Vancouver 2010
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May 02, 2011
The Salt Lake City Olympics were the first Games held after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Getty Images)
(ATR) Security experts will have to recalculate the risks of terror at...
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April 29, 2011
Wikileaks and the Olympics
U.S. officials were monitoring the 2010 Olympics for serious security threats, the latest batch of documents released to the whistleblower websit...
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April 01, 2011
Munich 2018 Won’t Campaign For Referendum
Munich 2018 will stay out of the politicking ahead for the May 8 referendum on whether Garmisch-Partenkirchen should be included i...
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March 31, 2011
IOC Encouraged By Olympic Park Tour
The IOC inspection chief for London 2012 says he’s pleased with progress in the Olympic Village, its first residential section now compl...
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March 13, 2011
John Furlong (left) during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic bid. (ATR)
(ATR) The IOC says John Furlong did nothing wrong as leader of the Vancouver 2010 Winter bid when he propose...
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February 24, 2011
Furlong Defends Bid Dealings
Vancouver Olympics chief John Furlong says he is communicating with the IOC over concerns he may have breeched ethics rules eight years ago dur...
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February 17, 2011
NBC Chief Casts Doubt Upon TV Rights Bid
Comcast isn’t sure the Olympics are worth NBC’s money anymore.
“We are here to make money," NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke said...
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February 15, 2011
U.S. TV Rights Deal on Horizon
The IOC’s lead negotiator says he expects to award U.S. broadcast rights by July.
Richard Carrion (left) is leading the negotiations for a n...
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February 14, 2011
(ATR) Rain dampened crowds but not spirits when the first anniversary of Vancouver 2010 was commemorated Saturday.
John Furlong (left) and Premier Gordon Campbell led a rendi...
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February 11, 2011
Olympic mittens from The Hudson Bay Company were a popular item during the 2010 Olympics. (Getty Images)
Vancouverites will wear their red mittens under umbrellas Saturday w...
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February 09, 2011
(ATR) Vancouver may have won the 2010 Games because of a secret agreement for Russia’s IOC votes, speculates VANOC CEO John Furlong in a newly published memoir.
“Patriot...
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February 09, 2011
Diack Urges Australian Bid
International athletics chief Lamine Diack wants Australia to bid for a world championships.
Athletics Australia President Rob Fildes and IAAF ...
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