The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed it has found no adverse analytical findings after completing a re-analysis programme of athlete anti-doping urine samples from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.
October 23 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have shortlisted five nominees for Exemplary Paralympic Games Official at the 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards.
January 29 – ParalympicsGB have today announced their team to compete in alpine skiing at 2010 Paralympic Winter Games with man of the moment Sean Rose (pictured) unsurprisingly heading the list of entries. 
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.
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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.
October 30 - The Olympic flame has began its epic 45,000-kilometre journey around Canada, as Olympians Catriona Le May Doan and Simon Whitfield lit the torch in front of the British Columbia Legislature after its arrival from Greece and ran the first leg of the relay through Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
October 30 - Italian competitors competing at next year's Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Vancouver next year are to be vaccinated against swine flu, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) announced today.
October 30 - The torch for the 2010 Winter Olympics is due to arrive in Victoria this morning and thousands of people, including a host of dignitaries, are expected at the British Columbia Legislature to welcome it to Canada.
October 27 - Hundreds of mourners joined the family of Jack Poole, the chairman of Vancouver 2010, at his funeral today.
October 15 - Round, undulating medals featuring the stylized eye and fin of an orca whale will be awarded to successful athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it was revealed during ceremony today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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