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Poll: Softball For Reinstatement In 2016
Should softball be re-admitted to the Olympic sport programme in 2016?
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Barack Obama will be a key figure for Chicago 2016

Top Olympic Bid Story of 2008: U.S. President-Elect Obama Positioned To Intensify 2016 Olympic Bid Race

Finally to the top story of the year. GamesBids.com has been counting down the year's top Olympic bid stories in our first ever Top Ten ...

Tokyo 2016 Bid Builds Momentum At Year’s End

A sobe-making demonstration at the Top Athlete Café New Year's Eve by Kyoko Hamaguchi, Tokyo 2016 Hometown Ambassador, 1984 gymnastics gold medallist Shinji Morisue, and ...
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2010 Commonwealth Games Hit By Recession - Security Review

Preparations for the New Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games have been hit by the global recession. Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi said Tuesday the budget ...
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Security At Vancouver 2010 Games “Subtle”

Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer said security for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games will be subtle, adding the security budget ...
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Ski Event Promotes Sochi 2014 Games

A successful International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup race in central Moscow that drew a capacity crowd of more than 20,000 people, helped to demonstrate ...
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Rio 2016 Bid Gets Additional Support

With the official opening of the 36-metre Rio 2016-themed Ferris wheel on New Years Eve at Copacabana Fort promoting Rio's bid for the 2016 Summer
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PyeongChang To Bid For 2018 Winter Games

PyeongChang South Korea hopes the city will be lucky this time as it announced Friday that it is bidding to host the 2018 Winter Olympic
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RSS Youth Olympic Bids

Innsbruck, Austria was elected to host the Winter YOG in 2012
Youth Winter 2012 | Youth Summer 2014 | Other Youth Olympic News

Youth Ambassadors Promote Singapore 2010 Youth Games

Fifty youths dressed in lime green T-shirts and giving out balloons took to the streets of Singapore Sunday to promote the city's Youth Olympic Games
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President Signs Law For Sochi 2014 Games

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law introducing amendments which regulate the preparation and hosting the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Itar-Tass reports the new
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RSS Other Games Bids

Pan Am Games 2015 Election in 2009 - bid books due April; Commonwealth Games 2018 Decision in 2011

Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Answer To Economic Crisis?

Backers of Toronto's bid for the 2015 Pan Am Games say that because of the economic crisis, governments are more willing to open their wallets
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RSS Olympic Sports Bids

The IOC will consider adding new sports in October 2009 - baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby sevens, softball and squash are bidding

Chess And Darts At Future Olympic Games

World Chess Federation (FIDE) President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, told Gulf News he is confident that chess will soon be included in the Olympic Games. Ilyumzhinov said,
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GamesBids.com to Release 2008 Top 10 List of Olympic Bid Stories

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GamesBids.com - the only news source dedicated to reporting on bids to host the Olympic Games – will publish a “Top 10” list featuring popular
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BID CHG INDEX
Chicago (CHI) BidIndex Down 1.96 58.78
Madrid (MAD) BidIndex Down 0.87 58.63
Rio (RIO) BidIndex Down 0.17 59.73
Tokyo (TKY) BidIndex Up 0.56 61.22
Last Updated 5 Nov., 2008 (Full BidIndex Details)

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