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Olympic ceremony dedicated to Georgian luger
VANCOUVER: Tributes have been paid at the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympics to the Georgian luger killed in a training crash. Organizers dedicated Friday’s ceremony to 21-year-old Nodar Kumaritashvili,… Read more
Olympic cauldron lit to open Vancouver Games
VANCOUVER: The Olympic cauldron has been lit to open the XXI Winter Games. One of the cauldron lights didn’t work, however, so only three of the final torchbearers actually lit… Read more
Glitch mars lighting of indoor Olympic flame
VANCOUVER: The moment everyone had been waiting for misfired a little at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday when the equipment failed in the BC Centre and part of… Read more
Record warm weather in Vancouver for Olympics
MONTREAL: Winter Olympic host city Vancouver saw its warmest January on record, marked by a lack of snow and daffodils in bloom just days before the start of the Games,… Read more
Trio bid for 2018 Winter Olympics
Three cities have officially applied to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The French city of Annecy and Pyeongchang in South Korea have both joined Germany’s Munich in submitting bids ahead… Read more
Women given 2012 go-ahead
Britain’s women boxers have been given the green light to compete for gold at the London 2012 Olympics. The International Olympic Committee’s executive board gave women’s boxing the go-ahead for… Read more
Team GB chief calls it quits
Great Britain performance director Kevin Hickey has resigned following the team’s below par showing at the World Championships in Milan. Hickey, who only took over the role in March, had… Read more
