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- Now, Indian government writes to IOC on Dow sponsorship row
The Indian government has now stepped in by asking the body to drop Dow Chemicals as sponsor of this year's London Games.
- Dow not responsible for Bhopal gas tragedy: IOC
IOA had urged the IOC and London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to withdraw Dow as Games Sponsors.
- Drop Dow as London Olympics sponsor: IOA
The Indian Olympic Association on Friday shot off another letter to both the bodies demanding Dow Chemical's removal as sponsor of the upco...
- Delhi CWG biggest in terms of participation
The Commonwealth Games set a historic landmark of being the biggest-ever in terms of participation with more than 6700 athletes and officia...
- Beijing's bad air days to end?
There is still a lingering worry, however, that the opening ceremony on August 8 might be hampered by heavy rains or thunder storms.
- Magic of game will take over in Beijing: Rogge
Despite the thorny issues of politics, pollution and media freedoms, IOC president Jacques Rogge said on Saturday he has no regrets about h...
- IOC grilled on Internet censorship
IOC president Jacques Rogge was accused of backtracking on promises of press freedoms on Saturday and some Internet sites remained blocked ...
- No deal with Beijing on Internet censorship: IOC Head
International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said he had never struck a deal with Beijing organisers to censor Internet sites fo...
- Rogge made no deal on Internet censorship -official
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge made no deal with Beijing Olympic organisers over Internet censorship.
- IOC to monitor 'abnormal' betting in Beijing
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will set up a special unit at the upcoming Beijing Games to monitor "abnormal" betting patterns a...
- Internet sports betting becomes criminal domain
Rapidly mushrooming number of illegal sports betting websites is heightening concerns among authorities about global corruption, money laun...
- Clothing, gestures to be examined at Beijing
The International Olympic Committee clarified its protest rules saying that athletes' external appearance, clothing and gestures would be s...
- Lay off China, Olympics chief tells West
IOC president Jacques Rogge told Western countries to stop hectoring China over human rights in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Games, in an...
- India has assets to host 2020 Olympics: Rogge
India's plans to bid for the 2020 Olympics on Thursday got a shot in arm with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge sayin...
- Olympics will rebound from crisis: Rogge
International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge said here on Thursday that the Olympics would rebound from a "crisis", after days of pr...
- India lobbies for support for 2020 Olympic bid
India is lobbying hard among the top officials of the International Olympic Committee to drum up support for its plans to bid for the 2020 ...
- IOC may scrap Olympic torch relay in India
International Olympic Committee would consider ending the Olympic torch relay in India despite promising heavy security. In Pics: The Olymp...