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Sochi, the Russian Black Sea resort is to bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics just weeks after Moscow failed in its effort to attract the 2012 Summer Games.
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Infront Sports & Media Bulgarian National Television (BNT) has agreed a deal to cover all matches of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Ivan Slavkov of Bulgaria, implicated in a vote-buying scandal exposed by a BBC programme last year, has been expelled from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Around 30 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are reportedly still undecided as to which city to vote for to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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The 2005 NBA All-Star events will be televised in 214 countries in 45 languages via 97 international telecasters.

The Austrian Olympic Committee has selected Salzburg to bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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The South Korean winter sports resort of PyeongChang has been confirmed as the country’s candidate for the 2014 Winter Games.

The International Olympic Committee will donate $1million in aid for the tsunami disaster in Asia, according to a statement from the IOC.
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The South Korean winter sports resort of PyeongChang has been confirmed as the country’s candidate for the 2014 Winter Games.

South Korea has named Pyeongchang – 100-miles east of Seoul - as its candidate for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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The Swedish towns of Ostersund and Are will apply to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games.
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The initial field for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be set on July 28, 2005.
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The Associated Press reports that Salzburg and Innsbruck Austria will make a formal bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games at a presentation in Vienna next month.
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UEFA’s executive committee has called on the Swiss and Austrian authorities to make a greater commitment to the Euro 2009 championship which the two countries will host.

International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has stated that Bulgaria would have a 'very big chance' of winning the 2014 Olympics were it to table a bid.

South Korea's Un Yong Kim has been voted in as vice president of the International Olympic Committee.
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Korean candidate for vice-presidency of the International Olympic Committee, Un Yong Kim is believed to have withdrawn from the bidding for the prominent post.

Rugby's Hong Kong Sevens is set to go ahead as planned - despite the high-profile withdrawals of the Italian and French national teams.