... International Olympic Committee for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Games. The finalists were Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo ... didnâ t help a North American cityâ s chances for a Summer Games in 2016. In the end, Rioâ s bid from stem to stern â ...

... events throughout the year to raise funds and relay the Special Olympics "Flame of Hope" throughout the state to the summer games each year in May. Special Olympics is the world's largest year-round program of athletic training and Olympic ...

... Texas, in March to participate in Bunker Trap shooting for the qualifying rounds of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The summer games will be that of the XXIX Olympiad. "It'll be an honor," Browning said, while shaking her in disbelief. "I ...

... onto the world stage. It soared over it. At last playing its long-sought role as Olympic host, China opened the Summer Games in spectacular fashion Friday with an extravaganza of fireworks and pageantry dramatizing its ascendance as a global ...

... province away from the quake's reach, pausing for a minute of silence before the event building up to the Beijing Summer Games in August. Runners asked for donations to earthquake victims, Xinhua said.

The Arkansas Special Olympics torch passed through Conway on Thursday on its way to the Summer Games at Harding University in Searcy. More than a dozen local law enforcement personnel including members of the Conway Police Department ...

... Special Olympics, serving as Georgia's Special Olympics clinic trainer and being the venue director for the 2006 Summer Games in Atlanta. He also sat on the Georgia state Special Olympics Sports Council Committee and was the Grady County Special ...

... an open door," she told CNN. When asked if there's a window of about a week, she said "Correct." At the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, the crowd at the opening ceremony rose to its feet as the small Iraqi team entered the stadium for the first ...

... the country's former Olympic chief. The suspension was lifted a year later, allowing Iraq to take part in the 2004 Summer Games in Athens where it fielded 25 athletes. Iraq's soccer team made it to the semifinals, prompting celebrations throughout ...

... the seven networks affiliated with NBC, will have 1,000 more hours than the U.S. has had from all past televised Summer Games combined. In tonight's opening ceremonies, the U.S. athletes will make a major statement, particularly since ...