Berlin to Host 2009 World Championships
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Berlin won the right to host the 2009  world athletics championships on Saturday.
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The Czech capital Prague will bid to host the Olympics in 2016 or 2020, mayor Pavel Bem said on Tuesday.
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Germany will welcome U.S. entertainer Barbra Streisand with open arms when she performs at Berlin's Waldbuehne arena on Saturday, her first appearance in the country after turning down several invitations in the past.
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The International Association of Athletics Federations will select the venue of the 2009 world track and field championships from three bidding European cities during its two-day meeting this weekend.
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The technical details of London's bid to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics are to be unveiled.
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Five cities of London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris have submitted their bids for the 2012 summer Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC),it was announced by IOC on Monday.
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Germany will play the opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA has confirmed.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Los Angeles was awarded figure skating's 2009 world championships, which will serve as a qualifier for the Vancouver Olympics. Placements at worlds will determine how many spots a country gets for the 2010 Winter Games.
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Abu Dhabi will host a Formula One Grand Prix race from 2009.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 21--Olympic medalists and Winter X Games champions will compete this weekend in the U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix at Tamarack Resort.   The event, free to the public, starts Thursday with practice sessions.
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BORMIO, Italy  - The Alpine skiing world  championships get under way on Saturday with two of the biggest  names in the sport going head to head in the men's super G  race.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.&#39;s Budweiser brand will become the international beer sponsor of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games - its first sponsorship of a summer Olympics held outside the United States, the company said Tuesday.
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One of Russia, Austria or South Korea will be celebrating later on Wednesday when the host venue of the 2014 Winter Olympics is decided.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - It took five years and six major revisions, but organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada said on Wednesday they now know when each sporting event will take place in the 17-day competition.
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Los Angeles was awarded figure skating's 2009 world championships, which will serve as a qualifier for the Vancouver Olympics. Placements at worlds will determine how many spots a country gets for the 2010 Winter Games.
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Events to mark the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall take place in the German capital on Tuesday.
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Business: 18 October 2004, Monday. Bulgarian companies might have the opportunity to boost preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games in China, it was announced Monday.