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Rome chosen over Venice for 2020 Olympic bid Rome was selected as Italy’s bid city for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday, after Venice was dropped before a vote by the Italian Olympic Committee. Rome hosted the 1960 Games and was upset by Athens in the voting for the 2004 Games. Venice was eliminated from contention before the final vote, with an internal CONI evaluation committee ruling the bid insufficient….

Liu pulls out of Osaka GP due to Achilles injury Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has pulled out of this weekend’s Osaka Grand Prix because of an Achilles’ tendon injury. Organizers said Tuesday the 110-meter gold medalist from the 2004 Athens Olympics has had a flare-up of the same injury that caused him to miss… Liu Xiang – Gold medal – 2004 Summer Olympics – sport – Hurdling Read more on…

2008 Beijing Olympics Tickets Beijing Olympic Games: The 2008 Summer Olympics are officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad . The Olympic Games will be held in Beijing, the capital city of the People’s Republic of China in the year 2008. Some events ( beach volleyball, sailing, swimming’s new marathon ) will be held in Qingdao city. Hong Kong will organize the equestrian events at Hong Kong…

Albertville, France was the last Winter Olympics to be held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. Back in 1986, the IOC decided to advance the Winter games two years before the Summer games. So, will the future Winter games return back to the usual year as the Summer games do?

The Olympic Games were first celebrated in 776 BC in Olympia (hence the name) in Greece. According to legend, Hercules is the originator of The Olympic Games. Legend says they were created to honor Hercules father, Zeus. They were celebrated until 393 A.D. Pierre Fridy, Baron de Coubertin, revived the Olympics in their modern form in 1896. The Olympics are a contest of multiple sports and are divided into…

The 2008 Beijing Olympics are right around the corner. With all the buzz around the Olympic games, the big question remains where can you find up-to-the-date Olympic results? If you’re an avid sports fan like myself, you don’t want to miss one moment of the action that is about to happen in Beijing. The Beijing National Stadium, which was recently nicknamed the Birds Nest because of its structure is…

I have a product that would have an excellent application for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. How do I go about applying to be an official product of the Olympics – allowing me to use their logo and protect others from taking my idea and selling knock-offs?