02/10/2013
The Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 may have been over three years ago, but for young British windsurfer Kieran Martin, the lessons learned in those 12 exciting days helped mould him into the...
29/09/2013
With 132 days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, the Olympic flame was lit today in Ancient Olympia, Greece, during a ceremony organised by the Hellenic Olympic Committe...
27/09/2013
IOC ACTIVITIES PRESIDENT On 26 September, IOC President Thomas Bach was in Essen (Germany) to attend a ceremony to pay tribute to IOC honorary member Berthold Beitz, who died in July. Today, 27 Sept...
The Opening Ceremony of the Lillehammer Youth Olympic Games will now take place on Friday 12 February 2016, exactly 22 years after the Olympic Flame was lit in Lillehammer for the 1994 Olympic Winter ...
26/09/2013
We note a report quoting Sochi Coordination Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Killy as being “’fully satisfied' with the gay law". He did not say that and was misquoted; and the report has subsequently ...
The host city of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games is abuzz with activity with a little over four months to go until the start of the Games on 7 February 2014. The organisers of the Sochi 2014 Games are b...
24/09/2013
The 10th and final visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Coordination Commission to the Black Sea city of Sochi got underway today. With only 136 days until the Games open and less than...
21/09/2013
IOC ACTIVITIESPRESIDENT On 17 September, one week after his election at the 125th Session in Buenos Aires (Argentina), IOC President Thomas Bach was at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne. This first d...
20/09/2013
Greek Alpine skier Ioannis Antoniou has been named as the first torchbearer of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Torch Relay. The 18-year-old will carry the torch once it has been lit at a special lighting cerem...
18/09/2013
One week to the day after being elected the ninth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach officially took over the reins from his predecessor, Jacques Rogge, at the IOC hea...
London 2012 - The British ska band Madness perform their hit Our House during the closing ceremony in Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - The saxophonist from the band Madness performs his solo while flying through Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - Ray Davies of the Kinks sings “Waterloo Sunset,” a love letter to London, at the closing ceremony on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - Acrobats, dancers, and performers give the eye much to behold in Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony on August 12, 2012.
London 2012 - Motor scooters from London's mid-60's mod subculture deliver Ricky Wilson to the stage to sing The Who's "Pinball Wizard" during the closing ceremony.
London 2012 - As the David Bowie hit "Fashion" plays aloud, a parade enters of British supermodels sporting haute couture designs during the closing ceremony.
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