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Hindustan Times
Olympics: Budapest officially withdraws bid to host 2024 Games
Hindustan Times
The City Council voting and withdrawal of the bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games came after a group of young activists collected over a quarter million signatures of Budapest citizens, almost double the threshold required to trigger a city-wide referendum.
Hollywood studios help LA with 2024 Olympics bidLos Angeles Times
Major Studios Throw Support Behind LA 2024 Olympics BidVariety
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The Westerly Sun
Super Plunge backs Special Olympics; Richmond chief to lead team at Salty Brine
The Westerly Sun
Richmond Police Chief Elwood Johnson with an athlete at a previous Super Plunge/Penguin Plunge fundraiser. | Photo courtesy of Tracy Garabedian/Special Olympics Rhode Island. March 1, 2017 08:25AM By Jason Vallee Sun staff writer. Facebook Twitter ...
Yorkville Polar Plunge For Special OlympicsPatch.com
Polar Plunge raises more than $44000 for Special OlympicsRantoul Press
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New Straits Times Online
Olympics: A joint bid between Malaysia and Singapore may be possible, says Tunku Imran
The Straits Times
Tunku Imran receives the SEA Games Federation flag from Singapore National Olympic Council president Tan Chuan-Jin at the closing ceremony of the 28th SEA Games at National Stadium in 2015. PHOTO: ST FILE. Published. 6 hours ago. Updated.
Joint M'sia-S'pore Olympics bid not off the cards: OCMNew Straits Times Onlineall 2 news articles »

CBS DFW
Plano Figure Skater To Represent USA At Special Olympics World Games
CBS DFW
PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) – A figure skater from Plano will represent the United States at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria next month. It's a goal Ian Rawn set almost twenty years ago. He was watching the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure ...
Chicago speed skater to compete at Special Olympics World Winter GamesWLS-TV
Special children from Amritsar selected for Special Olympics in AustriaBusine

Independent Collegian
Born to be brave UT Olympics
Independent Collegian
“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” This is the Special Olympic athlete's oath that was first recited July 20, 1968 at the opening ceremony of the very first Special Olympics International Games. Since that day, more than ...
Floorball Team donates to Special OlympicsBusinessGhana
Pequot Lakes: High school students compete with Special Olympics athletesThe Lake Country Echo
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Los Angeles Times
Hollywood studios help LA with 2024 Olympics bid
Los Angeles Times
Four Hollywood studios are teaming up with the city of Los Angeles to promote its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Disney, Fox, NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. will bring their combined star power and media savvy to boost L.A.'s chances of bringing the ...
Major Studios Throw Support Behind LA 2024 Olympics BidVariety
Olympics-Repeat Olympic bidders to pay less, IOC's Bach in newspaperEconomic Timesall 76 n

Voice of America
Rights Groups Laud Revised Contract for Olympics Hosts
Voice of America
FILE - Olympic rings are displayed in Paris with images against restriction of speech and freedom of information, repression of demonstrations, discrimination based on sexual orientation and exploitation of migrants, part of a protest by human rights ...
Olympics: Host City Contract Requires Human Rights | Human ...Human Rights Watch
Olympics-Rights groups praise IOC's revised Games contractThomson Reu