... to Obama: No you canâ t!â President Obama and his wife, Michelle, were part of a final pitch to the International Olympic Committee for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Games. The finalists were Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo. Chicago ...

... Olympics had gone to China (a new vista) and a South American country had never hosted the Olympics.2. The International Olympic Committee is very aristocratic and very party-oriented. Rio is one of the great party towns in the world.The many ...

... retesting of their doping samples from the Beijing Olympics will be kept hanging for a while longer. The International Olympic Committee says it will be several more weeks before scientists start reanalyzing the 1,000 or so samples, and the ...

... supply or distribution." FINA officials said they would not comment on the matter until Monday, as did the International Olympic Committee. "We have to be strong on these things," Howman said. "We certainly are relying on those who are responsible ...

... St. Patrick's Day in Belfast, a traditionally Protestant town. 1999 In an unprecedented purge, the International Olympic Committee expels six members for taking cash, travel and lavish gifts from the winning Utah bidders for the 2002 Winter ...

... LONDON (AP) The IOC is still uncovering drug cheats eight months after the Beijing Olympics ended. The International Olympic Committee, staying true to its pledge to fight doping, said Tuesday that six athletes have been nabbed by retesting ...

... the games to Beijing seven years ago, the International Olympic Committee stood firmly by its decision. It was time ... generous. "The Chinese government and the International Olympic Committee have wasted a historic opportunity to use ...

... China and Tibet. But at the same time, there are many wars on the planet that no one is talking about." International Olympic Committee spokeswoman Giselle Davies agreed. "We respect that right for people to demonstrate peacefully, but equally ...

... Francisco was chosen to host the relay in part because of its large Chinese-American population. In Beijing, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Wednesday to discuss preparations for the ...

... by the number of students and children affected by this tragedy," President Bush said in a statement. International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge sent his condolences to President Hu Jintao, adding: "The Olympic Movement is ...