John Furlong, the President and chief executive of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has said that if the Games were to return in 2030 they would take place largely at existing venues and require only private funding.
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic stars will return to the Canadian city as part of the 10-year anniversary celebration event, it has been confirmed.
Celebrations to mark the 10-year anniversary of Vancouver 2010 will be held to support the next generation of athletes.
Belarus freestyle skier Alexei Grishin has sold the Olympic gold medal he won in the aerials at Vancouver 2010 for $68,750 (£56,480/€61,631) to help pay for medical care for a friend.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has banned Slovenia's Teja Gregorin for two years after she tested positive in retests from the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.
Retesting of samples from Vancouver 2010 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has caught only one athlete who recorded three adverse analytical findings, it was announced today.
Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has forgiven those who lodged abuse allegations against him in his first major speech on the issue since he was cleared of all charges.
Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong has claimed the challenge of recovering from a number of setbacks shortly before the opening of the Winter Olympics and Paralympics helped them organise an event which "changed Canada forever".
The head of the organising committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has won a defamation case brought against him by a freelance journalist.
John Furlong, the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010, has said he is ready to move on with his life after the third and final sexual assault lawsuit against him was dropped when the complainant failed to appear in court.
A sexual assault case against John Furlong, the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010, has been thrown out by British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Miriam Gropper.
Lawyers for John Furlong, the former President and chief executive of Vancouver 2010, have applied in court to have a sexual assault lawsuit against him dismissed before trial.
A triumphant final report has been issued by Vancouver 2010, explaining that the Games broke even and no more assets or outstanding debts remain.
February 3 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic speed skating host city Richmond has signed up to a sustainability programme.By Duncan Mackay
December 9 - Former Vancouver 2010 President and chief executive John Furlong should have to put up $100,000 (£61,000/€73,000) surety to prove he can pay legal costs if he loses a case alleging that he physically and verbally abused British Columbia students more than 40 years ago, a freelance journalist has asked a judge in Canada.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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