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Annecy 2018: Golf champion Gwladys Nocera throws her weight behind the French bid -
30-07-2010 (23:07)
(L to R) Florence Masnada and Edgar Grospiron met with Gwladys Nocera at the Evian Masters golf tournament on 24th July 2010 / A. Carraz - Annecy 2018(L to R) Florence Masnada and Edgar Grospiron met with Gwladys Nocera at the Evian Masters golf tournament on 24th July 2010 / A. Carraz - Annecy 2018

LAURA WALDEN / Sports Features Communications 


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Cyclist Rebellin loses Olympic doping appeal -
30-07-2010 (16:44)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP)—Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin lost an appeal Friday of a decision stripping him of his 2008 Olympic silver medal for doping. He could now be suspended by cycling’s governing body and stripped of other race results.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the International Olympic Committee was right to disqualify Rebellin after he tested positive for the banned blood-boosting drug CERA.


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IOC official: Africa should target 2030 or 2040 Olympic bid -
29-07-2010 (03:07)
(Center) Nawal El Moutawakel chairing the Rio 2106 evaluation visit (L to R) Craig Reedie, Jacqueline Barrett, Nawal El Moutawakel and Gilbert Felli / Rio 2016 (Center) Nawal El Moutawakel chairing the Rio 2106 evaluation visit (L to R) Craig Reedie, Jacqueline Barrett, Nawal El Moutawakel and Gilbert Felli / Rio 2016


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Mario Pescante: South African candidacy is motivating Roma 2020 -
15-07-2010 (22:07)
Fifty year homage to the 1960 Olympics / Image: CONI Fifty year homage to the 1960 Olympics / Image: CONI


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Mario Pescante: the South African Candidature motivates Roma 2020 -
15-07-2010 (00:07)
Fifty year homage to the 1960 Olympics / Image: CONIFifty year homage to the 1960 Olympics / Image: CONI


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Swiss body says it could host Winter Games -
25-06-2010 (18:55)

ITTIGEN, Switzerland (AP)—Switzerland’s Olympic committee says the country is capable of hosting the 2022 Winter Games and will form a strategy to present a bid to the International Olympic Committee.

The Swiss Olympic body said Friday that a report it commissioned concludes that the Alpine nation could proceed with a bid.


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Swiss Olympic body says it could host Winter Games (PA SportsTicker) -
25-06-2010 (18:48)

ITTIGEN, SWITZERLAND(AP) —Switzerland’s Olympic committee says the country is capable of hosting the 2022 Winter Games and will form a strategy to present a bid to the International Olympic Committee.

The Swiss Olympic body said Friday that a report it commissioned concludes that the Alpine nation could proceed with a bid.


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Canadian Olympic athletes have more opportunities to cash in -
17-06-2010 (02:02)
Canadian Olympian Hayley Wickenheiser (right) during the Right To Play golf tournament with Olympians at Silvertip golf course in Canmore, Alberta on June 16, 2010.  Leah Hennel, Calgary Herald

CANMORE, Alta. '€” Win an Olympic gold medal as an American, an Australian, an European or an Asian and there'€™s a very good chance you'€™ll be set for life financially.

Yet, it'€™s only a handful of highly decorated and visible Canadian amateur athletes who will be able to cash on their Olympic successes. But the latest group of medallists from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics say that while it still takes a lot of knocking, there are more opportunities now than ever before.


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Budapest studying Olympic bid feasibility for 2020 summer Games -
04-06-2010 (14:06)
Budpest Castle is a famous view of the city / Image: lake imagesBudpest Castle is a famous view of the city / Image: lake images


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Annecy welcomes French lesson after UEFA backs France for Euro 2018 -
28-05-2010 (15:05)
Happy man: UEFA's French president Michel Platini / Fotosports.comHappy man: UEFA's French president Michel Platini / Fotosports.com

KEIR RADNEDGE / Sports Features Communications


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