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China says Beijing Games reap $176-M profit

Posted June 19, 2009 17:08:00

The Beijing Olympic Games turned a profit of 176 million dollars, although the figure failed to include more than 2.8 billion dollars in venue construction costs, China's state auditor said Friday.

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Tokyo governor now becomes Olympic salesman

Posted June 19, 2009 14:33:00

PARIS - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara has been many things in his life from an award-winning novelist to a sailor, a sometimes controversial member of the Diet and now the president of the bid to bring the 2016 Summer Olympics to the Japanese capital.

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Bill seeks fixed term for gov’t sports execs

Posted June 01, 2009 14:36:00

Officials of the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) should have a fixed term to give them time to implement long-term programs to improve the performance of Filipino athletes, according to a pending bill at the House of Representatives.

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London aims to be greenest city by 2012

Posted May 18, 2009 19:54:00

SEOUL - Mayor Boris Johnson Monday outlined plans to make London "the cleanest, greenest city on earth" by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference.

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IOC lauds Japan’s 2016 Summer Games bid

Posted April 19, 2009 23:12:00

TOKYO -- Inspectors from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ended their tour of Tokyo on Sunday, praising the Japanese capital's "highly professional" bid for the 2016 Summer Games.

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