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By STEPHEN WILSON AP Sports Writer
LONDON (AP)—The U.S. Olympic Committee will contribute $18 million to resolve a financial dispute that has strained relations with the IOC, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press. The decision ends an impasse over administrative costs of staging the games.
The USOC and International Olympic Committee announced Thursday they had agreed on a “significant financial contribution” from the American body. The amount was confirmed by a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the terms are confidential.
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Refugee Zana Abdollah’s short film Our Country wins Film Nation:Shorts ‘Film of the Month’ for August 2010
06 Sep 2010The short film Our Country made by refugee Zana Abdollah with other unaccompanied asylum seeking young people from the Kent Refugee Action Network has won the Film Nation:Shorts Film of the Month award for August 2010. The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad initiative Film Nation:Shorts gives 14-25 years olds film-makers the chance to get their work showcased at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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THE JOHN GOODBODY COLUMN / An authoritative and exclusive series from Sports Features Communications
LONDON, Aug 31: The storm clouds are gathering round the head of Lance Armstrong. The record seven-time Tour de France winner has been under intense pressure ever since his fellow American Floyd Landis admitted in an email in April that not only had he taken performance-enhancing drugs when he finished first in the 2006 Tour de France but also he alleged that Armstrong himself had done so in earlier years, when the pair were team colleagues.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP)—By keeping its headquarters in Colorado
Springs, the U.S. Olympic Committee will keep 722 jobs in the city with a
combined payroll and benefits of $55 million, according to a study being
finalized for the federation.
The USOC’s CEO, Scott Blackmun, rolled out those figures Tuesday at a
luncheon attended by key business leaders in the city, where there has been a
healthy debate about spending more than $53 million to keep the headquarters in
town for the next 30 years.
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By Nick Mulvenney
BEIJING, Aug 18 (Reuters) - China’s deputy sports minister
Cui Dalin, the architect of the medal table-topping triumph at
the Beijing Olympics, has retired at the age of 60, state media
reported on Wednesday.
Cui was in charge of competitive sports in the state system
for the four years running up to what he described as “an
historic breakthrough” at the 2008 Olympics, where Chinese
athletes won 51 golds and 100 medals in all.
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This year over 150,000 enjoyed the festivities / O.JACQUOT/ANNECY TOURISME
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This year over 150,000 enjoyed the festivities / O.JACQUOT/ANNECY TOURISME
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THE NEIL WILSON COLUMN / An exclusive, authoritative series from Sports Features Communications
LONDON, Jul 27: Seated alongside UK Athletics’ chief coach Charles van Commenee, sprinter Dwain Chambers, the IAAF world indoor 60 metres champion, was paraded before the world’s media by UK Athletics in Barcelona this week as one of their prospective medallists at the European championships.
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LONDON (AP)—The Olympic group responsible for building the venues for the 2012
London Games says its senior managers will not receive a pay increase this year.
The Olympic Delivery Authority said Thursday it will also defer a proportion
of bonuses eligible to directors until after the games.
ODA chief executive David Higgins recently topped a list of the highest paid
public officials in Britain with a salary of $595,000.
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