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Gold Rush: Hoy Hails UK Lottery Funding

Gold Rush: Hoy Hails UK Lottery Funding

SkyNews - Thursday, November 19 01:02 pm

Four-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says lottery funding has overhauled the fortunes of British sport. More »

  • Australian Games chief slams funding report

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 17 06:48 am

    MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Olympic chief has slammed a government-commissioned report criticising the country's obsession with medal counts. More »

  • Blackout mystery casts shadow on Brazil's Olympics

    Blackout mystery casts shadow on Brazil's Olympics

    AFP - Sunday, November 15 05:02 pm

    SAO PAULO (AFP) - A massive blackout that plunged half of Brazil into the dark days ago remains a mystery, casting a shadow over the country's energy policy and its plans to host the 2016 Olympics, experts say. More »

  • 2012 stadium considered as 2018 World Cup venue 

    Reuters - Sunday, November 15 05:54 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - London's 2012 Olympic Stadium may have a future as an 80,000-seater football arena if city officials succeed in including it as part of England's bid to stage the 2018 World Cup finals. More »

  • 2012 stadium considered as 2018 soccer World Cup venue

    Reuters - Saturday, November 14 01:26 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - London's 2012 Olympic Stadium may have a future as an 80,000-seater soccer arena if city officials succeed in including it as part of England's bid to stage the 2018 World Cup finals. More »

  • Women lose court bid to ski jump in 2010 

    Reuters - Saturday, November 14 02:06 am

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A Canadian appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by a coalition of women ski jumpers who wanted to have their sport included in next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver. More »

  • Women lose court bid to ski jump in 2010

    Reuters - Saturday, November 14 01:33 am

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A Canadian appeals court on Friday dismissed a lawsuit by a coalition of women ski jumpers who wanted to have their sport included in next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver. More »

  • Review: 'Ashes Should Be On Terrestrial TV'

    Review: 'Ashes Should Be On Terrestrial TV'

    SkyNews - Friday, November 13 04:17 pm

    The Ashes should join Wimbledon and the Olympics on a list of sport's 'crown jewels' that are screened on free-to-air television, a review has recommended. More »

  • A general view shows the 2012 Olympic stadium under construction in east London November 3, 2009. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth

    Olympic Games are "biggest security challenge since WW2" 

    Reuters - Friday, November 13 02:57 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - The London 2012 Olympic Games will be the biggest security challenge for Britain since World War Two, a government minister said on Friday. More »

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