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The Prime Minister of France pledged state support for Annecy's bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) evaluation commission arrived in France on Tuesday for its first inspection of the three candidate cities.
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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has revealed the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata is likely to host Cricket World Cup matches in March, despite having been axed as the host venue for the India-England contest on February 27.
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Soccerex has announced that representatives from UEFA, Adidas, Intersport and Warner Bros will be speaking on a special licensing panel at the Soccerex European Forum next month.
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For the second year in a row, the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl has set an all-time record for a TV audience in the United States.
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New Indian Sports Minister Ajay Maken has established a committee to submit a report into ways of ensuring Delhi’s 2010 Commonwealth Games host venues do not turn into ‘white elephants’.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter has performed an apparent u-turn on an earlier suggestion that he expected the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to take place in the winter.
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The Sport Industry Group has unveiled its official shortlist for the Sport Industry Awards 2011, the 10th anniversary of the prestigious event.
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In an unprecedented move, Japan's spring sumo tournament has been cancelled in response to the sport’s biggest ever match-fixing scandal.
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A cricket official in charge of the MA Chidambaram stadium in the Indian city of Chennai has insisted a wall collapse at the venue, which is slated to host four matches at the forthcoming Cricket World Cup, was a “minor” incident.
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The Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) confirmed to UEFA on Wednesday that it would drop calls for the departure of the national body’s president, Hrigory Surkis.
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Sergei Gaplikov, a deputy head of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s staff, has been installed as the new construction chief for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) and FIBA Europe have signed a new multi-year partnership deal to increase the awareness of basketball events across the continent.
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Cheltenham - it's the one word that conjures up images of top-class sport and an emotional rollercoaster all rolled into one.
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Government officials from Kazakhstan met International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge on Monday to discuss a possible bid from the country to host the 2022 Winter Games.
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Turkey is back in the running to stage the 2013 Mediterranean Games after Greece was axed as the event’s host country due to financial concerns.
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South African Football Association vice-president Danny Jordaan has revealed that the country will bid to host the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.
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IMG has appointed James Robinson as the new managing director of the global sports company’s Challenger World unit.
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UEFA has warned Ukraine that it may yet be axed as a co-host of UEFA Euro 2012 if the country’s government interferes in the running of the national football association.