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Sochi 2014

Russians invited to vote for Sochi 2014 mascot

01 September 2010

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

September 1 - A Eurovision Song Contest-style competition to design the mascots for the 2014 Sochi Olympics and find a successor to the much-loved Misha the Bear, who was the symbol of the 1980 Games in Moscow, was launched today.

   

Sochi 2014 sign deal to produce Olympic stamps

26 August 2010

August 26 - The first series of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics stamps will be issued next January after a licensing agreement was signed with publishing and trading centre Marka.

   

Sochi 2014 environmental programme praised

19 August 2010

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 19 - Sochi's green programme for the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics was today praised by Theodore Oben, the head of the Outreach Unit at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), who claimed that he has "a strong feeling that Sochi 2014 will be successful" in environmental protection.

   

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