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Winter Olympics should not be one of British sport's "crown jewels" says new report

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By Duncan Mackay   November 13 - The Winter Olympics should be axed from the list of British sport's "Crown Jewels", the events that must be shown on free-to-air television, a new report published today recommends.

away qualification matches for the football World Cup and European Championships as well as The Open golf


Fiji names squad for opening Sevens World Series in Dubai

  • Rugby Sevens

November 7 - Fiji has named 18 players for a training squad ahead of the first leg of the 2009-10 International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series in Dubai next month.

stories October 2009: Fiji coach upset over Commonwealth Games suspension October 2009: Golf



LPGA set to name new Commissioner

  • Golf

October 28 - Michael Whan is set to be unveiled as the new Commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf

  Whan, 44, a former executive vice-president of TaylorMade Adidas Golf North America, was

the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles in the 80 metres hurdles and javelin who later went on to excel at golf


Softball plans to rebrand after Olympic failure

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October 25 - Softball is planning to rebrand with a new logo and a revamped website as it begins to come to terms with its failure to win back its place in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

campaign to regain its place on the programme but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose golf


Softball plans to rebrand after Olympic failure

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October 25 - Softball is planning to rebrand with a new logo and a revamped website as it begins to come to terms with its failure to win back its place in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

campaign to regain its place on the programme but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) chose golf




Dallaglio claims that rugby chimes with Olympics ideals

  • Rugby Sevens

By Tom Degun October 14 - Former England captain Lawrence Dallaglio (pictured) has claimed that rugby sevens will make a big impact in the Olympics because the sport represents many of the core values associated with the Games.

Olympic Committee (IOC) voted 81-8 at its Session in Copenhagen last Friday to include rugby sevens and golf

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Jens Sejer Andersen: Rogge has never been in a stronger position to clean up the Olympics

  • The Big Read (Paralympics)

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge had reasons to be satisfied when he entered the closing reception with his colleagues yesterday in the Tivoli Gardens, ending nine days of the Olympic summit in Copenhagen.   Re-elected by an 88-1 majority Rogge can start his last four year term with a strengthened mandate to achieve his political goals.

matters like the choice of Rio as host city for the Summer Olympics 2016, the election of rugby and golf