Paris denies embassy&#39;s efforts for bidding 2012 Olympics
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Paris 2012 moved quickly Thursday to deny the critics from their rivals of taking the advantage of embassies to promote their bid of 2012 Olympics.
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London formally submitted its bid Monday to the International Olympic Committee to host the Olympic Games in 2012. Bid leader Lord Sebastian Coe, a four-time Olympic medallist
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French soccer star Zinedine Zidane has thrown his support behind Paris&#39; campaign to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, the Paris bid committee said Friday.
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French Foreign Ministry spokesman Herve Ladsous said Friday here that bugs detected at the room called &quot;Salon Francais&quot; at the United Nations&#39; headquarters in Geneva &quot;have nothing to do with France&quot;.
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ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- FINA, the swimming&#39;s world governing body, has rejected protest from national federations of Britain and Austria over American Aaron Peirsol&#39;s reinstatement after he was disqualified in the 200m backstroke final at the ...
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Paris - not New York - is the front-runner for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, the top US Olympic official said yesterday. &quot;We&#39;re not in first,&quot; said Peter Ueberroth, chairman of the board of directors of the US Olympic Committee.
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The five cities looking to host the 2012 Summer Olympics submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee, with Paris the front-runner to win next year&#39;s vote.
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The five cities looking to host the 2012 Summer Games submitted bids to the International Olympic Committee on Monday.
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ATHENS, Aug. 18.  The International Olympic Committee today announced it would take no action against Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou for missing drugs tests. It referred the cases to the IAAF. IOC spokeswoman Ms Giselle Davies ...
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Olympics is a massive event to manage. And Britain who is bidding for 2012 Olympics would appoint a cabinet minister just to look after the Olympics preparation.
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A Paris court rejected Friday a bid by President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife, Cecilia, to block publication of a book that says she called her former husband "ridiculous" and a womanizer.
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A successful bid to stage the 2012  Olympic Games would not overstretch London, New York or Paris,  a leading credit rating agency said on Thursday.
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According to France&#39;s Foreign Ministry. Paris talks between EU and Iranian officials aimed at persuading Tehran to stop developing nuclear weapons.
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Soccer&#39;s world governing body on Sunday rejected a request to sign a female player by a professional men&#39;s soccer club in Mexico.
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A charitable organization on Friday denied that a planned trip to Rwanda it had organized for hotel heiress Paris Hilton, and which has been postponed, would have been filmed as part of a reality television show.
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London Mayor Ken Livingstone denies the finances of the 2012 London Olympics are in a state of chaos.
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Paris 2012 is hoping that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members will be impressed by its plans for a compact Games based around the Stade de France in the north west of the city, which is one of the main strengths of its bid.