


Dubai Expo 2020 appoints local heritage partner
The Higher Organising Committee for Expo 2020 signed an agreement on Tuesday that positions Hamdan Bin Mohammed Heritage Centre as its Heritage Strategic Partner.
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FIFA candidate Champagne takes pop at Prince Ali
Jerome Champagne has publicly attacked speculation that the emergence of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein as a third candidate for the presidency of FIFA has cast him as the outsider.
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IOC: Agenda 2020 reforms apply to Almaty and Beijing
The two candidate cities for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games submitted their candidature files to the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne on Tuesday.
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Prince Ali stands to lead FIFA away from controversy
HRH Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan has announced that he will stand for the presidency of FIFA, in a bid that could bring Sepp Blatter’s 17 year reign to an end.
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Genset demand surges as Qatar 2022 approaches
The power rental market in Qatar is set to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.3 per cent until 2020, according to research by 6Wresearch.
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He Zhenliang’s Olympic vision lives on
The Chinese Olympic Committee on Sunday confirmed the passing of IOC Honorary Member He Zhenliang.
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Rio will be ready, says Paralympic president
2014 was full of questions about Rio’s readiness to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games
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Italian stars back Qatar to succeed in 2022
Qatar has the economy and the infrastructural capability to host the FIFA World Cup, but needs to address the issue of the weather and impose its individuality to create an outstanding event in 202
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FIFA ethics report to be published
In a dramatic U-turn, the members of FIFA’s executive committee have voted unanimously in favour of making public its report into alleged corruption surrounding the bidding process for the Russia 2
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SportAccord Convention appoints Vital Communications to expand reach
VITAL Communications has been chosen to assist with expanding the Convention’s reach beginning in 2015 with the World Sport & Business Summit in Sochi, Russia.
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City of lights
When in 2008 the northern English county of Durham and its small historic city became a unitary council – the fifth biggest in England – it was golden opportunity to build a new events and tourism
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US to choose 2024 Olympic candidate in January
The US has officially confirmed that it is bidding for the 2024 Olympic Games but will not reveal its preferred candidate until January 2015.
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NOC leaders call for equal rights in IOC
The unanimous support for the IOC's Agenda 2020 programme of reform
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High hopes for Olympic reforms create tough situation for IOC
The unanimous adoption of Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms may have had a galvanising effect internally on the IOC, but influential figures close to the IOC say the project has created high expectations
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Sochi and London ceremonies team to do LA2015 Games
An LA-based company has won the contract to be the official executive producer of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2015 Special Olympic World Games, which take place in the city next summe
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Will the marvellous city live up to its name?
Rio de Janeiro staged seven 2014 World Cup matches including the final, but the spotlight will shine even more brightly on the ‘Cidade Maravilhosa’ when it hosts the Olympic Games in 2016.
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Multi-host Olympics allowed as Agenda 2020 approved early
A day ahead of schedule, members of the International Olympic Committee approved all 40 Olymp
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Qatari air quality tech chosen for 2022 World Cup venues
The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy – the organisation in charge of building and kitting out
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Grevemberg: tell us how Games can develop your city
After steering Glasgow 2014 through its highly successful Commonwealth Games, David Grevemberg is relishing his fresh challenge: running the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).
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Qatar 2022 stadium design meets tough cooling targets
The organisers of the Qatar 2022 World Cup, unveiled the latest stadium design today, with details of the cooling technologies described by lead architect Mark Fenwick as a “challenge” to incorpora
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How to host the best Games ever
This year’s Glasgow Commonwealth Games was on the receiving e
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Baku 2015 progress pleases European Olympic leaders
Organisers of the Baku 2015 European Games updated leaders of Europe’s 49 national Olympic Committees at the weekend, met by an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the standard of their preparation
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Lima mayor: cities will win fight against climate change
Cities are often seen as the problem rather than the solution when it comes to pollution – particularly in the rapidly developing world.
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