Olympic Games

Bulgaria's weightlifting federation was stripped of its licence Wednesday for financial mismanagement and a major doping scandal that saw the country's best athletes banned, the sports ministry said.The ministry said it had refused to renew the federation's licence because it had "breached the anti-doping regulations and sports ethics ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games and marred Bulgaria's sports prestige."The federation was also accused of...  

"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 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...  

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.  

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.  

• 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...  

The Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee, the non-profit organization that spearheaded Tokyo's campaign to bring the summer games to Japan's capital, is expected to go more than 100 million yen into the red. Fur...  

Japanese Olympic Committee asked to cover multi-million Yen loss on 2016 bidinsidethegames.biz (blog)The Metropolitan Government is currently studying how to make up for a budget shortfall. A senior official said the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly is unlikely ...and more »  

I think we all remember during the Beijing Olympics when the Ode to the Motherland sang by nine-year-old Lin Miaoke turned out to be a lyp-synched version of seven-year-old Yang Peiyi. Little Yang wasn't considered pretty enough to be ...  

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...  

It is simply amazing that Rio de Janeiro has been awarded the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Brazil appears to be a country that constantly and consistently allows lawless behavior. However, I have been a voice crying in the wilderness along ...  

- London 2012 to set new standards in sustainable sourcing of food December 7, 2009--The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) today outlined its vision for food at the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in ...