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By David Gold at the Sport Accord Convention in Québec City
May 26 - Buenos Aires' bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, if successful, could pave the way for Argentina to make an attempt to stage the Summer Olympics in 2028 or 2032.
April 12 - The Glasgow 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid team have praised a special two-day workshop at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, which was designed to provide further information for the six Applicant Cities.
March 17 - Gerardo Werthein, President of the Argentine Olympic Committee (COA), said that Buenos Aires is honoured to bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and that the city can become a valuable partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should their bid prove successful.
March 2 - Poznan, who unsuccessfully bid for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games, have joined the race for the 2018 edition, making it six cities to have submitted applications by the deadline, it was announced today.
March 1 - Russia has dropped plans to bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games because the country wants to concentrate on its preparations for the FIFA World Cup, which it is staging that year, it was announced today.
February 23 - A successful bid from Glasgow for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games will help further cement the legacy of the city hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games, it has been claimed.
February 22 - Glasgow have been given the go-ahead by the British Olympic Association (BOA) to bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games, it was announced today.
February 21 - Glasgow are set to find out tomorrow if they will be put forward by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as the UK bidder for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
February 16 - Dagestan's bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games has received a significant boost after Valentina Matviyenko (pictured), the chair of the Federation Council of Russia and the country's highest-ranked female politician, backed it.
February 2 - Lord Smith (pictured), chairman of the Glasgow 2014, has backed the city's plan to bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and claimed that hosting the competition would be a superb legacy for the elite facilities being built for the Commonwealth Games.
January 31 - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak (pictured) has held a meeting in Moscow with a number of senior Government figures to discuss Dagestan's to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
January 30 - Glasgow today formally declared its interest in bidding for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games as it emerged that Sweden may also put forward a bid for the event.
January 17 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge (pictured) has revealed that his organisation would welcome a bid for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games from the UK.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act". He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
Reporting to and working closely with the Events Director – Technical Operations, the Head of Technical Officials is responsible for day-to-day management of the Technical Officials programmes within the Events Department, including:
Management of day-to-day technical officials operations including tournament assignments and planning;
Management and development of the professional technical officials workforce including referees, umpires, and tournament doctors;
Technical officials policy development through consultation with key stakeholder groups including commissions, panels, Continental Confederations and working groups;
Innovation initiatives within the technical officials area to enhance officiating accuracy and sport presentation; and
Technical officials pathway development including working with Continental Confederations and Member Associations on recruitment, education, training, and development initiatives.
Pierre de Coubertin once said cricket has "practically no appeal for those who are not British". While he expressed doubts about the Olympic viability of cricket, lacrosse and baseball, Philip Barker wonders how the man who helped revive the modern Games would have reacted to new sports at Los Angeles 2028.