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Euro 2016, Rio Olympics, Wimbledon, Premier League... Keep track of all the ... - Daily Mail

31-12-2015 21:53

Daily Mail
Euro 2016, Rio Olympics, Wimbledon, Premier League... Keep track of all the ...
Daily Mail
Euro 2016, Rio Olympics, Wimbledon, Premier League... Keep track of all the sporting action with our ultimate calendar. Published: 15:53 EST, 31 December 2015 | Updated: 08:31 EST, 1 January 2016. 1k shares. 2016 promises to be yet another sensational ...
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For Brazil, the Wary Thrill of the 2016 Summer Olympics - Wall Street Journal

31-12-2015 11:33

Wall Street Journal
For Brazil, the Wary Thrill of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Wall Street Journal
An Olympic year tends to play out in two phases: the dread and the fever. The dread is easy to detect: fears of grotesque cost overruns, enormous infrastructure that may moss over and rot, ambivalence or even hostility from citizens of the host nation.
Rio Olympics will be a feast for the eyes – but a nightmare for the noseIrish Times
Layla Anna-Lee :Are The Rio Olympics Going To Be A Disaster?

Bank of Japan sees major economic boost from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics - Manila Bulletin

31-12-2015 09:02

Manila Bulletin
Bank of Japan sees major economic boost from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Manila Bulletin
The Tokyo Summer Olympics will boost the Japanese economy as much as 30 trillion yen ($249 billion) by 2020, according to a report by the Bank of Japan. Construction investment triggered by the Games and increasing numbers of foreign tourists will help ...
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Howard Davis, most outstanding boxer at 1976 Olympics, dead at 59 - Yahoo Sports (blog)

31-12-2015 07:40

Yahoo Sports (blog)
Howard Davis, most outstanding boxer at 1976 Olympics, dead at 59
Yahoo Sports (blog)
Howard Davis Jr. (L), shown during his gold medal run at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, died Wednesday at 59 after a brief battle with cancer. (Getty Images file photo). Howard Davis Jr., who was voted the most outstanding fighter at the 1976 Olympics ...and more »

Don't rewrite history of Boston's Olympics bid - The Boston Globe

31-12-2015 06:03

Don't rewrite history of Boston's Olympics bid
The Boston Globe
TWICE RECENTLY the Globe has peddled a strange alt-history version of what happened with the Olympics (“Massachusetts Says No to Spending Money in 2015,” Page A1, Dec. 28; “Bostonians of the Year,” Magazine Dec. 19). In this version, the Olympics ...and more »

Troy School District creates new Special Olympics cheerleading squad - Suburban Life Publications

31-12-2015 04:27

Suburban Life Publications
Troy School District creates new Special Olympics cheerleading squad
Suburban Life Publications
Troy Special Olympics cheerleaders Madison Dixon, 11, Dymond Smith, 13, and Megan Arnold, 11, perform Dec. 19 during a Special Olympics basketball game at Crossroads Elementary in Shorewood. Caption. (Lathan Goumas - [email protected]).

Saina Nehwal's medal in London Olympics is biggest moment in Indian badminton ... - Daily News & Analysis

31-12-2015 03:01

Daily News & Analysis
Saina Nehwal's medal in London Olympics is biggest moment in Indian badminton ...
Daily News & Analysis
The year 2016 brings Olympics with it and India's chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand said Saina Nehwal's bronze medal in London 2012 was the best thing to have happened to Indian badminton. "For me personally, the medal we won in ...
Saina Nehwal's bronze medal in London Olympics is biggest moment in Indian ...Zee News
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Chinese football looks for Rio Olympics' redemption in 2016 - ESPN FC (blog)

31-12-2015 02:35

ESPN FC (blog)
Chinese football looks for Rio Olympics' redemption in 2016
ESPN FC (blog)
Over the last 12 months, the profile of Chinese football has continued to rise as greater amounts of investment find their way into the sport thanks, largely, to the spotlight shone onto the game by president Xi Jinpeng. But while the money has flowed ...and more »

Rio Olympics: U23 Eagles open camp February - Vanguard

31-12-2015 00:33

Vanguard
Rio Olympics: U23 Eagles open camp February
Vanguard
The U-23 national team, the DreamTeam will start the first phase of camping ahead of the football tournament of the 2016 Olympics in February, head coach, Samson Siasia has disclosed. “We will start the first phase of camping in February, hopefully the ...
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Olympics: IOC President says sports bodies must clean up to protect credibility - Salt Lake Tribune

31-12-2015 00:05

Salt Lake Tribune
Olympics: IOC President says sports bodies must clean up to protect credibility
Salt Lake Tribune
FILE - This is a Monday, Dec. 7, 2015, file photo of International Olympic Committee, IOC, president German Thomas Bach as he speaks during a media round table on the eve of an executive board meeting at the IOC headquarters, in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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