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• IOC rebukes WADA boss Pound for Armstrong comments

  - 2007-02-12

  LOS ANGELES AFP — International Olympic Committee IOC officials have rebuked World Anti-Doping Agency WADA chairman Dick Pound for comments critical of cyclist Lance Armstrong, according to newspaper reports. The Los Angeles Times and New York Times reported that the IOC Ethics Commission censure was dated February 2 and...

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• Koreans vow to learn from corruption 'mistakes'

  - 2006-04-05

  LONDON AFP — Organisers of South Korea's bid for the 2011 World Athletics Championships have vowed to "learn from the mistakes of the past" in dealing with corrupt sporting officials. Daegu, in south-east South Korea, is among nine contenders which have submitted bids to the International Association of Athletics...

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• Meeting of Olympic officials opens in South Korea

  - 2006-04-02

  SEOUL AFP — Hundreds of international sporting officials open the general assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees ANOC in South Korea. The three-day gathering, attended by International Olympic Committee president Jaques Rogge and 900 other world sporting leaders, comes two years before the Beijing Olympic Games. ...

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• Blair and Chirac save food row for later as final Olympic battle looms

  - 2005-07-05

  SINGAPORE AFP — British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac managed to avoid an unseemly row over culinary heritage as they went into Olympic battle for the respective capital cities. The two leaders, whose relationship has often been difficult, especially since a recent bitter row over...

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• Chirac, Blair face off in battle for Olympics

  - 2005-07-05

  SINGAPORE AFP — French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair went head-to-head in Singapore in final campaigning for the 2012 Olympic Games, in a battle insiders said had come down to Paris or London. Chirac jetted into Singapore on Tuesday afternoon for a lightning round of...

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• South Korea's jailed former IOC official to be released on parole

  - 2005-06-27

  SEOUL AFP — Former International Olympic Committee IOC vice president Kim Un-Yong, who was jailed on corruption charges, will be released on parole this Thursday. Kim, 74, is among 709 prisoners who will be released on parole, the justice ministry said Monday. The South Korean national was handed...

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• Olympic stayer Coe set for final round

  - 2005-06-27

  LONDON AFP — London bid leader Sebastian Coe remains confident he can swing the floating voters in the final round of lobbying before the International Olympic Committee makes its decision for the 2012 hosts on July 6. Coe dismissed suggestions that Paris was the favourite to win the Games,...

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• Olympic legend hits out at Coe

  - 2005-06-02

  PARIS AFP — Olympic long-jump legend Bob Beamon has accused London 2012 bid leader, double gold medalist Sebastian Coe, of treating fellow Olympians with a lack of respect. Beamon is furious his photograph was used in a promotional brochure for the London bid without his permission. The brochure,...

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• London Olympic bid suffers blow

  - 2005-04-23

  LONDON AFP — London's bid to host the 2012 Olympics suffered a blow when they withdrew their enticement to the 10,500 athletes and team officials of free flights to London, free phone calls and free British train travel. It comes just two days ahead of The International Olympic Committee's...

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• New York in the clear over 2012 incentive offer

  - 2005-04-22

  PARIS AFP — New York was cleared of breaking the International Olympic Committee's strict new guidelines in its bid to host the 2012 Games. The IOC's ethics commission earlier this week announced it was setting up an investigation into New York's offer to help minor sports promote themselves throughout...

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