Olympics




Annecy 2018 bid is young at heart

Annecy_learn_to_skiJanuary 23 – Annecy's decision to put youth at the heart of its bid to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has resulted in almost 9,000 local schoolchildren learning to ski over the past year, they have claimed.






Diack: It is time for Britain to make good on its broken promises

By Mike Rowbottom

Lamine_Diack_at_Olympic_Stadium_London_May_15_2009January 20 - On the eve of the final deliberations over the eventual fate of the 2012 Olympic Stadium, Britain has been challenged by Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), to live up to the promise of an athletics legacy that was "a core policy" of the successful Olympic bid six years ago.