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• US lawmakers want IOC to strip Russia of 2014 Olympics

  - 2008-08-14

  WASHINGTON AFP — Russia should be stripped of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics for sending its troops into neighboring Georgia, two US lawmakers said Thursday in announcing a planned bill to put before Congress. Representatives Allyson Schwartz and Bill Shuster, both of Pennsylvania, will ask that Congress push the...

  Tags: Georgia, Government, International Olympic Committee, Russia, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress, Winter

• The early years of sport psychology: the work and influence of Pierre de Coubertin

  - 2007-03-01

  The history of sport psychology is currently an area of interest (Vealey, 2006). Although, much is known about the history of sport psychology after 1965, little detail about the development of the field before that time is available. A notable exception, however, is the work of Gould and Pick (1995)...

  Tags: International Olympic Committee, U.S. Congress

• Oly: Copenhagen to stage key Congress

  - 2006-02-08

  AAP Sports News Australia 02-08-2006 Oly: Copenhagen to stage key Congress By Ossian Shine TURIN, Feb 8 Reuters - Copenhagen will stage the 2009 International Olympic Committee Congress, IOC members voted today. ...

  Tags: Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., International Olympic Committee, U.S. Congress

• Congress tackles sports issues

  - 2005-06-23

  Congress periodically has interceded in organized sports. Some examples: June 1972: Congress passed Title IX, outlawing sex discrimination in schools nationwide. Rules governing Title IX went into effect in July 1975. March 1989: Sens. Bill Bradley, D-N.Y., and Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., co-sponsored the Student Right to Know Act...

  Tags: athlete, International Olympic Committee, Quality, Sen., U.S. Congress

• London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe today called for union support to back the Olympic bid when he addressed the TUC Annual Congress in Brighton.

  - 2004-09-15

  M2 PRESSWIRE-15 September 2004-London 2012 Ltd: London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe today called for union support to back the Olympic bid when he addressed the TUC Annual Congress in BrightonC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09152004 The double Olympic gold medallist said: "I...

  Tags: athlete, chairman, FINANCE, Games, International Olympic Committee, job, Olympic, U.S. Congress

• Soc: FIFA and WADA set to sign doping accord at Congress

  - 2004-05-21

  AAP Sports News Australia 05-21-2004 Soc: FIFA and WADA set to sign doping accord at Congress By Mike Collett PARIS, May 20 Reuters - A conflict over doping that had threatened soccer's place at August's...

  Tags: FIFA, International Olympic Committee, U.S. Congress

• Forthcoming events.(Calendar)

  - 2003-09-01

  7th IOC Olympic World Congress on Sport Sciences 7-11 October 2003, Athens, Greece Further details from: Congress Secretariat 7th IOC Olympic World Congress on Sport Sciences Ms Angelika Chantzou ...

  Tags: conference, E-mail, Fax, International Olympic Committee, U.S. Congress

• Oly: Rogge distances himself from Olympic expulsion row

  - 2002-11-27

  00-00-0000 Oly: Rogge distances himself from Olympic expulsion row By Erskine McCullough MEXICO CITY, Nov 26 AFP - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge and the ruling executive committee distanced themselves today from the growing...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, International Olympic Committee, U.S. Congress

• Department of Defense releases Selected Acquisition Reports - Department of Defense News Release

  - 2002-09-01

  The Department of Defense has released details on major defense acquisition program cost and schedule changes since the December 2001 reporting period. This information is based on the Selected Acquisition Reports SARs submitted to the Congress for the June 30, 2002 reporting period. SAPS summarize the latest estimates of...

  Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, International Olympic Committee, Investment, NETWORKING, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense

• U.S. Congress divided over Beijing's bid to host Olympics

  - 2001-07-16

  WASHINGTON, July 10 Kyodo U.S. Congress members were divided Tuesday over Beijing's bid to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2008. Prior to Friday's general assembly of the International Olympic Committee IOC, which will decide the 2008 site, a bipartisan group of House of Representatives...

  Tags: Beijing, International Olympic Committee, Transportation, U.S. Congress