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Norto extends deal with USA Luge until Sochi 2014

December 2 - USA Luge have announced that Norton Abrasives, which has done business with the team since the 1980s, will continue as its primary sponsor through the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

USA Luge have announced that Norton Abrasives, which has done business with the team since the 1980s, will continue as its primary sponsor through the 2014 Sochi Olympics.













Willis to chase double at Commonwealth Games

December 18 - Olympic 1500 metres medallist Nick Willis (pictured) says he wants to win the 800 and 1500 metres double at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi next year, which will boost organisers of the event in the Indian capital following a succession of big-name athletes claiming that they would not compete.



Teenager to lead British curling hopes in Vancouver

By Mike Rowbottom

December 17 - Nineteen-year-old Eve Muirhead (pictured) – described by the British Olympic Association's (BOA) chief executive Andy Hunt as "probably the world’s best young player" - has been confirmed as skip for the British curling team at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in February.