SportSelling the Olympics to the Swiss
When London wanted to host the 2012 Olympics, it had to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC). That was no mean feat, until you compare it with the lengths that the Swiss government is having to go to in its bid to have the 2022 Winter Olympics in Davos and St Moritz.  Source: Armstrong told Oprah he doped before he had cancer
Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey that he started using performance-enhancing drugs to gain an edge in cycling in the mid-1990s, before he was diagnosed with cancer, a person familiar with the interview told USA TODAY Sports. Shakira Welcomes a Baby Boy!
Shakira and her boyfriend, Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué, received a late Christmas present this year — the singer gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday (Dec. 27). Proud papa Gerard Piqué, a player for FC Barcelona, announced the news on his Twitter and Facebook accounts Thursday, posting the following message: Inside the Incredible Secret Mission to Climb Europe’s Tallest Building
Here’s one advantage that illegal skyscraper-scaling has over mountaineering: Unlike Everest, which give or take a few inches remains the same height for ages, the targets for urban climbers continually get taller and more insane. Boxing champ enters political ring (VIDEO)
Boxing champion Vitali Klitschko hopes he and his party become major factors in Ukrainian politics. Bale ‘in Ronaldo and Messi class’
Harry Redknapp has warned Croatia that Wales’ Gareth Bale is in the class of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Skydiver Felix Baumgartner breaks sound barrier (VIDEO)
Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). Euro-2012 Final: Spain-Italy 4:0Spain sealed their place in history as the first side to win three successive major international tournaments with a stunning victory over Italy in Kiev. Topless FEMEN activist grabs Euro 2012 football cupFemen says Euro 2012, which Ukraine is co-hosting with Poland next month with the final in Kiev on July 1, will be a magnet for sex tourists – one of the group’s main targets – and will feed a booming sex industry. Uefa slams Ukraine ‘bandits’ for Euro 2012 hotel pricesSpeaking in Lviv, one of the venues, Michel Platini said the rising cost of accommodation worried him, and called on the authorities to prevent it.
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