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Germany

Jewish athletes gather in Berlin for Maccabi Games

14th European Maccabi Games - a major Jewish sporting event - are being staged in Germany for the first time on the site of the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Sport

2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival begins

Competition at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Tbilisi got underway on Monday. The city’s brand new Athletics Stadium greeted the

Sport

Boston ends bid for 2024 Olympic Games

Boston has withdrawn its bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The city and the U.S. Olympic Committee severed ties following a low level of support

Sport

Beijing and Almaty await 2022 Winter Olympic decision

The International Olympic committee will decide the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday in Kuala Lumpur. The IOC members will choose

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Tbilisi hosts European Youth Olympic Festival

Japan

Tokyo 2020 unveils Olympic and Paralympic emblems

Focus

Europe's young Olympic hopefuls compete in Tbilisi

The Olympic flame in the centre of the Georgian capital Tbilisi welcomes young athletes from all over Europe to compete in the European Youth Olympic

Sport

Tom Daley "can't wait" to compete at Rio 2016

Sport

Athletes' village for 2016 Games close to completion

With just over one year to go before the 2016 Rio Olympics, the athletes’ village is 85 percent complete – according to the company building it

Sport

Olympics: New stadium plans to be drawn up for Tokyo 2020

The internal wranglings over the main arena for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games have – for the time being – abated after Japan’s Olympic minister and

Sport

Japan pulls plug on new Olympic stadium plans

Japan’s new National Stadium has been scrapped as the main venue of the 2019 Rugby World Cup and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Prime Minister Shinzo

Italy

Rome promises a sustainable Olympics if chosen as 2024 host

Hungary

Budapest joins race for 2024 Summer Olympics

Brazil

Rio 2016 organisers unveil innovative Olympic torch

Brazil

Brazil reveals Olympic torch design

With just over a year until the start of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil has unveiled its torch design for the Games. Over the next 12 months the lanterns

Sport

British cycling end partnership with Sky

British Cycling has announced it is to end its association with broadcaster Sky in 2016. The partnership was formed in 2008 to help raise the sport’s

World News

Eurosport acquire Olympic broadcasting rights through to 2024

Sport

Japan appoint first Olympic minister

Toshiaki Endo has been appointed as Japan’s first Olympic minister. Top of the agenda for the 65-year-old is to guide the country through

Sport

Paris joins race to host 2024 Olympic Games

Paris has thrown its hat into the ring to host the 2024 summer Olympics. The French capital joins Boston, Rome and Hamburg as the only cities so far

France

2024 Olympic Games hopefuls at a glance

Paris, Hamburg or Rome? Boston or Budapest? On the day that the French capital officially announced its candidature to host the 2024 Olympic Games