By Duncan Mackay
January 23 - Mexican city Guadalajara has withdrawn its bid to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games following a poor evaluation report from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that placed it firmly behind its rivals Nanjing and Poznan.
January 14 - Guadalajara will not withdraw its bid to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games despite receiving arguably the worst Evaluation report from a team of International Olympic Committee (IOC) inspectors.
By Tom Degun
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January 13 - Poznan Mayor Ryszard Grobelny (pictured second right) claims he is still confident of the Polish city being chosen to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Report released last week suggesting that Chinese city Nanjing are in pole position.
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December 15 - All three cities bidding to host the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games have been put forward by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the final round of voting which will take place early in the New Year.
September 15 - Two new top officials for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck have been appointed after their predecessors were forced to leave over a financial scandal following last year's European football championship, it was announced today.
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DECEMBER 12 - THE Austrian resort of Innsbruck will host the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in 2012, it was announced today.
THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) today officially launched the bidding process to host the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.
FEBRUARY 3 - THE International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that six National countries have submitted applications to host the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2014.
They are China, Indonesia, Mexico, Morocco, Poland and Turkey.
AUGUST 2 - THE International Olympic Committee's (IOC) ruling Executive Board today shortlisted four cities to host the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012.
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.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 - Overlay Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birmingham 2022 are looking for an experienced Overlay Manager to undertake the design and management of Games Overlay (temporary facilities and installations). The successful candidate will manage and undertake projects within the Venue Development Programme. In July 2022, Birmingham will host the XXII Commonwealth Games, the largest multi-sport event to be held in England in 10 years. Approximately 6,500 athletes and team officials from 71 nations and territories across the Commonwealth will come together in a 12-day celebration of sport and culture. Events will take place across Birmingham and the West Midlands, entertaining more than one million ticketed spectators and reaching a global broadcast audience of more than one billion.
Michelle Ford had to overcome dopers, her own Government, "traitor" slurs and a build-up that was far from ideal to win a famous Olympic gold for Australia - all at the age of 17. Brian Oliver reports.
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