Vancouver 2010

December 27 - A special committee has been set-up in Oregon to send United States soldiers injured during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the Paralympics in Vancouver next year.

November 13 - Russian biathletes Albina Akhatova and Ekaterina Iourieva (pictured) will both miss the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics in Vancouver after they today both lost their appeal against two-year doping bans.

November 5 - The Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Torch Relay will visit 11 Canadian communities in 10 days, starting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 3 and ending at the opening ceremony at BC Place in Vancouver on March 12, it has been announced.

November 4 - Polo Ralph Lauren today released details of the uniforms it has designed for the United States team to wear at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, which begin in Vancouver in 100 days. 

November 4 - Vancouver 2010 organisers will today officially take over the C$1.2 billion (£683 million) Athletes Village as part of a series of events to mark the 100 day countdown to the start of the Games.

November 3 - The third and final phase of ticket sales for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games begins on Saturday (November 7) at 10:00 am Pacific Time, it was announced today.

By Duncan Mackay

October 31 - The British Olympic Association (BOA) have stockpiled supplies of Tamiflu, the anti-swine flu, in case there is an epidemic of the virus at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next year.