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Sports
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Omni Sports
5/23/2013 6:04:22 PM
Oscar Pistorius and Caster Semenya were left off a list of athletes to be given funding ahead of the 2016 Rio Games because neither is currently training or competing, the South African Olympic Committee said Thursday
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Omni Sports
5/14/2013 5:59:37 PM
Singapore's Ng Ser Miang is expected to announce a bid for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency on Thursday, a source close to the Olympic movement told Reuters on Tuesday
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Sports
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Omni Sports
11/28/2012 7:38:28 PM
India faces suspension by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to government interference in the forthcoming election of its national Olympic body
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World
11/15/2012 3:11:41 PM
We think our next bid (for the Olympics) will be even stronger because of what we have learnt from 2020, says the Qatar Olympic Committee's general secretary
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Sports
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Omni Sports
9/18/2012 7:39:42 PM
Michael Phelps and Allyson Felix were named as the United States Olympic Committee's (USOC) best athletes for 2011-12 on Monday for their gold-medal performances at the London Olympics
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Omni Sports
8/29/2012 5:58:51 PM
Silver medallist Alaaeldin Abouelkassem charges Egypt's fencing association, Olympic committee with failure to support athletes
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
7/28/2012 12:33:56 PM
On 4 August, Egypt will be in the spotlight of the London 2012 Africa Village, a focus for African culture and achievements
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London 2012
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News
7/26/2012 12:24:47 AM
Women's rights campaigners called on Wednesday for an end to sex discrimination at the Olympics, urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ensure there are equal numbers of sports and medals for men and women
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London 2012
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News
7/25/2012 5:07:58 PM
Egypt's Olympic chairman Mahmoud Ali admits Egyptian athletes received counterfeit clothing but denies the committee knew; calls on Nike to investigate the country's vendor
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London 2012
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News
7/23/2012 9:50:14 PM
Syrian athletes have arrived in London, an International Olympic Committee official said on Monday, ending uncertainty about whether the team would be able to participate with fighting raging at home
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London 2012
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News
7/21/2012 8:49:09 PM
South Sudan-born marathon runner Guor Marial will be able to compete at the London Olympics after all after the International Olympic Committee on Saturday granted him permission to run under the Olympic flag
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Sports
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Omni Sports
7/16/2012 10:01:49 AM
President of Libya's Olympic committee's whereabouts unknown after armed group claiming to belong to the army takes him away
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London 2012
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News
7/15/2012 4:44:06 PM
The Egyptian Olympic Committee will pay LE1 million for any Egyptian reaching gold at the London 2012 Olympic Games
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London 2012
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News
7/13/2012 4:17:03 PM
The head of London's Olympic committee is shrugging off concerns about the addition of more soldiers to guard venues for the games
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London 2012
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News
7/12/2012 1:51:48 PM
Saudi Arabia has agreed to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time with a judoka and an 800m runner to represent the kingdom in London later this month, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday
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Sports
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Omni Sports
6/27/2012 11:33:09 PM
The Rio 2016 Olympic committee fired its chief operations officer on Wednesday and will try to fill the position with an official with previous experience of Olympic Games
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London 2012
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News
6/22/2012 1:59:35 PM
The head of Syria's National Olympic Committee, General Mowaffak Joumaa, has been refused a visa to travel to attend next month's Games in London, the BBC said on Friday
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Sports
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Omni Sports
5/17/2012 5:53:26 PM
Israeli officials were angry Thursday after the International Olympic Committee denied their request to hold a special tribute to the 11 Israeli team members killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Games.
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Sports
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World
4/28/2012 2:06:35 PM
Human Rights Watch has called on the International Olympic Committee to bar the Kingdom from the London Games unless it fields a female athlete
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Sports
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Omni Sports
4/13/2012 5:18:48 PM
Asia's top Olympic official was elected Friday as head of the global body of national Olympic committees, taking over after longtime chief Mario Vazquez Rana resigned amid political infighting
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