AlQa'dah 17, 1432, Oct 15, 2011, SPA -- Two men died when a Piper light aeroplane crashed in western Switzerland, police reported Saturday.
According to dpa, the wreckage was found late Friday, after several hours of searching, north of Yverdon-les (...)
The IOC says six cities from Europe, Asia and the Middle East are bidding to host the 2020 Olympics.
Submitting bids by Friday's deadline were Rome; Madrid; Tokyo; Istanbul; Doha, Qatar; and Baku, Azerbaijan.
There were no surprises, as all six (...)
Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, President of Youth Welfare of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, attended in this Swiss city of Lausanne a meeting of the International Relations Committee, an affiliate of the Internatioanl Olympic (...)
National Olympic committees have until Sept. 1 to submit the names of cities seeking to host the 2020 Summer Games, according to AP.
The International Olympic Committee executive board approved the 2020 bid timetable, which will culminate with the (...)
Mixed tennis doubles will be played
at the 2012 Olympics in London while changes were made to the track
cycling programme by Olympic officials on Thursday, according to dpa.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board (...)
A Jordanian prince, a short-track
Olympic winner from China and the head of cycling"s world governing
body are among six candidates to become members of the International
Olympic Committee, according to dpa.
The IOC executive board meeting in (...)
Justin Gatlin was ruled out of the
Beijing Olympics when the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday
confirmed a four-year doping ban against the American sprint star, according to dpa.
Gatlin, the Olympic 100m champion from 2004 and double (...)
Prince Nawaf bin Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz, Vice President of Youth Welfare, attended here today the meeting held by the international relations committee of the International Olympic Committee.
Following the meeting, he said, "The Kingdom of (...)