Lubbock police and other area law enforcement have run more than 6,600 miles since 1989 for the Special Olympics. This week, they are adding another 329 miles or so. Officers kicked off the 20th annual Torch Run on Wednesday morning, parading down Continue ..

Taxpayers are set to pay up £1m to ensure the Special Olympics goes ahead in the city this July. Leicester City Council says it will offer the money because the economic crisis has made finding substantial sponsorship impossible for the games Continue ..

New Australian Commonwealth Games chef de mission Steve Moneghetti has refused to set a medals target for his team for next year’s event in India. Australia will send its largest ever team to an overseas Commonwealth Games – expected to total more Continue ..

Singapore: The International Olympic Committee says its first Summer Youth Games in Singapore next year won’t be affected by the global economic slowdown even as sponsors struggle for funds. ” The IOC is in good financial condition,” said Sergey Continue ..

SEOUL, South Korea – London’s mayor says a tour of the Seoul Olympics sites has given him good ideas on how to build venues that will have a lasting legacy long after the 2012 Games. Mayor Boris Johnson singled out the 1988 Olympic Village as an Continue ..

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