American swimmer, Ryan Lochte, clad in his high-tech swimsuit which critics (including the Italian team) claim contain “illegal levels of buoyancy,” broke his third World Record in Manchester, England at the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships. Watch the exciting video!
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Seems like it’s going to be a tough trek for the Asuncion siblings. They’re the Philippines’ bet in the Badminton event for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Kennie and Kennivic Asuncion, the country’s top badminton pair, face an uphill climb in their bid to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in August.
For falling short in their recent stints […]
Tokyo, 4 April 2008 - Ahead of the ANOC General Assembly in Beijing, TOKYO 2016, Japan’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today took a big step forward by gaining the strong support of the national sport federations and leveraging an opportunity to strengthen further TOKYO 2016’s plan.
The conference held at the Tokyo […]
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March 25, 2008 — The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee and Rio 2016 Bid Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, made it clear this Monday, March 24, that Brazil will compete in the Olympic Games Beijing 2008. For Nuzman the Olympic Games are a unique time for harmonization between peoples and athletes. He says political […]
Doha, 24 March 2008 – Over the next four years, several hotel conglomerates will invest billions of dollars in a series of hotels and hospitality related developments in Qatar. The Four Seasons, Hyatt, Hilton, Intercontinental and other multinational hotel corporations are constructing new properties in Doha to meet the high demand. According to the Qatar […]
March 18, 2008 - The Rio de Janeiro bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received an important boost this Monday, March 17. In a ceremony carried out in Palácio da Cidade, the Rio de Janeiro City Government transferred to the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) the management of the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, which […]
March 12, 2008 — Rio 2007 Parapan American Games debriefing will serve as basis for preparation of the Rio 2016 Paralympic project
The union between the Olympic and paralympic movements is one of the fundamental aspects for Rio de Janeiro’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The successful experience and harmony between […]
Tokyo, 22 February 2009 - The institution behind one of Japan’s most revered ancient artforms publicly backed Tokyo’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2016, which promises to herald a new sporting, social, economic and environmental golden era for the benefit of Tokyo, Japan and the whole Olympic Movement.
The Chairman of the […]
DOHA, 16 February 2008 – The Chairman of the Doha 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Bid Committee, Mr Hassan Ali Bin Ali, has praised the US-Islamic World Forum taking place in Doha.
The annual Forum brings together leaders in the fields of politics, business, media, academia, and civil society from across the Muslim world and the United […]
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