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The world’s winter athletes can expect a ‘tremendous experience’ when they compete at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, according to Jean-Claude Killy, head of the IOC Co-ordination Commission making its first visit to the Black Sea resort.
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The 2014 Winter Olympic Games, to be staged in Sochi, have been described as ‘probably the most challenging ever’ in terms of facilities yet to be built.
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The first International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission visit to Sochi, the 2014 host city of the Winter Olympics, will start tomorrow.
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Sochi Mayor Viktor Kolodyazhny will now head up the state agency responsible for Olympic construction, Olympstroy, after replacing Semen Vainshtok.

Chelsea Football Club will play in the Russian Railways Cup, a pre-season tournament, in Russia this summer against Lokomotiv Moscow, the hosts, as well as AC Milan and Sevilla.
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Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of Sochi 2014, has called for 'best in class' suppliers to deliver the best-ever Winter Olympics.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic games were one element in the government plan to promote sport and fitness for ordinary people.
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Dmitry Chernyshenko, Sochi 2014 CEO, presented a report on the protection of Olympic and Paralympic Intellectual Property and on the forthcoming IOC Coordination Commission visit to Sochi.
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A new report on bidding for sports events shows that the cost to aspiring hosts is higher than ever. Developing Successful Strategies in Sports Events Bidding, quotes London 2012’s bid budget at £29 million; Sochi is said to have spent $60 million on its successful 2014 campaign and budgets for the 2016 summer Olympic Games bidders are rumoured to be as high $100 million. Cities feel they need to achieve ever higher technical standards and are investing more in PR and marketing.

Moscow’s Sports Department will establish a dedicated foundation for youth sports support which it hopes could be turned into a valuable tool for the IOC in promoting youth sports.
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Moscow and Singapore will fight it out for the right to host the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board shortlisted them from its original list of five candidates.
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Thirteen major companies signed up as corporate supporters of Moscow’s bid to bring the 2010 Youth Olympic Games to Russia.
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TSE Consulting, the international sports consultancy firm headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, has completed the first round of its international expansion with the launch of a new office in Moscow.
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The International Olympic Committee short listed five cities as Candidate Cities to host the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010 - with Moscow seemingly heading the race.
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European hockey’s new Euro Hockey League competition has secured a series of TV rights deals.
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SecondsOut.com has won exclusive live rights to Evander Holyfield's world heavyweight comeback fight in the UK, Eire and Germany.
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Dmitry Chernyshenko, the newly appointed CEO of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games organising committee, told SportBusiness that he relishes the challenges ahead and will soon announce his new team.
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Russian president Vladimir Putin told IOC President Jacques Rogge that Dmitry Chernyshenko is to be appointed as the CEO of the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Organising Committee.