Sochi 2014

BOA call for "systematic change" in preparations for Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 13 - A change in how Britain's winter sports prepare for the Sochi 2014 Olympics is to be proposed after the team's disappointing performance at Vancouver earlier this year when the only medal was won by Amy Williams (pictured), who struck gold in the bob skeleton.

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World Cup is bigger than the Olympics claims F1 President

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 11 - The Olympics is a "second-class" event compared to the FIFA World Cup, Formula One President Bernie Ecclestone claimed today.

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Former Russian judge accused of corruption over Sochi land deals

By Duncan Mackay

July 8 - A former Sochi judge has been accused of earning at least 370 million rubles (£7.7 mllion/$11.8 million) through a series of shady deals for land, including plots for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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Russian Senators call for Mutko's sacking over five breakfasts a day claims

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 5 - Senior senators have called for Vitaly Mutko's dismissal as Russia's Sports Minister following revelations he charged for five breakfasts a day during the Vancouver Olympics and a new survey ranked him as the country's second most disliked Government official.

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Sochi celebrates third anniversary of being awarded 2014 Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

July 5 - Sochi 2014 has celebrated the three-year anniversary of Sochi 2014 winning the right to host the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games with a traditional "Sochi-YES" festival.

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Russian Sports Minister claimed for five breakfasts a day in Vancouver

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 4 - Pressure is growing on Vitaly Mutko (pictured) to resign as Russia's Sports Minister after it emerged that he claimed expenses for the equivalent of five breakfasts a day while he was attending the Olympics in Vancouver earlier this year, where the team had its worst ever performance.

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Russian Audit Report into Vancouver flop critical of Sports Minister

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

July 2 - Vitaly Mutko (pictured) is again under pressure to resign as Russia's Sports Minister after a damning Government report into the country's poor performance at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver earlier this year revealed that his hotel suite during the Games cost $1,500 (£986) a night.

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Russia plans to send record team to Sochi 2014 Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

June 23 - Russia plans to send a record team of 215 competitors to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the country's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko announced today.

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Sochi promise Games with uniquely Russian flavour after Vancouver Debrief

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 10 - Sochi today promised to stage an "innovative Games with a uniquely Russian flavour" when they host the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics.

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Sochi Mayor confirms plan for city to host F1 after Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in Sochi
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 9 - Sochi hopes to follow hosting the 2014 Olympics and Paralympics by staging Russia's first-ever Formula One Grand Prix, the city's Mayor Anatoly Pakhomov confirmed to insidethegames today.

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Russia unveil training centres to help preparations for Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in Sochi
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 7 - Russian athletes preparing to compete in the Sochi Olympics in 2014, where they have already been warned they must finish top of the medals table, will have new state-of-the-art facilities built to help their preparations, the country's Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko promised today.

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Sochi 2014 plant trees to mark UNEP campaign

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in Sochi
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 5 - Dmitry Chernyshenko (pictured), the chief executive of Sochi 2014, and Anatoly Pakhomov, the city's Mayor, today planted trees here to mark World Environment Day and later signed a partnership agreement on environmental protection and volunteering programmes.

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FIS want halfpipe skiing added to Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 4 - Halfpipe skiing could be added to the Sochi 2014 Olympics after the International Ski Federation (FIS) decided to put it forward for inclusion.

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Russian Sports Minister promises major clean-up before Sochi 2014

By Duncan Mackay

June 4 - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko (pictured) claimed today they had already started their campaign to stamp out doping in nordic skiing even before being hit by sanctions by international ruling body FIS.

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Russia skiers could be banned from Sochi 2014 if they do not clean-up act

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

June 3 - Russia's skiers could be banned from the 2014 Sochi Olympics because of the country's poor record on doping, the International Ski Federation (FIS) warned today.

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