SEPTEMBER 24 - THE father of four-time Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy said today he would not have named the velodrome being built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow after his son.
August 11 - Sir Robert McAlpine, who are building London's Olympic Stadium, have been recommended to build two of the key venues that will be used during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
August 6 - David Grevemberg (pictured) is leaving a senior position with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to become head of operations for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, it has been announced.
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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Dika Toua, a mother of two, has made Olympic history before and is poised to do so again as she prepares to make her fifth Olympic appearance. Brian Oliver reports.
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