http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Mon, 21 May 2012 11:05:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://theglobalherald.com/norway-to-host-2016-youth-winter-olympic-games/26141/ http://theglobalherald.com/norway-to-host-2016-youth-winter-olympic-games/26141/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:52:59 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=26141 Norway will host the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games at Lillehammer. The inaugural Youth Winter Olympics will be held in 2012 at Innsbruck in Austria, making the Norwegian event the 2nd ever Youth Winter Olympics. The bid from Norway was uncontended and received a majority vote. The city of Lillehammer hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/norway-to-host-2016-youth-winter-olympic-games/26141/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/kevin-rolland-watches-with-interest-as-ski-half-pipe-introduced-to-olympics/25726/ http://theglobalherald.com/kevin-rolland-watches-with-interest-as-ski-half-pipe-introduced-to-olympics/25726/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 20:27:25 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=25726 French freestyle skier, Kevin Rolland, will be watching with interest as the Ski Halfpipe event is introduced to an Olympic event for the first time in January 2012. The Winter Youth Olympic Games will take place between 12th and 23rd January 2012 at Innsbruck and will feature the same expanded programme as the 2014 Sochi [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/kevin-rolland-watches-with-interest-as-ski-half-pipe-introduced-to-olympics/25726/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/international-olympic-committee-impressed-with-sochi-2014-progress/24604/ http://theglobalherald.com/international-olympic-committee-impressed-with-sochi-2014-progress/24604/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:12:51 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=24604 The International Olympic Committee are impressed with the progress being made in preparation for the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014. Sixty test events are planned ahead of the games with several outreach programs aiming to involve local people in the sporting festival. Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee, said: “I [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/international-olympic-committee-impressed-with-sochi-2014-progress/24604/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/munich-annecy-and-pyeongchang-bid-for-2018-winter-olympics/16496/ http://theglobalherald.com/munich-annecy-and-pyeongchang-bid-for-2018-winter-olympics/16496/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 17:57:14 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=16496 Munich, Annecy and PyeongChang have presented their candidatures for the 2018 Winter Olympics to the International Olympics Committee (IOC) at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. The briefing process will conclude on Thursday 19th May 2011, when each city will meet separately with the members of the IOC for follow-up questions about their projects. Korea’s Minister of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/munich-annecy-and-pyeongchang-bid-for-2018-winter-olympics/16496/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/olympics-six-new-sports-to-be-added-to-winter-olympics/14650/ http://theglobalherald.com/olympics-six-new-sports-to-be-added-to-winter-olympics/14650/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:16:15 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=14650 Six new sports will be eligible for Olympic status in time for the Sochi Games in Russia in 2014. Situated on the border with Georgia near Turkey, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Iran and the Black Sea, the games will welcome the following new Olympic sports: Ski half-pipe Women, Ski half-pipe Men, Women’s ski jumping, Biathlon mixed relay, [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/olympics-six-new-sports-to-be-added-to-winter-olympics/14650/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/voting-opens-on-mini-snowboarding-award-creative-use-of-space/9754/ http://theglobalherald.com/voting-opens-on-mini-snowboarding-award-creative-use-of-space/9754/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:22:04 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=9754 MINI is now inviting snowboarding fans to vote for their favourite snowboarding performance from the Burton Global Open Series at Laax in Switzerland. The female and male winners of the MINI “Creative Use of Space Award” will share the prize money of US $50,000. A panel of experts has already drawn up a shortlist of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/voting-opens-on-mini-snowboarding-award-creative-use-of-space/9754/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/new-sports-to-be-added-to-winter-olympics-for-sochi-2014/6389/ http://theglobalherald.com/new-sports-to-be-added-to-winter-olympics-for-sochi-2014/6389/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:28:06 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=6389 The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee announced on Monday 26th October 2010 that it is looking favourably at the inclusion of the following events in the programme of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014: - Women’s Ski Jumping - Ski Halfpipe (Men and Women) - Ski Slopestyle (Men and Women) [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/new-sports-to-be-added-to-winter-olympics-for-sochi-2014/6389/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/team-gb-kit-launched-for-winter-olympics-2010/1898/ http://theglobalherald.com/team-gb-kit-launched-for-winter-olympics-2010/1898/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:23:51 +0000 Estella Shardlow http://theglobalherald.com/?p=1898 http://theglobalherald.com/team-gb-kit-launched-for-winter-olympics-2010/1898/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/british-olympic-association-urges-calm-over-snowsport-gb-difficulties/1744/ http://theglobalherald.com/british-olympic-association-urges-calm-over-snowsport-gb-difficulties/1744/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:16:14 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=1744 http://theglobalherald.com/british-olympic-association-urges-calm-over-snowsport-gb-difficulties/1744/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/british-short-track-speed-skating-team-announced/1552/ http://theglobalherald.com/british-short-track-speed-skating-team-announced/1552/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:26:39 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=1552 http://theglobalherald.com/british-short-track-speed-skating-team-announced/1552/feed/ 0