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Lausanne hosts world TV moguls for Olympics US rights bids

Ellen Wallace — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:42:03 +0000

GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The Beau Rivage in Lausanne will be bustling with sports and TV executives Monday and Tuesday 6-7 June, as intense bidding gets underway to win US broadcast rights for upcoming Olympic Games. Day’s end Tuesday, after a cocktail party where the bidders will socialize while waiting for news, should see the winner [...]

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Georgians seek ways to “destabilize” Sochi Olympics

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:07:07 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The Moscow Times reports that parliamentary committees in Georgia have been meeting to plan ways to “destabilize” the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, following their failure to convince the Lausanne-based IOC (International Olympic Committee) to move the Games elsewhere because of continuing tensions between Georgia and Russia. “Georgia, which fought a five-day war with Russia after [...]

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Sochi Olympics: cumulative impact on wildlife a danger (update)

Ellen Wallace — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:27:13 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Update 12:35 Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) has criticized the impact on wildlife of construction projects for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The cumulative impact, in particular, of several projects around the Black Sea resort are not being addressed, says Unep in a new report that was [...]

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BC faces post-Olympics budget blues

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:58:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com The Vancouver Winter Olympic Games are over and it’s back to business as usual in British Columbia, Canada, starting with the budget. Finance Minister Colin Hansen presents the new budget 2 March. He said during a photo opportunity where he played wheelchair rugby to draw attention to upcoming Paralympic Games that it will be a [...]

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Swiss athletes get their tickets for Vancouver

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:27:18 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swiss Ski has announced the list of athletes who will be heading for Vancouver for the Winter Olympic Games. Among them is Didier Cuche, the world’s number one-ranked skier in Men’s events, who plans to train in a few days despite a broken thumb from Friday 30 January. The complete list [...]

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Sports, IOC strips two Beijing winners of their medals for doping

Sean Ecker — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:17 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne has stripped Rashid Ramzi from Bahrein of his gold medal. He won the men’s 1,500 metre race in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Italian Davide Rebellin, who placed second in the men’s road cycle event, will have to return his silver medal, the IOC announced. [...]

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Visa backs Olympics again, renews IOC contract

Ellen Wallace — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:44:51 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The International Olympic Committee in Lausanne and Visa International have extended Visa’s sponsorship agreement to 2020, the two announced 27 October. Visa was one of the founding members of the worldwide TOP Olympic Games partners programme in 1986. The agreement means that Visa is the only official payment services card accepted [...]

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Olympic torch lit, will lead to longest ever national torch relay

Ellen Wallace — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:55:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland / Athens, Greece (GenevaLunch) – The Olympic torch has been lit in Athens for the 2010 Winter Games that open in January in Vancouver, Canada. The torch will fly to Victoria, British Colombia in Canada 29 October and from there it will begin its trek around Canada’s 13 provinces and territories, a voyage [...]

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Obamas to push Chicago Olympics bid

Sean Ecker — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:25:33 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – US President Barack Obama will accompany his wife Michelle to Copenhagen to promote the city of Chicago’s bid as host of the 2016 Olympic Games, the White House announced 28 September. “It’s a city of broad shoulders, big hearts, and bold dreams. A city of legendary sports figures, legendary sports venues [...]