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Pele eyes Olympic gold if Rio wins 2016 bid
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
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Triple World Cup winner Pele rues never getting the chance to win an Olympic medal but the 68-year-old thinks he might still fulfil his dream if Rio de Janeiro is selected to host the 2016 Games. Professional soccer players were not allowed to take part...
Tags: Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Copenhagen, IOC, Michelle Obama, Cesar Cielo, obama arrived, Joseph Blatter, Barack Obama
Pres. Obama to be in Copenhagen on Friday
The International Olympic Committee has reported that U.S. President Barack Obama will be in attendance when the IOC picks who will be chosen to be the host for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games this Friday. With the President being in attendance, many...
Tags: President Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Olympics, Summer Olympics, 2016, Chicago, Illinois, Madrid, Spain, Tokyo, Japan, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, IOC
Suburbs to be represented in Copenhagen
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility With more than $50 million at stake for Northwest suburban businesses, the president of the Woodfield Chicago Northwest Convention Bureau is going to Copenhagen to show support for the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. Fran Bolson, the bureau's president and...
Tags: Chicago Marathon, Copenhagen, First Lady Michelle Obama, Rio de Janeiro, IOC, International Olympic Committee, Tokyo, Madrid, olympic bids, hosted city, Chicago
Olympics-Omega extends sponsorship deal to 2020
Geneva :: Switzerland | 2 months ago
Credibility Swiss watchmaker Omega, a part of the Swatch Group, has extended its deal as one of the IOC's top sponsors and will be the Olympic Games' official timekeeper until 2020, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday. There were no financial details...
Tags: The International Olympic Committee, IOC, Switzerland, Geneva
5 gold medalists will pitch Chicago for Olympics
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Only one of the five, 1992 triple jump winner Mike Conley of Luther South High School, is a Chicagoan. And the most famous athlete associated with Chicago, two-time Olympic basketball champion Michael Jordan, is absent from the group of 26 announced Wednesday...
Tags: Chicago, Tokyo, IOC, Copenhagen, winning bids, Rio de Janeiro, olympic games, International Olympic Committee, bids leader, Japan
Column: Obama should stay out of the Olympics fray
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility World leaders should stop turning the Olympics bids into a popularity contest Will he go or won't he remains a question, despite the latest indications that President Barack Obama likely will not appear in Copenhagen Oct. 2 to boost Chicago's bid for...
Tags: IOC, Barack Obama, Chicago, ioc member
Obama's message is real clear politics
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Some think President Barack Obama was playing Zorro on the White House lawn Wednesday, fencing with an Olympic foil, with Mayor Richard Daley looking on. Others figured the president was Han Solo to the mayoral Yoda, foreshadowing a climactic scene to...
Tags: Tokyo, Copenhagen, olympic bid, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, Chicago, Japan, International Olympic Committee, prime minister, IOC
IOC member: Get Obama to support bid
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 2 months ago
Credibility That's what Richard Pound, a Canadian IOC member, told reporters in Chicago Monday night. Chicago enters the final stretch of the competition for the 2016 Summer Games, neck in neck with finalist cities Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. While the other...
Tags: Chicagoan, olympic bid, IOC, First Lady Michelle Obama, Copenhagen, Mayor Daley, Denmark
Oprah considers helping Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility Oprah Winfrey said Sunday that she is open to the idea of going to Copenhagen next month to help Chicago sell its bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics . The International Olympic Committee will decide among Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro on Oct....
Tags: IOC, ioc member, International Olympic Committee, Chicago, Barack Obama
Govt begins valuation of CIL for IPO
Mumbai :: India | 2 months ago
Credibility The department of divestment has undertaken a valuation exercise of Coal India’s (CIL) shares ahead of its proposed initial public offer...Although officials are tight-lipped about the developments, CIL — a 100% government-owned company — has reduced...
Tags: United Bank IPO, IOC, India, Mumbai
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