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The British Olympic Association (BOA) has denied that it is on the verge of making a bid for London to host the Olympic Games in 2012, sportbusiness.com has learned.

Turkey's Olympic chief looks disdainfully upon the report that may crush Istanbul's bid to host the 2008 Olympics.

Win or lose, Toronto plans to show the world that it can throw a party of Olympic proportions.

Ethical journalist’s association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) has launched its campaign against Beijing's bid to host the Olympic Games.

World record-breaking pole vaulter Sergei Bubka is set to clear another new height this week in his rapid rise up the ranks of world sport's administration.

Former French Open tennis champion Michael Chang, whose family hails from China, is to act as a Goodwill Ambassador for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Summer Olympics, bid officials have stated.

The delay of the WBA heavyweight title fight between John Ruiz and Evander Holyfield was a "blessing in disguise" for Chinese organisers facing heavy losses on the event, promoter Don King said.

A man is suing Sydney's Olympic Games organisers for more than A$19m ($9.6m/B

Singapore is struggling to keep prestigious sporting events because sponsors say the island cannot give them a good return on their investment.

Pro-Tibetan rights activists have climbed onto a ledge above the entrance to the Chinese Embassy in Washington and unfurled a banner protesting against Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympics.

World heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman is prohibited from fighting anyone else for the next 18 months unless he gives former title holder Lennox Lewis an immediate rematch, a U.S. District Court judge ruled yesterday.

The Bush administration will remain neutral on Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics, despite powerful appeals from members of Congress to oppose the proposal on human rights grounds.

Toronto, despite being one of the front-runners to stage the 2008 Summer Olympics, faces an uphill battle, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) marketing chief Dick Pound.

French President Jacques Chirac, promoting the Paris bid to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, has told Russian Olympic officials that the organisation of the Games would be problem-free if they were held in the French capital.

Boxing promoter Don King has offered $12.5 million to the Lennox Lewis camp to stage a world heavyweight title rematch with Hasim Rahman.

About 200 Tibetans marched through the Indian capital on Wednesday in protest at Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games and China's poor human rights record.