September 30, 2004
Costas Kenteris emerges from an IOC disciplinary hearing held last month in Athens. (ATR) (ATR) Notorious Greek sprinters Costas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou ducked a hearing ...
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September 29, 2004
IPC President Phil Craven says he expected Athens to deliver successful Paralympic Games. (ANA) (ATR) More sponsors will be coming aboard for the Paralympics, predicts Interna...
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September 29, 2004
Michael Bloomberg says New York would receive "a golden legacy" from the Olympics. Below, the site for the new stadium as it looks today and an artist's conception of the com...
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September 28, 2004
Paralympians enter the stadium for the closing ceremony. Below, Beijing vice mayor Lu Jingmin waves the Paralympics flag. (ANA Photos) (ATR) One last time, the caldron in the...
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September 28, 2004
(ATR) Anheuser-Busch will be the international beer sponsor of 2008 Olympics. The announcement today in Beijing follows a similar deal announced earlier this year with Turin 2...
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September 28, 2004
The proposed tower of rings as it might look on the horizon near another Parisian landmark, the Montmarte. Below, President Jacques Chirac greets the French Olympic team. (AT...
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September 28, 2004
Tessa Jowell and Ken Livingstone at a 2012 bid event earlier this year. (ATR) (ATR) The London bid for the 2012 Olympics goes to the seaside resort of Brighton this week for t...
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September 28, 2004
(ATR) A pair of mascots named Neve and Gliz will represent the 2006 Olympics in Turin. They were unveiled in a ceremony in Rome on the 500-day mark to the Games. Neve represe...
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September 27, 2004
South Korea’s Yang Tae Young. Below, Paul Hamm of the U.S. (ATR) A decision in an appeal over the gold medal from the men?s all-round gymnastics event in Athens could be made...
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September 27, 2004
(ATR) At least seven people have died in a collision between a truck and a bus carrying young people to the Athens Paralympics. The crash, 175 km north of Athens, injured 24 p...
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September 26, 2004
Nawal El Moutawakel will lead the 2012 Evaluation Commission. (ATR) (ATR) Cities bidding for the 2012 Olympics tell Around the Rings.com that they have received a letter from ...
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