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29 September 2006
The environmental organisation Greenpeace has filed a suit with Russia’s Supreme Court to block the construction of sporting facilities and infrastructure around the city of Sochi that is bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics....[more]
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07 July 2006
The report looks at sporting events and tourism, the television audience and the impact of hosting the Olympic Games on a city's tourism infra structure. It ends with studies of Barcelona and Sydney: cities that have had...[more]
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07 July 2006
The European Tour Operators Association is not looking forward to London hosting the Olympics in 2012. The association has just released a report which shows that Olympic host cities suffer a drop in tourism growth in the years...[more]
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30 November 2005
Read about the Beijing 2008 Olympics and learn more about the current social conditions in China.[more]
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30 November 2005
Huge sporting events are a break from every day life.
But they are expensive. Event organisers understimate the costs and exaggerate the revenues for the event and for the host country, says Harry Arne Solberg of the Trondheim...[more]
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30 November 2005
Lars Bernhard Jørgensen adresses the importance of the Olympic game and the reasons why cities like Copenhagen are so eager to host the games.[more]
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30 November 2005
Jørgen Delman presents the history of China's modern development on its way from being a developing country to an economically strong nation in relation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[more]
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30 November 2005
On the opening day of Play the Game 2005, Kelli White, former World Champion in sprint, took the stand to explain why she had decided to use drugs to enhance her performance. In addition to being an apology, her story was also...[more]
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24 October 2005
The Olympic Winter Games in Italy has become a focal point for appropriate means to fight doping in sport. A number of governments are pushing for ratification of the newly adopted International Convention Against Doping in...[more]
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06 October 2005
When it comes to Beijing 2008, China’s human rights record is not the only thing worth talking about. At Play the Game 2005, the debate broadens its scope from human rights to including the Chinese concept of humanistic Olympics...[more]
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