Africa stands to field an additional team in the men football contest at the 2012 London Olympics. Besides the three automatic slots, a fourth African men’s team will face an Asian opponent in a two leg playoff. This was revealed following a FIFA executive committee meeting in Johannesburg. In all 16 teams will be vying [...]

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Turkey will bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. London hosts the 2012 Olympics, while the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro takes centre stage in 2016. Therefore the bidding process for the world’s most prestigious sports event naturally turns to 2020. The Turkey Parliament President Mehmet Ali Sahin broke the news of Turkey’s [...]

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Annecy in France, Germany’s Munich and PyeongChang in South Korea formerly confirmed they are vying to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The International Olympic Committee disclosed in Lausanne Switzerland that the three cities submitted their response to the IOC Candidature Acceptance procedure questionnaire by the March 15 deadline. These documents outline each cities plan of [...]

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The City of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil has won the bid to hosts the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. This will be the first time the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Council has voted to stage the quadrennial sports showpiece in a South America. Rio de Janeiro will also host the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games. [...]

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Burundi Football Association President Lydia Nsekera received the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) 2009 Women and Sports Award in Lausanne Switzerland this week. To mark the World Women’s Day on March 8, the IOC bestowed the award on five women, one from every continent.  National Olympic committees, international sports federations and continental sports bodies nominated candidates [...]

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