GamesBids.com: Other News Toronto 2015 Scaling Down ================================================================================ GB Staff on Friday, May 11, 2012 11:21am EDT Organizers of the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games are scaling down the geographic scope of the Games to keep within its $1.4 billion budget. Toronto Gold Coast 2018 Head Fired ================================================================================ GB Staff on Monday, May 7, 2012 9:06am EDT Mark Stockwell, head of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, has been fired. Stockwell was appointed to his position as chairman of the committee Glasgow 2014 Sports Program Unveiled ================================================================================ GB Staff on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 11:09am EDT The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games sports program was unveiled Tuesday. There will be 17 sports in 11 days of competition. Highlights of the program include Generations For Peace Celebrates Fifth Anniversary ================================================================================ GB Staff on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:33am EDT Generations For Peace, the international non-profit organization founded by HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, which is dedicated to sustainable peace building and the use of Glasgow 2014 Has Security Risks - Report ================================================================================ GB Staff on Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:11am EDT The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games are on track, but according to a report by Audit Scotland, there are "risks to particular projects". Security was reportedly Yahoo May Bid to Become Canadian Olympic Broadcast Rights-holder ================================================================================ GB Staff on Monday, March 5, 2012 2:36pm EST The Globe and Mail reports that Yahoo is considering a bid for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games and the Rio 2016 Summer Games after the No Ideal Time For U.S. Olympic Bid - IOC President ================================================================================ GB Staff on Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:08am EST International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said Wednesday there was no ideal time for the United States to bid again for the Olympics. Asked IOC Ends Sochi 2014 Inspection ================================================================================ GB Staff on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 11:34am EST The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Coordination Commission ended its seventh visit to Sochi, host of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. Over three days the Commission Toronto 2015 Changes Original Plan ================================================================================ GB Staff on Friday, January 27, 2012 8:39am EST The Toronto Star reports that as many as 60 per cent of the planned venues for the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games have now been African vote was key in recent Olympic bid decisions says Blatter ================================================================================ Robert Livingstone on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:47am EST FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed that lack of careful attention to African International Olympic Committee (IOC) members has been costly for recent Olympic bidders.According "Good Progress" In U.S. and IOC Talks On Revenue-Sharing ================================================================================ GB Staff on Saturday, January 14, 2012 2:19pm EST The Associated Press reports the U.S. and International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials made "good progress" Friday in their latest round of talks on the revenue-sharing USOC To Resume Talks With IOC ================================================================================ GB Staff on Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:00am EST The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) will be resuming negotiations with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday during the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Over Budget ================================================================================ GB Staff on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 8:58am EST Paul Henderson, former leader of Toronto's failed 1996 Olympic bid and a former member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), wrote a letter to Ontario Olympian Appointed Head Of 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games ================================================================================ GB Staff on Saturday, December 17, 2011 10:16am EST Former Olympian Mark Stockwell has been formally appointed chairman of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Organising Committee. He was head of the Gold Coast More Troops Than Afghanistan At London 2012 Games ================================================================================ GB Staff on Thursday, December 15, 2011 11:47am EST Up to 13,500 troops will be deployed to protect the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games, more than in Afghanistan, as organizers said international uncertainty meant Close But No Agreement Between USOC And IOC ================================================================================ GB Staff on Friday, December 2, 2011 2:30pm EST Following nearly a year of negotiations, it appears that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) have failed to resolve Rio 2016 Paralympic Emblem Unveiled ================================================================================ GB Staff on Sunday, November 27, 2011 3:46am EST The emblem for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games was unveiled Saturday at the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, venue for the rowing and para-canoe events during IOC Head Praises Sochi 2014 ================================================================================ GB Staff on Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:00pm EST International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge, attending meetings of the European Olympic Committees in Sochi, praised organizers Thursday for making significant progress in preparations Home Office To Carry Out Background Checks Ahead Of London 2012 ================================================================================ GB Staff on Monday, November 21, 2011 11:18am EST To ensure a safe Olympic Games, all athletes, officials, workers and media who require access to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics will have to Gold Coast defeats Hambantota to host 2018 Commonwealth Games ================================================================================ Robert Livingstone on Friday, November 11, 2011 5:00pm EST At a Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis Friday - Gold Coast, Australia was elected to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games.