Madrid&#39;s Olympic bid wins Real support for 2012 Summer Games
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Madrid has enlisted the support of Real Madrid in an attempt to boost its hopes of staging the 2012 Olympic Games. Madrid&#39;s mayor Alberto Ruiz Gallardon described the famous soccer team as &quot;the
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London 2012 chairman Lord Sebastian Coe names the first official Olympic sponsor.
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Spanish officials are set to renege on a promise to the Football Association not to use tomorrow&#39;s friendly with England in the BernabÃ©u Stadium to promote Madrid&#39;s 2012 Olympic bid, a rival to London&#39;s.
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New York and four European capitals submitted their final bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics by Monday&#39;s deadline, the International Olympic Committee announced.
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Leaders of Madridâs bid for the 2012 Olympics hope the golden covers of the three-volume set help create an image of successful Games in Spainâs capital city.
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A massive plan to attract the 2012 Summer Olympics to New York, touting the city's diversity, financial and media power, was revealed Wednesday.
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Paris is confident of maintaining its status as the odds-on favourite to host the 2012 Olympic Games, citing widespread political backing, strong financial support, affordable tickets and 80 per cent of venues within 10 minutes reach.
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Details of London&#39;s bid to host the 2012 Olympic games were unveiled today, with the bid team pledging that the capital could host &quot;the best games the world has ever seen&quot;.
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Racial abuse of black players during England&#39;s friendly against Spain has seriously jeopardised Madrid&#39;s chances of staging the Olympics in 2012, according to members of the International Olympic Committee.
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Real Madrid&#39;s Luis Figo of Portugal, right, and Roma&#39;s Traianos Dellas of Greece, top left, and Philippe Mexes of France reach for the ballr during their Champion&#39;s League Group B soccer match between Roma and Real Madrid, in Rome&#39;s Olympic stadium
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Paris, one of London&#39;s four rivals to host the 2012 Olympic Games, revealed details of its 3,200-page bid document today, focusing on the city&#39;s &quot;love of the Games&quot;.
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PARIS, Sept 28  - Jacques Chirac has confirmed his &quot;total determination&quot; to help Paris win the race to stage the 2012 Summer Olympics ahead of London, New York, Madrid and Moscow.
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LONDON, Nov. 15. - Britainâs middle distance great Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 bid committee, insisted that the English capital has closed ground on leading rivals Paris and Madrid in its bid to host the Olympic Games.
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London 2012 Olympic bid leaders yesterday insisted that the capital has a realistic chance of winning the right to host the next but one summer games despite starting the campaign behind the clear favourites, Paris.
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Madrid (pts) - The Spanish Olympic bid for 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committeeâs (IOC), accusing Paris 2012 organisers of illegally using French embassies to promote the city.
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Trips to a royal summer retreat and Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium, a talk by a minister and a sampling of tasty Spanish cuisine are some of the treats Madrid officials have lined up for a visiting Olympic evaluation team.
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The Olympic spotlight will shine on  Madrid this week when the all-important evaluation commission  begins its whistle-stop tour of the five cities vying to stage  the 2012 Games.