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The International Olympic Committee says "yes" to sanctioning ski cross as an event, but rejects women's ski jumping.

Doubts emerge on possible Madrid 2020 Olympic Bid amid rising public costs, as bitterness against alleged "guided vote" by the IOC prompts mayoral press conference.

The International Olympic Committee votes to re-include rugby union at the 2016 and 2020 Games.

Use 2010's Vancouver Games to teach history, social studies, globalization, ethics, Greece, Model UN. Beyond just sport, explore the Olympic Charter's humanitarian values

Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics will live or die October 2, 2009 in Copenhagen. President Obama will be on hand for the final presentation and vote.

Smog, earthquakes, Africa, Dalai Lama, human rights, finance and now Internet & media censorship are headlines that have become synonymous with the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The build up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has been marked by the repression and exploitation central to all Olympic Games. Londoners should take note.

Teachers can use the Olympic Truce. Activists can raise awareness and pressure national governments and the UN to invoke this ancient tradition every two years, for peace

Caster Semenya, a medal-winning Olympic athlete, is perilously close to being stripped of her medals after reports surfaced that she may be a hermaphrodite.

With U S President George Bush & some world leaders refusing to fully boycott the Olympic Games, Friday's statement by President Hu Jintao hinted China remains concerned.

The longest continuous corporate supporter of the Olympics, Coca-Cola has been associated with the games since 1928. Interesting facts about Coke and the Games.

The International Olympic Committee won't allow international elite athletes to ski jump in the 2010 Vancouver Games because the IOC believes the women aren't ready.

A brief look at some of the aims and objectives of the very first Winter Youth Olympics to staged in 2012.

Time is running for candidates to launch bids for the 2018 Winter Olympics, therefore PyeongChang have announced that they will bid for a third consecutive time.

A controversial Olympic games in Beijing has activists protesting to focus world attention on issues involving China. Is this in the spirit of the Olympic games?

Rugby is set to rejoin the Olympic family after an absence of over 90 years. The IOC's executive board recommended that rugby and golf are included in the 2016 Games

Acer notebooks will be the computer of choice at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and London 2012 Summer Olympics, per an agreement with the IOC signed in 2007.

On 6 July 2005, London, the capital of the UK, won the right to host the Olympic Games in 2012. But what does this mean for the city and the UK?

Jim Thorpe went from Olympic athlete to sports superstar in the years following the Fifth Olympiad.

Today the bell cast for the 1936 Berlin Olympics sits beside the refurbished stadium, cracked and shot-through with its two partially defaced swastikas.

The modern Olympic games has grown from a small event in which 245 competitors took part to a multi media, multi million pound sporting extravaganza.

Due to a complicated tie breaking procedure that no longer allows for double medals in gymnastics, Nastia Liukin was edged out on the bars. Yang finished third.

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Rio de Janeiro has beat out Madrid in the final round of voting to host the 2016 Summer Games, becoming the first South American city to host the Olympic Games.

Many people assume figure skating queen Michelle Kwan will hang up her skates permanently. She, however, told the press she's not sure yet. Do you think she should?

It's not well known that rugby has been on the Olympic program on four occasions- in Paris in 1900, London in 1908, Antwerp in 1920 and Paris in 1924.

The Lausanne Christmas market features 50 miniature Swiss chalets stalls in the historic town center, with concerts, a nativity play, and a visit from Father Christmas.

The development of the Paralympics ensures that sport can be enjoyed by all, including those with physical and mental disabilities.

Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are the four cities bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. The winner will be decided on October 2, 2009.

President Obama and the First Lady's recent trip to Copenhagen in order to pitch Chicago as the site for the 2016 Olympic Games may have been wasted energy.

As time to submit a bid to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup Runs out, Qatar has launched a bid to bring the football tournament to the Middle East.

Recent research revealed several top brands of common sports supplements contain controlled or banned substances that may compromise the long-term health of athletes.

This timeline traces the development of disabled sports from recreational therapy to the Paralympic Games, the pinnacle of athletic competition for the disabled.

Our dependency on a decent cup of coffee goes back many years, so what is the background science behind this ancient shrub and can you have too much of a good thing?

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics has a roster of international partners whose well-known brands add the weight of their names (and their cash) to the Games.

Rugby Sevens has been accepted as an Olympic sport in the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016. What is it? And how does Sevens differ from the full version of rugby?

Russian-born skating sweetheart is a three-time Olympian and an example of triumph through perseverance.