Olympic Games

Are you curious about what sports will be introduced to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games? Right now, the big news is about freestyle skier Sarah Burke and how her death will influence the induction of extreme sports at the next Winter Olympics.  

Free-to-air third dimensional fun The BBC is to enter the third dimension once again, after the successful 3D trial that took place during the Wimbledon tennis Championships back in June, and will broadcast some of the London 2012 Olympic Games in 3D. And the good news is that, as long as you've got a 3D TV, you'll be able to tune in. You don't need Virgin Media or Sky (although the 3D action will be...  

Just before the Sydney Olympic Games the 1500m freestyle world record holder Kieren Perkins took legal action to protect his personal data. At a time when copyright of performances and personal data was high on the political agenda, Perkins ...  

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio Olympic organizers expect the 2016 Games to generate $750 million in revenue for local businesses. The organizing committee launched the games’ licensing program on Tuesday, saying at least 150 companies have shown interest in ...  

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia (AP) -- The first major test event for the 2014 Sochi Olympics was hailed as a success. Construction for the games may be behind schedule elsewhere, but the Alpine skiing venue is ready. "We could already have the ...  

The British Olympic Association will tell each of the 560 athletes hoping to represent the host nation this summer they must sign a confidential 34-page rule book, titled the ‘Team Member’s Agreement’, or they will not be allowed to take part.  

former employees of Thomas Cook and Jet Set Sports were broadcast explaining that access in the Games lanes – 39 miles of inner London road restricted to the athletes, officials, media and sponsors – was available as part of their hospitality packages.  

The Wii version of the game already came out in November, but if you are itching to take the Olympic games on the road, then you will be happy to see the 3DS version of the game coming out this week! Over fifty Olympic-based events have been remade into ...  

The Doha 2020 delegation was led by His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, General Secretary of the Qatar Olympic Committee and Doha 2020 Vice Chairman. The delegation included leading Qatari athletes: Olympian shooter Mr Nasser Al-Attiyah ...  

Two years before the start of the Games, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has announced its volunteer recruitment program. Anyone between the ages of 18-80 (on 6 January 2014) will be eligible to become a Sochi 2014 volunteer. Over 200,000 registered ...  

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - Russian skiers appear more frequently on the World Cup ski circuit in Europe these days, their presence hard to miss at the upcoming test events for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. While a handful of Russians will compete in the men's ...  

Madrid - International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Richard Pound believes the 'impression' Spain is protecting its athletes in the fight against doping may not help Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games. Pound, a former president of the ...  

The cruciate knee ligament injury suffered by British taekwondo star Sarah Stevenson on a training camp in Mexico is a brutal reminder that we have now entered the business end of the Olympic cycle when, with just over five months remaining ...  

Paul Deighton, chief executive of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG), joined Denis Oswald, chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) London 2012 co-ordination commission, and IOC director of sport Gilbert Felli for a ...  

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the Japanese broadcast rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games to a national consortium, in a deal worth a reported US$472 million. The Japan Consortium, which includes state broadcaster NHK and the ...