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Race for 2018 Olympics enters new lap as bid cities present cases

By Duncan Mackay in Acapulco
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

October 21 - The race to host the 2018 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is set to enter an important new phase today when the three bidders - Annecy, Munich and Pyeongchang - present their cases to an international audience here for the first time. 







British sport braced for tough times following budget cuts

By Tom Degun in London
 
October 20 - Sporting bodies across Britain are braced for barren times ahead after Chancellor George Osborne slashed £300 million ($471 million) from the budget of the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) but claimed that things were not as bad as they had feared.



Osborne's £300 million blow as sport suffers the brunt of spending cuts

By Tom Degun in London

George_Osborne_in_carOctober 20 - George Osborne struck a blow to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) as he announced its budget will be slashed from £1.4 billion ($2.2 billion) to £1.1 billion ($1.7 billion) as part of the wide-scale Government cuts announced in today's Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR).