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Earthquake Topples Tokyo's Olympic Dreams For 2020
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GB Editor on Monday, March 21, 2011  8:05pm EDT
 
Tokyo will bow out of a bid for the 2020 Olympic Games allowing Japan to fully
focus on rebuilding efforts to recover from the devastating

London 2012 Ticket Sale Schedule
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GB Staff on Sunday, January 16, 2011  11:22am EST
 
Tickets for the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games will go on sale March 15, while
tickets for the Paralympic Games go on sale September 9,

Timeline For 2020 Summer Olympic Bids
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GB Staff on Thursday, January 13, 2011  8:54am EST
 
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board has approved the
timeline for the 2020 Summer Olympic bid process, which ends with the host city
vote

Guangzhou Not Bidding For Olympic Games
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GB Staff on Saturday, November 27, 2010  1:27pm EST
 
Although International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said
while attending the opening ceremony of the Asian Games November 12 that
Guangzhou has the "skill"

An Olympic Bid For Wales?
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GB Editor on Tuesday, September 28, 2010  8:15pm EDT
 
Set to host the Ryder Cup near Cardiff in October, officials in Wales are
already looking beyond the event establishing lofty goals to attract more

Most Hungarians Want Budapest To Bid For 2020 Olympics
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GB Staff on Wednesday, September 1, 2010  10:28am EDT
 
According to a survey reported Tuesday in the Nepszabadsag daily, 70 per cent of
Hungarians say they want Budapest to be for the 2020 Summer

Launch Of Singapore 2010 Commemorative Stamps
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GB Staff on Monday, July 26, 2010  8:43am EDT
 
The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games organising committee has announced it
will be launching four Singapore 2010 stamps to commemorate the first Youth
Olympic Games. It's the

Vancouver 2010 Ticket Scam
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GB Staff on Tuesday, May 18, 2010  8:50am EDT
 
The Fan-to-Fan Marketplace, advertised by Vancouver 2010 as the safest and most
secure way to buy and sell tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic

Committee Created To Coordinate Rio 2016 Preparations
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GB Staff on Thursday, May 13, 2010  8:14am EDT
 
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is signing a document that would
create a committee of all levels of government to coordinate Rio's preparations

IOC President Rogge Admits Climate An "Important Factor" in Olympic Bids
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GB Editor on Thursday, April 29, 2010  3:58pm EDT
 
In Dubai for SportAccord this week, IOC President Jacques Rogge admitted that
extreme heat would be an important factor should the city bid for the