http://www.olympicreviews.com All about Olympic games in world Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:02:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. sports officials on Thursday welcomed a decision by the IOC Executive Board to include women's boxing, canoe sprint and modern pentathlon for 2012 Olympic Games in London. «We are thrilled that the IOC Executive Committee has voted to add women's boxing events to the 2012 Olympic Program. The 'yes' vote ... http://www.olympicreviews.com/2009/08/14/u-s-officials-welcome-womens-boxing-into-2012-olympics/ In 1968 I was a twenty-year-old college junior whose basketball success had been made famous.  I’d been honored as Player of the Year, Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament, named the USBWA Player of the Year, and played the “game of the century” against the Houston Cougars at the Houston Astrodome.  So ... http://www.olympicreviews.com/2008/05/06/boycott-questions-1968-vs-2008/ The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is reporting record demand for tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China by Jamaicans around the world. According to first vice-president of the JOA, Donald Anderson, the demand for tickets is shaping up to be the most on record. We have been getting ... http://www.olympicreviews.com/2008/05/06/record-ticket-demands-for-2008-olympics/ Officials want to raise up to $390 million to invest in the port of Sochi, the city that last week won a contest to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, the director of a state company that manages ports said Wednesday. Rosmorport is looking at “various sources” of the money to ... http://www.olympicreviews.com/2008/05/06/390m-for-sochi-port-ahead-of-2014-games/ It seems not everyone is happy about Russia hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics. These residents, angry about plans to demolish their homes to make way for the Sochi Games, let their feelings be known during a tour by Olympic inspectors. Mobile phone footage appears to show police trying to force ... http://www.olympicreviews.com/2008/05/06/hello-world/