and women's football teams at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been abandoned. The FA wanted to enter teams for the tournament, but had to scrap ...

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Beijing passes Winter Olympics test

Beijing, March 30 : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission has completed its visit to Beijing, which is bidding to host the 2022 Winter Olympics with Zhangjiakou, and is pleased with what it found. "It was clear that you embraced ...

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Beijing `cold enough` to host in 2022 Winter Olympics: IOC

Beijing: Beijing is "cold enough," to host the Winter Olympics in 2022, the International Olympic Committee`s (IOC) evaluation chief said on Saturday, while avoiding criticism of a recent crackdown on Chinese activists. China`s capital is competing ...

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Airbnb becomes sponsor of 2016 Olympics in Rio

Rio de Janeiro's hotel bed shortage was eased on Friday, as online home share startup Airbnb inked a deal to be the official "alternative accommodations" sponsor of the 2016 Olympic games. The deal, which saw Airbnb pay an undisclosed amount to local ...

Read More

Special Olympics athletes hit the hardwood this weekend

Special Olympics Delaware hosts their own version of March Madness this weekend. The organization’s annual State Basketball Tournament tips off Saturday morning at 11 at UD’s Bob Carpenter Center in Newark and play continues through Sunday. Forty-one ...

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Drop abuse case against Ex-Olympics CEO: lawyer

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for former Olympics CEO John Furlong has asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit against his client and award special costs. Bill Smart, who says the claimant made up a series of lies in filing the suit ...

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Doetse strikes Olympics win over All Stars

Great Olympics continued their upward surge on the FCPPL log with a 1-0 home win over All Stars in Accra on Saturday. The visitors failed to score in the first half despite pinning their hosts to play second best all through the opening exchang...

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Winter Olympics inspectors positive after Beijing visit

BEIJING (AP) — International Olympic Committee inspectors are departing Beijing after offering a positive evaluation of the Chinese capital’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics. The inspectors’ departure Sunday follows a news conference at which ...

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FA's plans for fielding GB men, women's football teams at 2016 Rio Olympics scrapped

London, Mar 31 (ANI): English Football Association's hopes of playing men's and women's teams at the Games came to an end as plans for Great Britain's male and female football teams to participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics have been scrapped. The English FA ...

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Olympics is not everything: Pankaj Advani

Even as snooker is vying for an appearance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 12-time World billiards and snooker champion Pankaj Advani feels that taking part in the once-in-four-year affair may not be the only path to achieve sporting greatness. Advani, who ...

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FA confirms no British teams at 2016 Olympics

LONDON: England's Football Association confirmed on Tuesday that plans to enter British men's and women's football teams at next year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been abandoned. The FA wanted to enter teams for the tournament, but had to scrap ...

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Beijing passes Winter Olympics test

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Drop abuse case against Ex-Olympics CEO: lawyer

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for former Olympics CEO John Furlong has asked a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss a sexual abuse lawsuit against his client and award special costs. Bill Smart, who says...

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FA's plans for fielding GB men, women's football teams at 2016 Rio Olympics scrapped

Karachi, Mar 31 (ANI): South Africa cricket team captain AB de Villiers has become the 11 th batsman overall and second Proteas after Hashim Amla to break the 900-point mark in the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen, clinching the top spot on the list....

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Doetse strikes Olympics win over All Stars

Doetse strikes in Olympics' win by Stephen Amos 29 March 2015, 17:48 Great Olympics continued their upward surge on the FCPPL...

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Winter Olympics inspectors positive after Beijing visit

People take photos in front of a display for the proposed Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on the Olympic Green in Beijing.. Pic: AP.BEIJING (AP) — International Olympic Committee inspectors are departing Beijing after offering a positive evaluation of the Chinese capital’s bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.The inspectors’ departure Sunday follows...

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Olympics is not everything: Pankaj Advani

Even as snooker is vying for an appearance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 12-time World billiards and snooker champion Pankaj Advani feels that taking part in the once-in-four-year affair may not be the only path to achieve sporting greatness.Advani, who gave up playing professional snooker in UK to resume his amateur career, said taking part in the Olympics...

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