Russian team in Vancouver will be clean promises anti-doping chief
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By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver
February 7 - The Australian team will be able to fly a giant flag of a boxing kangaroo from its balconies in the Olympic Village here, after striking a deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver
February 5 - Britain's Sir Matthew Pinsent (pictured) carried the Olympic flame as it arrived to the jubilation of thousands in the ski resort of Whistler, the first Olympic 2010 venue stop for the torch relay.
January 26 - Britain's alpine skiers and snowboarders including Chemmy Alcott (pictured), will all compete at the Winter Olympics, which open in Vancouver on February 12, despite the sport's governing body, Snowsports GB, struggling to avoid bankruptcy, British Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt promised today.
January 25 - Britain, whose team is set to include skeleton star Shelley Rudman (pictured), has been set a target of achieving its best performance at the Winter Olympics for more than 70 years by winning three medals at next month's Games by UK Sport, the Government agency who distribute National Lottery funding.
By Duncan Mackay
January 22 - Visually impaired cross-country skier Brian McKeever (pictured) will become the first athlete to compete in both the Olympics and Paralympics after being today selected by Canada for the Games in Vancouver.
By Duncan Mackay
January 20 - The Whistler Blackcomb resort is to be put up for auction while it is hosting Olympic events next month after creditors effectively seized control of the assets of Intrawest ULC after the company defaulted on a $1.4 billion (£859 million) loan.
January 17 - A spell of unseasonably warm, wet weather has prompted officials from Vancouver 2010 to close recreational ski areas at Cypress Mountain to preserve snow so that there is still some left for the Olympics, which open next month.
By Duncan Mackay
January 10 - Broadcaster NBC is expecting to make losses of up to $200 million (£124 million) when it screens the Olympics in Vancouver next month - even though advertising sales are on a par for the two previous Winter Games - which could make negotiations even tougher for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when the bidding opens for a new contract.
January 7 - Avaya has replaced Nortel as a sponsor of the Vancouver Olympics and Paralympics, only five weeks before the Games are due to open, it was announced today.
By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver
February 28 - The Vancouver Olympics ended in spectacular triumph here tonight with a Closing Ceremony that mixed traditional pomp with self-effacing humour and put the icing on 17 days of unrelenting drama and action.
December 21 - Competitors at next year's Winter Olympics in Vancouver could be subject to raids by police looking for banned performance-enhancing drugs, the former head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has warned.