World Cup cancellation will not affect Olympic bid claim Rio
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September 29 - China, one of the most sought-after teams in the build-up to London 2012 by cities wanting to stage pre-Olympic training camps, have opened talks with Sheffield and visited the Yorkshire city to inspect the facilities.
By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen
September 29 - Madrid will win its bid to the 2016 Olympics because it already has been promised between 25 and 50 per cent of the votes from the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Juan Antonio Samaranch junior (pictured) claimed today.
September 29 - Britain's 1,200 Olympic and Paralympic athletes will be sponsored by Visa in a deal that London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe has branded as "a ground-breaking moment for British sport".
By Duncan Mackay in Copenhagen
September 28 - United States President Barack Obama (pictured) will travel here later this week to support Chicago’s bid to play host to the 2016 Olympics, the White House and the Chicago organisers announced today.
September 28 - Sport England has announced a £20 million deal with the social networking site Facebook to get people playing sport in the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics.
By Duncan Mackay
September 25 - United States President Barack Obama (pictured) will travel to Copenhagen next week to support Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics if it does not damage the progress of his planned health care reform, his senior White House adviser on the Games has promised.
By Tom Degun
September 24 - The Youth Sport Trust Young Ambassador Programme today welcomed around 200 new members from South East England - aged between 14 and 19 - at the Brit Oval in London.
By Duncan Mackay
September 24 - United States President Barack Obama and Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama have followed the lead of Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva by writing individually to International Olympic Committee (IOC) members to try to drum up their support for their country's bids to stage for the 2016 Games.
September 23 - Michael Johnson, Nadia Comaneci (pictured), Nastia Liukin and Jackie Joyner-Kersee are among 14 Olympic and two Paralympic gold medalists who will travel to Copenhagen to support Chicago's bid to win the vote to host the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, it was announced today.