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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

January 17th, 2008

Press Release | Madrid 2016 Olympic Bid, The Games of the People

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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January 15th, 2008

Press Release | Virtual Olympic Congress: Launch of Public Consultations

15 January 2008 - The public consultation process of the virtual Olympic Congress was officially launched today on the Olympic Movement website. This is the first time in the history of Olympic Congresses that the general public can submit their views on the topics under consideration. An analysis of these contributions will be conducted, and […]

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January 15th, 2008

Press Release | All Seven 2016 Applicant Cities Return Responses

14 January 2008 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that all seven cities applying to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in 2016 have returned their Application Files, which contain their responses to the IOC Candidature Acceptance Procedure questionnaire.
Chicago (USA), Prague (Czech Republic), Tokyo (Japan), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Baku (Azerbaijan), Doha […]

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January 13th, 2008

Press Release | Rio Pledges to Present the World Greatest Party in 2016

11 January 2008 — Representatives from the three government levels and Brazilian Olympic Committee deliver Rio 2016 Bid applicant files at IOC headquarters in Lausanne
Important authorities of the Federal, State and City governments and Brazilian Olympic Committee were this Friday at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee, in Lausanne, Switzerland, to hand-deliver the documentation […]

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January 12th, 2008

4th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport

The 4th IOC World Conference on Women and Sport will be held in Jordan from 8-10 March 2008. It will focus on the topic, “Sport as a vehicle for social change” and will be discussed by participants universities, goverments, NGOS, the Olympic Movement, etc numbering in the hundreds.
Reports on the progress made, analysis, recommendations plus […]

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January 8th, 2008

Why We Love Sports in the b5media Sports Channel

At the b5media Sports Channel, we live, breathe, eat and sleep sports. And though diehard sports fans may understand the passion, outsiders may just think we are crazy.
For the reading pleasure of sports fanatics and non-sports fans alike, we offer to you the reasons we love sports.

Blake breaks down his poker obsession and why you […]

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January 5th, 2008

Press Release | Tomlinson and Smith Claim U.S. National Championship Titles

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (3 January 2007) — Keslie Tomlinson (Potomac Falls, Va.) and Caleb Smith (Lake Placid, N.Y.) won their respective U.S. National Championship titles today at the Olympic Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.Y.
“This was a fun race for me, and I’m feeling really good about today’s result,” Tomlinson said. “I’m learning more each […]

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January 4th, 2008

Press Release | TOKYO 2016 “Dives” Straight into Bid Activity on New Year’s Day in Olympic Year 2008

Odaiba, Tokyo Bay, 1 January 2008 - The TOKYO 2016 Olympic Games Bid Committee today, New Years Day, initiated its very busy national promotional campaign for 2008 by sponsoring an Olympiansf swim in the freezing waters of Tokyo Bay as part of the famous annual mid-winter swim in the Pacific Ocean. Over forty athletes from […]

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January 4th, 2008

Press Release | Organizing Committee set up for Pre-Olympic Aquatic Events

(BEIJING, January 4) — The organizing committee for three “Good Luck Beijing” sport events to be held at the National Aquatics Center in the first half of 2008 was formed on Friday.
The National Aquatics Center is an important venue for the Beijing Olympic Games, second only to the National Stadium.
To examine its capabilities for the […]

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January 1st, 2008

b5media Sports Channel News: Inside the Ballpark with Hunter Pence

We have a new addition to the b5media Sports Channel — Inside the Ballpark with Hunter Pence.
This new blog features major league baseball player Hunter Pence of the Houston Astros. We are very excited about Hunter joining us on the b5media Sports Channel.
Hunter will personally pen a weekly blog post to detail the latest happenings […]

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