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November 5 - The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) have joined forces with the Football Association of Ireland, the Gaelic Athletic Association, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) to urge the Government to retain funding for sport and warned that any further cuts would leave the country facing the prospect of being "humiliated" at the London 2012 Games.
November 5 - A World Cup for Para-cyclists, that could feature former Formula One driver Alex Zanardi (pictured), will start in 2010, it has been announced.
November 4 -The Olympic Village for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games was officially handed over to the organisers for its final preparations today, an event that coincided with the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony.
November 4 - Nearly £2 billion worth of Olympic and Paralympic-related contracts are still up for grabs, businesses attending the London 2012 Business Summit at ExCeL were told today.
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 - Newcastle United's stadium, which is due to be one of the venues for the football tournament during the London 2012 Olympics, will be renamed "sportsdirect.com @ St James' Park Stadium" until the end of the season it has been announced.
November 4 - Devon today promised to invest £25 million into providing a first-class cycle network in the county over the next few years.
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 Queen has visited Olympic Park to inspect preparations for the 2012 London Games as the controversy over whether it should be named after her continues to rage.
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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.
November 2 - Russian ice hockey superstar Sergey Fedorov (pictured), a three-time world champion and three-time Stanley Cup winner, was today unveiled as a Sochi 2014 Ambassador and will play a key role in promoting sport and healthy lifestyles in Russia and spreading the Olympic and Paralympic values around the world.
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November 2 - A new multi-million pound radio communications system has been acquired to boost security for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, the Home Office announced today.
By Duncan Mackay
November 2 - A plan to name the site of the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Elizabeth Park in honour of the Queen has sparked a row with the British Olympic Association (BOA) unhappy over the proposal.
By Tom Degun in London
October 31 - London's iconic BT Tower was tonight the centre-piece for the spectacular celebrations that marked the 1,000 days to go point until the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony.
October 31 - Dame Kelly Holmes (pictured) thinks that a group of Britain's greatest athletes, including herself, Sir Steve Redgrave and Sebastian Coe, should light the Olympic flame at London 2012.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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One of the most consequential goalless draws in football history was played on March 5 1921, between Glenavon and Shelbourne. The sides would never meet for a replay, setting in motion the divide of Irish football, which persists to this day. David Owen reports.
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