List of venues for 2018 World Cup to be announced Sep 29
September 5th, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The final list of host cities for the 2018 Football World Cup in Russia is to be announced Sep 29, a spokesperson for the Russia ... Read more...
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FIFA World Cup delegates visit Samara
June 22nd, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Samara (Russia), June 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The FIFA delegation charged with assessing Russia's 13 World Cup candidate cities visited here Friday.The seven delegates visited the site on the banks of ... Read more...
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Tokyo excited to be in race for hosting 2020 Olympics
May 24th, 2012 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, May 24 (IANS) The Tokyo city government is excited about the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pick the Japanese capital as one of the three candidate ... Read more...
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FIFA allocates $699 mn for Russia 2018
April 5th, 2012 - 3:10 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) FIFA has granted Russia a budget of $699 million to host the 2018 World Cup, a similar amount to that received by South Africa for ... Read more...
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Six cities bid for 2018 Youth Olympic Games
March 3rd, 2012 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Lausanne, March 3 (IANS) A total of six cities from Europe and Latin America have submitted applications to bid for the third edition of the Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) ... Read more...
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British Olympic Association backs Glasgow as 2018 Youth Olympics host
February 23rd, 2012 - 5:10 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 23 (IANS) The British Olympic Association (BOA) is proceeding with a bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) with the Scottish city of Glasgow as its candidate.The ... Read more...
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Glasgow is Britain’s lone potential candidate for 2018 Youth Olympics
January 31st, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 31 (IANS) The British Olympic Association (BOA) says the city of Glasgow has formally expressed its interest in hosting the 2018 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) if the BOA decides ... Read more...
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Malaysian Tunku Imran is Commonwealth Games Federation’s new president
November 12th, 2011 - 3:29 pm ICT by IANS
Basseterre (St. Kitts), Nov 12 (IANS/CMC) Malaysian HRH Tunku Imran has been elected the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president following the retirement of long-serving Jamaican Mike Fennell earlier this year.
Imran, ... Read more...
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Six cities bid for 2020 Olympics
September 3rd, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Sep 3 (IANS) Six cities have officially lodged bids to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Friday.The cities that have shown interest are Baku, ... Read more...
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FINA awards 2013 swimming world championships to Dubai
July 18th, 2009 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, July 18 (DPA) Swimming's controlling body FINA Saturday awarded the right to host the 2013 world championships to Dubai.
A secret vote by the 21-member FINA Bureau in Rome Saturday saw the ... Read more...
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FIFA to decide on 2014 World Cup host cities
May 29th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Hamburg, May 29 (DPA) Football's ruling body FIFA will decide this weekend which Brazilian cities will host games at the 2014 World Cup.
FIFA's Executive Committee will select 12 host cities from 17 ... Read more...
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IOC to announce candidate cities for 2016 Olympics
June 4th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Athens, June 4 (DPA) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is due to narrow down its selection of candidate cities to host the 2016 Olympics in Athens Wednesday. Favourites to make the ... Read more...
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