• Rio Olympics committee warns athletes to take precautions against Zika virus - The Guardian

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    Rio Olympics committee warns athletes to take precautions against Zika virus
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    Mário Andrada, spokesman for the Rio Olympic Organizing Committee, speaks next to a screen that reads in Portuguese: 'Message about Zika'. Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP. Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro. Tuesday 2 February 2016 14.04 EST Last ...
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  • CompaniesBBC secures Olympics rights from Discovery - Financial Times

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    CompaniesBBC secures Olympics rights from Discovery
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    Do not adjust your set – the BBC will show the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics after reaching a deal to sublicence the rights from Discovery Communications. Discovery, whose biggest shareholder is billionaire John Malone, had outbid the ...
    Olympics coverage to remain on BBC after Discovery dealThe Guardian
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  • Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies For Olympics, Will Become First US Athlete To Compete In A Hijab - TeamUSA.org

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    Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Qualifies For Olympics, Will Become First US Athlete To Compete In A Hijab
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    Before even scoring a point, Ibtihaj Muhammad will make history this summer in Rio de Janeiro by being the first U.S. athlete to compete at the Olympics in a hijab, the headscarf worn by Muslim women. Muhammad, an African American women's saber fencer ...and more »
  • South Korea races to get ready in time for winter Olympics - AsiaOne

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    South Korea races to get ready in time for winter Olympics
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    SEOUL - For South Korea the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games was the nation's coming out party after more than two decades of rapid economic growth. The 2002 football World Cup, co-hosted with Japan, provided confirmation of the country's global status.and more »
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  • Top aide to Brazil president says Zika a minimal threat for Olympics - Reuters

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    Top aide to Brazil president says Zika a minimal threat for Olympics
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    Brazilian President Rousseff's Chief of Staff says the Zika virus does not pose a serious threat for would-be visitors to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Katie Sargent reports. △ Hide Transcript. ▷ View Transcript. With six months to go before the ...
  • Lionel Messi to Skip Rio Olympics - New York Times

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    Lionel Messi to Skip Rio Olympics
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    The Barcelona star Lionel Messi will skip the Rio Olympics because he needs rest, Gerardo Martino, Argentina's coach, said Monday. Martino said Messi would play in the Centennial Copa América tournament in the United States, but not in the Olympics in ...
    Lionel Messi to play for Argentina in Copa America, skip Rio OlympicsOneindia
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  • Olympics to go ahead, says Zika-hit Brazil, but urges pregnant women to stay away - Deutsche Welle

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    Olympics to go ahead, says Zika-hit Brazil, but urges pregnant women to stay away
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    Brasilia has warned pregnant women not to take the risk of traveling to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Both Brazil and the IOC have welcomed a move by the WHO to declare a health emergency over the Zika virus. Brasilien - Forschung Zika Virus - ...
    Zika virus will not hamper Rio Olympics says IOC president Thomas BachABC Online
    Olympics-IOC gives thumbs-up to anti-Zika measu
  • Julie Brougham one qualification mark away from the Olympics - Manawatu Standard

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    Julie Brougham one qualification mark away from the Olympics
    Manawatu Standard
    Julie Brougham needs just one more Olympic qualifying mark to make the New Zealand team for Rio later this year. Obtaining the necessary qualification marks for the Rio Olympics is starting to weigh heavy on Julie Brougham's mind. The Palmerston North ...and more »
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  • Competition, fun bring out the best at Special Olympics Winter Games - Press Herald

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    Competition, fun bring out the best at Special Olympics Winter Games
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    Work First's Mark Gordon is assisted by Randy Judkins after the 100-meter snowshoe race. Other competitions are in alpine and Nordic skiing and speed skating. Staff photo by David Leaming. CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Jaimi Buck doesn't miss a beat ...
    Special Olympics events called off for TuesdayChicago Daily Herald
    It's about more than winning as 2016 Special Olympics Winter Games get underwayK
  • Canadians lead the pack in snowboard big air, a new Winter Olympics sport - The Globe and Mail

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    Canadians lead the pack in snowboard big air, a new Winter Olympics sport
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    In what will be the newest spectacle at the Winter Olympics – snowboard big air – Canada is already a world leader. At the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., on the weekend, the biggest show on the season's action-sports calendar, Canadians Max Parrot of ...and more »
  • WRAL GM on Airing Super Bowl and Olympics in Same Year - TVSpy

    WRAL GM on Airing Super Bowl and Olympics in Same Year
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    When WRAL announced it was switching affiliations from CBS to NBC, it became one of the stations lucky enough to air both a Super Bowl and the Olympics in the same year. TVSpy asked Steve Hammel, vp and gm of the Raleigh, N.C. station what the two ...
  • IOC, Tokyo 2020 organizers confirm Belgian designer's Olympics logo suit withdrawn - The Japan Times

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    IOC, Tokyo 2020 organizers confirm Belgian designer's Olympics logo suit withdrawn
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    NEW YORK – The International Olympic Committee and Tokyo organizers of the 2020 Games jointly confirmed in a statement Monday that Belgian designer Olivier Debie has dropped his plagiarism lawsuit filed in August over an Olympics logo by Kenjiro ...
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