MOSCOW AND PARIS STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO HOST XXX SUMMER OLYMPIC ...
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The main applicants for carrying out of XXX Summer Olympic games are Moscow and Paris correspondent of AzerTAj learned from the director general of management of sports and entertainment actions of Moscow Alexander Polinsky.
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The rejection sets up a possible showdown between Russia and the West over the disputed territoryâs final status.
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Shifting alliances raise tension with Moscow.
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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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ON Monday, New York City submitted its bid for the 2012 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee, and next July, in Singapore, the IOC will decide.
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The rivalry between the five cities vying to host the 2012 Olympics has become overtly confrontational with Madrid lodging an official protest over Paris&#39;s use of French embassies to promote their bid.
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After little-known Pyeongchang nearly upended Vancouver in the last Winter Games vote, nobody's betting the palace on how the International Olympic Committee will vote tomorrow when it chooses its 2014 site in Guatemala. "I expect it to be as close as Singapore," reckoned president Jacques Rogge, referring to the session two years ago when London outpolled favored Paris by four ...
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Paul Hamm stated his case for the all-around gold medal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. Now the waiting begins.
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Despite the horror stories about heat, humidity, and pollution, the whole world still wants to go to Beijing for the Olympics. With the Games more than seven months off, tickets are difficult to find. There's so much demand that the organizers, who had planned to sell three-quarters of their supply to Chinese residents, will offer half to foreigners.
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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.
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&quot;Love of the Games,&quot; existing infrastructure, cheap ticketing and a smooth transport system will underpin the Paris bid to host the 2012 Olympics, campaign leader Philippe Baudillon said on Wednesday.
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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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The International Olympic Committee wants the organisers of the 2012 Games in London to press on with their preparations.
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London, Nov. 18 - London&#39;s 2012 Olympic bid could make a profit of Â£100 million which would be ploughed back into grassroots sport, it emerged today, while a strong Paris bid launched yesterday, stressing
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ATHENS - The Olympic oracles had long prophesized doom for the Summer Games&#39; Greek homecoming. Unfinished venues. Lax security.
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Iran&#39;s transparent decision to boycott head-to-head competitions against Israeli athletes is an assault on the Olympic ideal. It needs to be dealt with swiftly and sternly. Instead, the International Judo Federation could not find enough executive members ...
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The organizers of London's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2012 reportedly believe that Paris will beat out their city, and are emotionally crushed by their impending defeat.