Olympics






White and Kim top Winter Olympic rich-list

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver

February 9 - American snowboarder Shaun White and South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-Na (pictured) are the highest-earning athletes competing here at the Winter Olympics with sponsorship deals amounting to $7.5 million (£4.7 million) a year, a new study published in Forbes magazine has revealed.

Toughest year of Olympic project ahead predcits Armitt

By Mike Rowbottom in London

February 9 - As the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) looks forward to what its chairman, John Armitt, describes as its "toughest year", with building work on the Olympic site reaching maximum complexity, further rises in the Anticipated Final Cost (AFC) of the project have been announced.



Rogge claims Lee has been properly punished

By Duncan Mackay in Vancouver

February 8 - Lee Kun-hee, the convicted South Korean criminal who the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday reinstated as a member, has been treated just as harshly as an athlete who tests positive for banned drugs, Jacques Rogge (pictured) claimed here today.