2016 Rio Olympics – Iceland’s first swimmer to make it to the finals
“It feels like a dream, its a great honour and I’m very happy” Hrafnhildur Lúthersdottir, Iceland’s first swimmer to make it to the finals in the 2016...
IOC plotted against Obama
The International Olympic Committee had made its decision to award the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio de Janeiro long before the much publicised visit by U...
Copenhagen weighs up cost of IOC event
The Danish capital has been reviewing the expense of hosting the latest International Olympic Committee meeting and all signs point to benefits signif...
US president Barack Obama gets a surprise invitation to dinner in Denmark
As the Olympic committee gathers in Copenhagen, Denmark for Friday’s conclusion as to where the summer Olympics 2016 will be held, several important p...
Obama confirms visit to Copenhagen
The US President Barrack Obama will join with a group of influential fellow Americans to attend this week’s International Olympic Committee meeting in...
Nordic chefs serve up Culinary Olympic gold
The 2008 Culinary Olympics, held in Erfurt, Germany, were a successful venture for a team of Finnish chefs, who served up a meal worth its weight in g...
Tromso’s 2018 Winter Olympic dream over
In the end it was the price tag that sank Tromso’s bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics. In these uncertain economic times, nearly every organisation in N...
Tromso’s Winter Olympic dream fading
When asked in a recent poll by authorities in Norway if its citizens would support the government spending around USD 5 billion to host the 2018 winte...