London 2012 Olympics

The Vancouver Olympics have pulled in more than double the sponsorship from domestic companies as the Turin Olympics did in 2006 despite tough economic times, setting a record for a Canadian sporting event.

The Vancouver Olympics Organizing

By Allan Dowd and Nicole Mordant

So you are looking ahead to Friday's start of the Vancouver Winter Olympics and you think to yourself: "Hey, how can I make some quick bucks on the stock market from this thing?"

Welcome to the Olympic freestyle

Another kind of competition is playing out ahead of the Olympics.

Opponents don suits instead of jerseys but the game is ultimately the same: strategy must be honed and the goal is to earn gold. When play becomes unfair, someone cries foul.

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With three weeks to go until the Winter Olympics, athletes from more than 80 nations are anxiously gearing up for their moment in the spotlight. And so are the protesters.

"The Olympic Games are often perceived as a symbol of peace but ironically

Watch every second of the Games live online for the first time in Games history

The Vancouver Olympics will mark the first Games where every second of the action will be streamed in high definition live over the Internet.

The HD debut is

VANCOUVER SET TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS

The XXI Olympic Winter Games are expected to draw 5,500 athletes and officials, 250,000 spectators and enough sponsors, protesters and media types to create a 17-day whirlwind of sports, en

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The pelting rain and warm air arrived two weeks ago in Vancouver. No surprise there; West Coast winters are notoriously soggy and mild. But the Winter Games are less than three weeks away. Already, downpours have washed much of the snow off Cypress M

BRITAIN'S 4x400m relay team have been crowned world champs - 13 years after they were beaten by Yank drug cheat Antonio Pettigrew.
Roger Black, Iwan Thomas, Jamie Baulch and Mark Richardson will be given gold medals later this year.

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