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Great Britain	27	23	17
China	26	18	26
Russian Federation	19	18	19

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Murdoch's Fox will only bid for 2016 Olympic TV rights if Chicago awarded Games

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 15 - Rupert Murdoch warned today that he will only sanction a multi-billion dollar bid from his company Fox to screen the 2016 Olympics if Chicago is awarded the Games.

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Pound claims Barack Obama absence could hit Chicago's 2016 Olympic chances

By Duncan Mackay

September 15 - Chicago's campaign to host the 2016 Olympics could suffer if United States President Barack Obama (pictured) is not persuaded to travel to Copenhagen next month to support the bid, former International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice-President Dick Pound has warned.

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Obama to promote Chicago 2016 Olympic bid at White House

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 14 - United States President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, the First Lady, are to promote Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics with a special event at the White House on Wednesday, it was announced today.

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Jordan set to join Obama and miss Copenhagen but Oprah offers to be there

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in Chicago

September 12 - Chicago are set to be missing another one of their heavy-hitters for the last push next month to host the 2016 Olympics as Michael Jordan (pictured) seems certain to join United States President Barack Obama and not make the trip to the Danish capital for the final vote.

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Chicago not weakened by Barack Obama absence claims Ryan

By Duncan Mackay

By Tom Degun in Chicago and Duncan Mackay in London

September 11 - Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympics will not be weakened by the decision of United States President Barack Obama to send the First Lady, his wife Michelle (pictured), to the final vote next month instead of him attending personally, officials here claimed today.

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Race for 2016 Olympics set to hinge on couple of votes says IOC President

By Duncan Mackay

September 11 - Jacques Rogge (pictured), the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), has predicted that the race to follow London 2012 and host the 2016 Olympics will be decided by "a couple of votes" and that Chicago's chances should not depend on whether United States President Barack Obama turns up to support them.

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ESPN target Olympics in move that could help Chicago 2016

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 9 - ESPN, the American cable television network owned by Disney, has revealed that winning the rights to screen the 2014 and 2016 Olympics is its top priority in a move that is set to help push up the price for the TV rights in the United States and could help Chicago's bid.

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Chicago claim support has risen since low poll taken

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 4 - Chicago has claimed that they have a lot more support for their bid to stage the 2016 Olympics than a poll taken in a local newspaper found and that it will not affect their campaign.

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2016 bid cities all look for positives in IOC Evaluation Report

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 3 - The leaders from the four cities bidding to host the 2016 Olympics were all trying to find positives from the report published yesterday by the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission, with each of them claiming that they had come out on top.

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IOC Evaluation Report seems to favour Rio in race for 2016 Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay

September 2 - Rio de Janeiro seemed to come out on top when the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission published its Report today analysing the bids of the four cities campaigning to follow London 2012 and host the 2016 Games.

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Madrid has biggest popular support as 2016 bid cities await report

By Duncan Mackay

September 2 - Madrid's bid to host the 2016 Olympics has the biggest public support while Tokyo's has the worst, a new report published to coincide with the publication of the International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Report has discovered.

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Tokyo claims election result will not harm 2016 Olympic bid

By Duncan Mackay

August 30 - Tokyo's bid to host the 2016 Olympics will not be affected by the defeat of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who had been in power for more than half-a-century, and the resignation of Prime Minister Taro Aso.

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Samaranch claims Madrid would stage greatest Olympics ever

By Duncan Mackay

August 28 - Madrid will stage the most memorable Olympic Games in history if the Spanish capital is chosen to host the 2016 Games, Juan Antonio Samaranch junior (pictured) predicted today.

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TV deal boost for Rio 2016 Olympic hopes

By Duncan Mackay

August 27 - Olympic broadcast rights in Brazil for the 2014 and 2016 Games were today awarded to three companies in a $210 million (£129 million) deal that is seen as a boost to Rio de Janeiro's bid to host the event.

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Report backs Chicago Olympic financing plan

By Duncan Mackay

August 27 - An independent Chicago watchdog has issued a report carried out by a London company endorsing the city's controversial financial plan if it is chosen to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics.

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