The International Olympic Committee (IOC) expects at least three networks to bid for the US television rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics and believes the winning offer will exceed the previous $US2 billion ($A2.18 billion) deal. Richard Carrion, who negotiates the US rights for the IOC, told The Associated Press he has already received [...]
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Less than a month after Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) representatives were meeting with Brazilian authorities to draw up a plan of action to prepare the Games. The meeting was taking place Friday and Saturday at the traditional Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio. Before getting started, [...]
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After the excitement of bidding and the euphoria of winning, the reality of making the 2016 Olympics happen starts in Rio de Janeiro this week. The International Olympic Committee is sending an expert team to Brazil on Wednesday to begin shaping the $14.4 billion games with Rio’s organizing committee and government agencies. “We start immediately [...]
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Brazil will find ways to ensure the safety of Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge said on Thursday, after an outbreak of violence raised questions over the Games’ security. Thirty-three people have died since violence between rival gangs of drug traffickers erupted in Rio at the weekend. The city [...]
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The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will include rugby union sevens and golf as sports, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced. Two months ago the IOC’s executive board voted to include the sports in the program, a proposal that was ratified by the body’s members at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Friday. [...]
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Jacques Rogge easily won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday for a final four-year term. The 67-year-old Belgian, who has served as IOC president since 2001, was the only candidate and needed a simple majority in the vote. The IOC voted 88-1 in favor of his re-election. Three members abstained from [...]
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