India's Olympic Chief: government holds boycott power

India's Olympic Chief has said that any decision to boycott the 2012 London Games over Dow Chemical's sponsorship of the Games rested with government.

Ecclestone hopes for trouble-free 2012 Bahrain F1 race

Formula One's Bernie Ecclestone has backed Bahrain to put on an incident-free race in 2012 but agreed that unforeseen events could force a re-think.

Sepp Blatter untouched in IOC ethics probe

The International Olympic Committee has no plans to investigate Fifa head Sepp Blatter following the resignation of his predecessor Joao Havelange.

'Fifa's not transparent on corruption'

Longtime International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound says Fifa is not being transparent about the extent of corruption within the organisation.

London marks 366 days to 2012 Olympics

London celebrated the one-year countdown to the Summer Games with the first dive into the new Olympic pool and a presentation of the medals.

Let's share the 2018 Olympics, says North Korea

A senior North Korean sports official has been quoted saying North Korea would like to share some events in the 2018 Winter Olympics with South Korea.

Send in your women, says Olympic committee

The International Olympic Committee hopes the countries that have never sent female athletes to the Olympics, will do so at the 2012 London Olympics.

Small nations can host the Olympics too

Developing countries across the world have been urged to take heart from Pyeongchang's winning bid to be the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics: A tale of three cities

The three cities hoping to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics wrapped up their vying in Durban on Tuesday, ahead of the voting that starts on Wednesday.

SA to bid for Commonwealth Games

South Africa will bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games and also look to stage the 2017 World Games, Sascoc has announced.

'Obama factor' might give Chicago Olympic edge

Spain's IOC representative thinks US President Barack Obama has the chance to get the 2016 Olympics for his home city, Chicago.

Olympic committee scraps international torch relays

The IOC has decided to scrap torch relays outside the host country ahead of Olympic Games in the wake of last year's chaos in the build-up to Beijing.

SA cans controversial sport regulations

The Sport Ministry has confirmed that regulations that would have allowed the minister to interfere with national team selections have been withdrawn.

Curtain down on 'exceptional' Games

The Beijing Olympics, played out against a background of political intrigue and featuring 16 days of compelling and controversial action.

A sporting start

Exactly 100 years ago a Chinese YMCA lecturer had a dream -- that one day China would host the Olympic games.

Future of Olympic soccer in danger

Football is in danger of losing its prominent position at the Olympics after a ruling allowing clubs to deny them a place at the Games.

Blogging athletes permitted at Olympics

There is new freedom on the internet as Olympic athletes can talk about the restrictions and other issues on their own blog.

Tutu, Havel urge athletes to speak up at Games

Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu called on Olympic athletes on Thursday to speak up on human rights in China.

Beijing haze recedes but rights concerns remain

Haze that has covered Beijing for the last few days cleared on Tuesday as rain fell 10 days before the Olympics begin.

Iraq banned from Beijing Games

The International Olympic Committee has confirmed a ban on Iraq from competing in the Beijing Games in a major blow to seven Iraqi athletes.

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