Category: OLYMPIC
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Sochi 2014 clothing and footwear range now available in Bosco shops
The official Sochi 2014 clothing and footwear collection has now gone on sale and will be available all over the Russia in BOSCO shops at affordable prices. The collection includes spring and summer wear encompassing windbreakers, sweatshirts, tracksuits, polo shirts and accessories, all available in blue and orange colors. The collection is inspired by the…
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Stage set for Qatar Schools Olympic Program Finals Festival
Doha, Qatar, March 21, 2012: The fifth edition of the Qatar Olympic Committee’s (QOC) Schools Olympic Program is entering the final stages of the competition at the Aspire Academy of Sports Excellence, in Doha. Qatar Schools This year’s edition of the Schools Olympic Program has the theme ‘Sport and Family’ which sees school boys and girls…
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Top Teams Head to Hamar for 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships
The world’s top eight teams are making their way to Hamar, Norway for the 2012 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships, which begin on Saturday, running 24 March – 1 April. The Championships kick off with the Opening Ceremony at 18:00 (CET) on Saturday, and then Estonia will challenge USA…
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Parapan American Games Mandatory for Pan American Hosts
Bonn, Germany, March 19, 2012: It will be mandatory for the hosts of the Pan American Games to also stage the Parapan American Games in future years, it has been announced. At the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) General Assembly in Mexico City, PASO President Mario Vasquez Raña confirmed that the host city of future Pan…
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Daily Telegraph’s Davies to Represent IPC on IOC Press Commission
Bonn-Germany, March 16, 2012: The Daily Telegraph’s award winning sports correspondent Gareth Davies has been appointed as the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) representative on the IOC’s Press Commission. The IOC Press Commission, which is chaired by Kevan Gosper, is responsible for advising the IOC and Organizing Committees on the provision of the best possible working conditions…
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Death of IOC honorary member Henry Adefope
IOC-March 12, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) was greatly saddened to learn of the death of former IOC honorary member from Nigeria Henry Edmund Olufemi Adefope on Sunday at the age of 84. Major General Adefope served as an IOC member from 1985 to 2006, after which he was made an IOC honorary member.…
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Rio Sevens Sets the Scene for 2016 Olympic Games
2016 Olympic Games, With Rio de Janeiro set to be the focus of the Rugby Sevens world in 2016 when it stages the Olympic Games, local sports enthusiasts are being given an opportunity to experience a flavour of what awaits them in four years’ time as the CONSUR regional Sevens tournament takes place in the…
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Russia’s Slesarenko Named IPC Athlete of the Month
Oksana Slesarenko, captain of Russia’s Wheelchair Curling team, has been voted the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for February after leading her squad to the 2012 World Championship title in Chuncheon, Korea. In honour of International Women’s Day on 8 March, all of the finalists for the award were women. Slesarnko paid…
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Around the Rings Olympic Bid Power Index – 2020 Cities in Virtual Dead Heat
By: Sheila S. Hula, Atlanta – March 7, 2012: The first edition of the Around the Rings Olympic Bid Power Index for 2020 shows a tight race with only two points separating Tokyo from its nearest competitors. Five cities want to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Baku, Azerbaijan; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul, Turkey, and Madrid,…
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Six NOCs apply to host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018
LAUSANNE, March 3, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is pleased to announce that six National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have submitted applications for Candidate Cities to host the 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2018. These NOCs are, in alphabetical order: Argentina (Buenos Aires), Colombia (Medellín), Great Britain (Glasgow), Mexico (Guadalajara), Netherlands (Rotterdam) and Poland…