Russia
BATTLE FOR IOC PRESIDENCY IN FULL SWING
It may be more than seven months before world sport's most prestigious job is decided but campaigning was already hotting up at the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s headquarters in Lausanne.
GAME POSTPONED FOR `SECURITY? REASONS
The Russian soccer league has said that the top of the table clash between champions and premier division leaders Spartak Moscow and their city rivals Lokomotiv Moscow had been postponed a day for security reasons.
BARCELONA WINS EUROPEAN CUP FINAL
This season's European Cup Final - likely to be the last under the current format - will be played at the Nou Camp Stadium, home of Barcelona.
ROGGE ON CHINA 2008: `WE CAN?T SOLVE INTERNAL PROBLEMS?
The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.
BEIJING SAYS BID CRITICS OUT OF STEP
A favourable review of Beijing's 2008 Games bid by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) showed human rights protestors and US critics were out of step with world opinion, a Beijing official said on Sunday.
BEIJING UPBEAT AS OLYMPIC GAMES INSPECTORS END TOUR
China bid farewell to Olympic Games inspectors on Sunday, brushing off human rights concerns and vowing to make Beijing the clean, green and modern city it promised in its bid to host the 2008 Games.
EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL EXPANDS TO RUSSIA
Extreme Sports Channel, the adventure and adrenaline sports service, is to broadcast in Russia.
MOSCOW MAYOR WANTS 2012 OLYMPICS
Sports-loving mayor Yuri Luzhkov has said he wants Moscow to stage the 2012 Olympics.
New York Games offer rejected
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.
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IOC president Jacques Rogge has dismissed claims New York should be automatically handed the 2012 Olympic Games in the wake of the suicide plane attacks in America.
London’s 2012 Games decision postponed
A decision on whether London will bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games will not be known until after next summer’s Commonwealth Games in Manchester.
Chess grandmaster says split in sport has hit hard
Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand has acknowledged the split among leading players had hit the game but argued it did not devalue the top tournaments.
Olympic decision – Cities currently delivering final presentations
The five cities bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games have begun delivering their final presentations ahead of this afternoon's decision in Moscow around 3.30pm BST.
Olympic decision – Beijing presents powerful images to IOC
Beijing combined evocative images of ancient and modern China in its final bid for the 2008 Olympics on Friday just hours before the International Olympics Committee (IOC) votes on the host.
Breaking news – Olympic decision – Beijing to host 2008 Olympic games
Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games after an International Olympic Committee vote in Moscow.
Olympic decision – Beijing guaranteed $1.2 billion in TV deals
Beijing will be guaranteed at least $1.2 billion from the sales of television rights and sponsorships for the Olympic Games.
Olympic decision – Crooks resigns over Toronto bid
Charmaine Crooks, a former Olympic middle-distance runner, resigned abruptly from the IOC's ethics commission on Friday in a dispute over her role in Toronto's bid for the 2008 Games.
Olympic decision – Beijing bid shows politics still permeates sport
International sports leaders like to pretend to others, if not themselves, that sport is blissfully removed from politics.