Olympics awarded to Russia
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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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Each child born on 20 December will be given the chance to be a part of the 2012 Olympics if the London bid is successful.
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MOSCOW, Sep 13 (IPS) - President Vladimir Putin has issued a blunt warning  to heads of organisations and regional administrations involved  with the preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,  Russiaâs southern sea resort, to eschew corruption.
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Russia defeated Brazil in five sets in Athens on Thursday to cruise into the final of the women&#39;s volleyball in the Athens Olympics.
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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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Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge on Sunday gave top marks to Athens for organising a superb Games. &quot;I am an extremely happy President of the IOC,&quot; he told reporters on the day the Games wrap up.
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Reward Russia with its first Winter Olympics? Take the games to a new Asian market in South Korea? Or return to the Austrian Alps for the first time in nearly 40 years?.
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The Black Sea resort of Sochi, boosted by the personal intervention of Russian president Vladimir Putin, won the right to stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Monday that it has received the bid books from all five Candidate Cities bidding to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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Moscow has promised tight security, more than a dozen new sports facilities, mid-range hotel rooms and improvements in the city&#39;s smog-belching traffic if it hosts the 2012 Olympic Games.
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ATHENS : Yuriy Borzakovskiy became the first Russian runner to win the Olympic Games men&#39;s 800 metres here. Lying at the back of the eight-man field at the bell, Borzakovskiy unleashed his trademark sizzling
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Gymnast Alexei Nemov, who was  controversially marked down at last month's Athens Olympics,  will be awarded a symbolic gold medal, Russia's Olympic chief  said on Wednesday.
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New York, Paris, London, Madrid and Moscow submitted their final bids to be host of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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A Greek athlete loses his medal after he tests positive, and a Russian is also reported to have failed a test.
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Russia and France signed an agreement on military transits to Afghanistan via Russia.
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Russia could miss the rowing at this year's Olympics, after more of their athletes were found guilty of drug offences.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland made that announcement today. Hamm received gold in the gymnastics all-around at the Athens Olympics.