News Source: The Baltic Times
| 9 months ago
A series of victories in the qualifying matches secured the hockey obsessed nation a spot in the next Winter Olympic Games, where it will be grouped with some of the best teams in the world. After defeating Italy 4-1 in an exciting final Olympic...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 9 months ago
The eyes of the world turned to the Whistler ski resort when a gondola tower collapsed, leaving dozens of skiers and snowboarders stranded or injured and raising the spectre of a similar disaster during the 2010 Olympics. However, freedom-of-...
News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 9 months ago
The Canadian women are going for an Olympic three-peat in Vancouver, and open the tournament Feb. 13 against Slovakia. (Filippo Monteforte/Getty Images) The Canadian women will begin their quest for a third straight Olympic hockey gold on Feb. 13 at...
News Source: CCTV
| 9 months ago
The hottest is the ten yuan commemorative note issued last July. It's now worth as much as 1,450 yuan. With 6 million issued, the valued of the ten yuan Olympic note jumped 100 times last August. Experts say it's rare, even though an investment boom...
News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 9 months ago
The Vancouver Olympic organizing committee unveiled its new curling rink Thursday to much fanfare about the timely nature in which it and all other Olympic facilities were finished...With nearly a year to go before the Games, the completed facilities...
News Source: Androscoggin News
| 9 months ago
Here's how the federal government breaks down the estimated $900 million Olympic security budget. — $491.9 million for the RCMP-led Integrated Security Unit, which provides security for athletes, coaches and Olympic Family members. — $212...