Beijing, Nov 6: The International Olympic Committee must pressure China to ease restrictions on media freedoms ahead of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Human Rights Watch said today.
New York, Nov 2: International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said that a monitoring system would be set up in Beijing to gauge whether air pollution warranted delaying events at next year's Games.
London, Oct 30: International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge has no regrets over Beijing being chosen to host the 2008 Games despite criticism from human rights campaigners.
Tokyo, Sep 12: Japan's cabinet has approved Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and agreed the government will pay up to half the building costs, a spokesman said, clearing the way for the capital to file its candidacy.
Moscow, July 9 : Russia's tennis chief said today he had been denied a
US visa to accompany his team for this week's Fed Cup semi-final against the
United States and accused authorities of hampering his team's preparations.
Guatemala City, July 3: Beijing officials will withdraw one million
cars from the city's streets next month in a trial run as plans are drawn up to
reduce pollution levels for next year's Olympics.
Sydney: The Games are over, and the party's begun. Well the party's been on for quite sometime.
Sydney: This is a chronicle of a disaster foretold. A chronicle that sees a new edition every four years, but not very dissimilar from the one written four years earlier.
Sydney: Hundreds of people packed a Sydney church on Monday for a memorial service for Maria Teresa Salisach-Rowe, wife of International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch.
Athens: Beleaguered Athens 2004 Olympics organisers rejected accusations of overspending from politicians and the media on Thursday and denied that they were paid exhorbitant salaries.