TSE Group Plc announced the signing of a new contract through its Sports Performance Division with the Brazilian Olympic Committee to specifically improve Brazil’s elite performance planning in the lead up to London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The company added that the contract will be headed by its Senior Consultant of the Sports [...]
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Television ratings for golf may not collapse as dramatically as has been feared in the wake of the Tiger Woods scandals. Indeed, they may soar precisely because of it once the major tours launch this spring. That is the view of Florida sports lawyer Michael Buckner. He says: “The public’s fascination with reality-television, which uses [...]
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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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The decision to elect Rio de Janeiro as the host of the 2016 Olympics was not driven by money, otherwise the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have picked Chicago, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said on Monday. “It is clear that the IOC in its choice has not chosen for the big money,” Rogge said, speaking [...]
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