22 January 2008 - The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Jacques Rogge, welcomed United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the IOC headquarters today, where the two leaders agreed on an expanded framework for IOC and UN cooperation. President Rogge told Mr Ban that the IOC is committed to using sport to […]
21 January 2008 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today unveiled the names of the cities from which a final winner to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 will be voted on by the IOC membership. Moscow and Singapore were chosen through a postal vote by the Executive Board last week, and […]
Out of 344* I’m highlighting the women golfers in the Top 10 of the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings as of 21 January 2008:
Rank Change Name Country Events TotalPoints AveragePoints
1 0 […]
21 January 2008 - On his first official visit to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea will meet tomorrow with IOC President Jacques Rogge to discuss IOC and UN cooperation. The two leaders last met in October in New York City, when the UN […]
Just some of the latest headlines I want to share that talks about Olympic dreams, World Cup wins and athlete improvements.
Toby sets his sights on Olympics
Sail Melbourne: Finn Gold Cup last chance for Qingdao berth
Newly confident Friedman heads into LA World Cup
SLC’s Lund wins World Cup skeleton race
Happy reading!
Tags: Light the Torch, Olympic News, […]
18 January 2008 - This past weekend the International Coaching College for Africa/Europe wrapped up in Tirrenia, Italy. A total of 36 coaches from eleven countries were on-hand for the five-day session.
Combined with the ICC for the Americas held last month at the ISF’s world headquarters in Plant City, Florida, and the course […]
Vancouver, BC - 17 January 2008 - The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) will hold a press conference today in Langley, British Columbia, to announce a new contract and an Official Supplier sponsorship.
What: […]
(16 January 2008 – Boise, Idaho) — The 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games Organizing Committee (GOC) is pleased to announce that Sun Valley Resort, the home to one of America’s premier ski resorts, will host two sports for the 2009 Games, as well as for its prelude, the 2008 Invitational Winter Games in February.
Sun […]
16 January 2008 - An Olympic plan which will unleash “intense and powerful social regeneration” has been unveiled by the Madrid 2016 bid team.
The Madrid 2016 formal questionnaire, submitted to the IOC, says an Olympics in the Spanish capital will be The Games of the People.
The questionnaire is part of the formal process towards […]
Madrid, January 15th 2008
- The Madrid 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games would bring an intense and powerful social regeneration process in the Spanish capital.
- The effects of this regeneration, as the Mayor said: “are going to be […]
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