Pyeongchang 2018: South Korea Gets Winter Olympics

Pyeongchang, South Korea Awarded 2018 Winter Olympic Games The IOC has awarded Pyeongchang, South Korea the 2018 Winter Games. Pyeongchang-gun ( is 180km (112 miles) east of Seoul. An established winter-sports...

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Mascots: Polar Bear, Hare, Leopard

Sochi 2014 Mascots: Polar Bear, The Hare, Snowboarding Leopard. Ray of Light and Snowflake: Paralympic Mascots Russia has spoken: The Sochi (Сочи) 2014 Winter Games mascots have been chosen. Meet The Hare,...

Ice Hockey: A Giant Amongst Nations: USA, Canada and...Finland

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics:  Men's Ice Hockey Final: Canada 3 USA 2 ("Sudden Death") Finland 5 Slovakia 3 So, Canada (Gold) has a population of 34,017,000 U.S.A. (Silver) has a population of 308,372,000...

Olympic Ice Hockey Semifinals - Canada vs Slovakia

On Friday afternoon Canada and Slovakia will battle it out in the second of two semi-final games in the Men's Olympic Hockey tournament, the winner get a shot at gold, the loser, a shot at bronze. The puck drops...

Amy Williams wins Olympic skeleton gold

First British Solo Winter Olympic Gold for 30 YearsAmy Williams has won the skeleton Olympic gold medal breaking her own track record. The slider from Bath overcame all the nerves of being the last slider to go and...

Amy Williams eyes Winter Olympic Skeleton gold for Britain

At the half-way point of the Winter Olympics womens skeleton event Britains Amy Williams has a lead which could see Team Great Britain achieving its first Winter Olympic Gold for 20 years. Williams set a new track...

Vancouver Olympic Protest February 13 2010 Turns Violent

A Vancouver Olymipc protest that took place Saturday February 13 2010 turned violent with about 200 protesters dressed all in black smashing the windows of a department store, the Hudson's Bay Company Olymipc Store,...

ContainR at Vancouver 2010 Olympics to Show Parts of Olympia

ContainR is an art and film project that is going to be showcasing their work at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games at the downtown Vancouver Shaw Tower site. ContainR is going to be screening 38 films from all...

Cold Air Training Increases Respiratory Illnesses Among Athletes

Science Daily says an alarming proportion of athletes with rigorous cold-air training end up having problems with their breathing. Virologists investigating transmission say the cold dry weather conditions pull...

Vancouver Police Won't Arrest People over Olympic Protest Signs

As Vancouver prepares to host the 2010 Winter Games, locals began fretting about a supposed police plan to arrest people for having Olympic protest signs in their windows. This turned out not to be true. However, that this story even spread in the first place shows a deep...

Sarah McLachlan Composes Vancouver 2010 'One Dream' Song

Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan has released the Vancouver 2010 Olympic theme song, called One Dream, and this will be used in all the promos for the 2010 Olympic Games on NBC and Canadian stations. Listen to One Dream by Sarah McLachlan Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian...

Surveillance Cameras: Crime Prevention Or Violation Of Privacy?

There have been a couple of interesting headlines making the news recently that had to do with the use of surveillance cameras, their efficacy and propensity to intrude into the lives of regular citizens. It was...

Carbon-Neutral Olympics for Vancouver 2010?

The Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC) has announced that next year's 2010 Games is planned to be carbon-neutral.VANOC has secured a $5-million sponsorship from Offsetters Clean Technology, a BC-based company that will provide offset projects and work with Games...

Prostitution is a Major Concern Ahead of the Winter Olympics

" As Vancouver gets ready to host the 2010 Winter Olympics, human rights advocates are concerned that prostitution may flourish in the area. “Any time that you have men who are travelling, so they’re away from their social networks and they enjoy a degree of...

VANOC Reveals 2010 Olympic Torch Relay Route

Another reminder to Canadians and the rest of the world that the Winter 2010 Olympic Games are fast approaching. This morning's release of a map describes the path that the Olympic Torch will travel including...

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