Olympic Games

"Eerie evening for Brazil as power outage plunges future home of the Olympics into late-night blackout." Apparently similar previous incidents were the result of cyber attacks! [Daily Mirror UK / CBS 60 Minutes]"Brazil's president promised to battle drug traffickers who launched a weekend of bloody chaos that killed 21 people in Rio de Janeiro just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games." [Latin American Post]D'oh! #NoShots at...  

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today confirmed the new track programme which was proposed by the UCI for the XXX Olympic Games in London 2012. In its report to the IOC after the Beijing Olympic Games, the UCI had requested that 2 extra track events for women be added to the programme in order to increase women participation in the track and indeed to give a more meaningful number of events for women to compete in.  

When the Olympic torch arrives in Toronto next Thursday, December 17, a former TTC employee will travel by streetcar to carry the flame along College Street. During the Olympic Torch Relay to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Murray Dowey will receive the torch at Yonge and College Streets at about 6:16 p.m. next Thursday, board a westbound TTC car and proceed along College Street to Elizabeth Street. “A Torontonian who served his...  

• Locog faces tough decision over Paralympic Games TV rights• Organisers hoping to maximise the value of the rightsThe London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games is facing some difficult choices over the crucial tender of the television rights to the 2012 Paralympic Games.On target to exceed its £700m sponsorship goal towards its overall £2bn budget, Locog will nevertheless face challenges in balancing the books and is keen to ensure it...  

Brazil will spend some 900 million reals to assure security during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro, the country`s justice minister has said, according to RIA Novosti .  

Further proof that Rudy Giuliani is less than focused on running for office has emerged in an unlikely spot - Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian officials announced Thursday they would hire the former mayor as a long-term security advisor for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.  

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games remain on time and within budget, new official data published today by the Government and Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) confirms. Figures from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Quarterly Economic Report show a small rise in the Anticipated Final Cost (AFC) of the construction programme being delivered by the ODA – up by £7m to £7.241bn during the last quarter, equivalent to an...  

Brazil can expect a helping hand from Germany as the Brazilians prepare to host both football's 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games after the countries announced a co-operation deal on Thursday.Having hosted the 2006 World Cup, Germany will offer advice on organising the 2014 football tournament plus the Olympics in Brazil and hopes to win contracts to help the infrastructure.Brazil's 'Project 2014/2016' plans to modernise the country's...  

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 4, 2009) - Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, is proud to open the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games. "After opening the Olympic Games on February 12, I will be very proud to kick off the Paralympic Games, a celebration of winter and of sports excellence. These Games are a wonderful opportunity for all Canadians to recognize the talent and the determination...  

Davide Rebellin – who tested positive for the banned blood booster CERA – may lose his Olympic medal after all. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is finally making moves to strip Rebellin of the silver medal he scored in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Officials said Tuesday that CONI is acting on the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee and will officially open a disciplinary inquiry against the veteran classics...  

DANA POINT - Olympians Dawn Harper and Torri Edwards will join more than 11,000 people for the Dana Point Turkey Trot, according to a news release. Harper was a U.S. gold medalist in 100-meter hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Edwards has...  

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An impressive list of world-class athletes, including a number of Beijing Olympic gold medallists, will compete in the 2009 East Asian Games (EAG) in Hong Kong from December 5-13. Heading the list are 2008 synchronised three-metre springboard Olympic gold medallists Guo Jingjing and Wu Minxia, current Olympic badminton men’s singles champion Lin Dan, and 2004 Olympic 110-metres hurdles champion Liu Xiang from China...  

Colorado Springs, CO - U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is encouraging students with physical disabilities who promote physical fitness in their daily lives to apply for the 2010 Paralympic Experience in Vancouver.  

LONDON (AP) -- Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified because of doping at the games.  

Triple Olympic and World Championships gold medallist, Usain Bolt, is all set to host several international athletes at the Bolt 9.58 SuperParty on December 5 at Richmond Estate, St Ann. Heading the list is American sprinter Wallace Spearmon, Bolt ...