Pyeongchang and Sochi vie for 2014 Games, Salzburg out
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The South Korean city of Pyeongchang or the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia will stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games after third candidate Salzburg was eliminated on Wednesday.
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Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi was awarded the 2014 Olympics yesterday, rewarding President Vladimir Putin and taking the Winter Games to his country for the first time.
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Zurich has decided to quit the bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, according to a statement released bythe Swiss Olympic Association on Tuesday.
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SCOTLAND and Ireland will face competition from Scandinavia if the Austria-Switzerland joint hosting of Euro 2008 runs aground. It emerged at the weekend that leading UEFA officials are unhappy at Switzerland
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BEIJING - Days after the euphoria of its record gold medal haul in Athens, China announced a sobering plan to delay construction of some venues for the 2008 Olympics and confirmed plans to cut down the extravagant features of two main stadiums here.
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Sochi became the first Russian venue to host the Winter Olympics when it was declared the winner of the contest to host the 2014 Winter Games, International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge announced on Wednesday.
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New York City and four other contenders for the 2012 Olympics submitted their final bids to the International Olympic Committee this week, moving the winner-take-all scrum into its last phase.
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SYDNEY/COLOGNE  - Certain horrifying prospects come to mind as the West gets ready to descend on Beijing to cover the 2008 Olympic Games.
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SOCHI, Russia  - Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate for next month's presidential election seized the opportunity to emphasize the continuity of power at an event on Sunday in Russia's future Winter Olympics capital.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Sweden will bid for the 2014 Olympics in an attempt to host the country&#39;s first Winter Games in history. The Swedish Olympic Committee said Wednesday it will submit an application for the cities of Ostersund and Aare.
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Tickets go on sale for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy on Wednesday amid the now-customary power struggles and financial impropriety among organizers.
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Geopolitically, the choice made sense. How could they not give the Winter Games to a place whose czar once declared that his two best generals were January and February? The Russians, who have more snow and ice than any country on the planet, have never staged this quadrennial sleighride. Clearly, they were overdue. But when the International Olympic Committee tapped ...
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Double Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt of Germany is to call time on her professional skating career with farewell performances in Germany and Russia during the Spring of 2008.
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MOSCOW, July 5 -- The choice of the Black Sea resort of Sochi late Wednesday to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games was celebrated here as a personal victory for the diplomacy of President Vladimir Putin and belated vindication for a booming country that often feels slighted by the West.
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi is awarded the 2014 Olympics on Wednesday, bringing the Winter Games to Russia for the first time.
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Wayne Gretzky found himself talking about Mario Lemieux possibly playing in the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin when ... whoa! &quot;Are you suggesting that you&#39;re holding
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I membri del Cio hanno assegnato la manifestazione a Soci, sul mar NeroBattute le altre candidate: Salisburgo, per l'Austria e Pyeongchang, Corea del Sud                                            Olimpiadi invernali del 2014 in Russia La gioia di Putin: "Un posto unico"