The coach said he was looking forward to putting his own mark on the team in the coming year, having inherited former coach Steve Hansen's squad at the end of last season with little time to prepare for the summer games.
In the wake of the debacle of Chicago's rejection as the Olympic venue for the 2016 summer games, the question probably occurred to most Americans: What was President Obama thinking when he dramatically personalized the U.S. bid by joining his wife in Copenhagen to appeal for the selection of his adopted city?
Viewership for the summer X Games has nearly tripled, reaching 25 million households this year.
The host city for the 2020 Summer Games will be chosen in September.
The audience watching the summer games has grown 45% since 2001, to an average of 676, 000 households, on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC for the 2003 summer games.
How high that bar is now set for the 2012 Summer Games in London will not be clear until the end of 2010, when the United Nations Environmental Programme is due to release a full assessment of the Vancouver games.
In 1997, when Athens won the bid for this summer's games, the security costs were estimated to be just a thin slice of the overall budget.
Security firm G4S was heavily criticised after it failed to deliver 10, 400 security guards in time for the Games last summer.
Panasonic has also renewed its partnership with the International Olympic Committee for an additional eight years through the 2016 Summer Games.
With the futuristic design of the suspended glass roof and a seating capacity of 80, 000 it was used after the 1972 summer games as a key stadium for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
At least one will be a weightlifter: the sport has accounted for 37 of the 85 athletes expelled from the summer games since drug-testing's introduction.
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The controversy unfolds at a delicate time for Spain: Madrid is among the finalist to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, and Spanish athletes and fans have been criticized and sanctioned for actions deemed racially insensitive.
The only stadium to have two summer games as it was the setting for the 1932 Olympics as well.
Further, for the first time ever in the summer games, every country is sending at least one female contender.
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Finnigan joined the Harriers from Cheltenham Town in the summer of 2009 after playing over 200 league games for the Robins.
With the new deal done, the U.S. will consider whether to bid for the 2022 Winter Games or 2024 Summer Olympics.
The 57-cap international joins Wales captain Craig Bellamy on the doubtful list for Wales' summer games, while West Ham defender Danny Gabbidon is a long-term absentee.
After the 1980 summer games the stadium was converted to be used for football and is home to Torpedo Moscow and Spartak Moscow.
Her song "Change" was selected as a part of the Team USA soundtrack for the 2008 summer Olympics and used frequently in NBC's coverage of the games.
However, a total of 55% of companies were on target in their preparations for next summer's Games, the research found.
He had previously won a gold medal in football for the Isle of Man at the World Summer Games in Athens.
Indeed, the Feb. 8 opening ceremonies were the highest rated in history for winter or summer games, according to Nielsen Media Research.
The Swatch Group brand, Omega, is the official timekeeper for the Olympics, which meant that the company had major marketing expenses during the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games.
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The contracts follow a major initiative last summer during the London 2012 Olympic Games to try to win contracts for UK firms around the 2016 Olympic Games and 2018 football World Cup in Russia.
G4S was heavily criticised for its handling of the Olympic Games security contract last summer.
Both games are shaping up to be blockbusters and many gamers will pick up a copy of each, since Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games are option for the more Hollywood summer blockbuster thrill ride, while DICE is crafting a massive online multiplayer experience.
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"I've been waiting for this for so long, " Mr. Waas said of the Summer Games.
It was completed in 1984 and in 1985 staged the Asian Games as a shake down for the 1988 summer Olympics.
The opening ceremony for the London Games is later this month on July 27, the British capital the first city to host the Summer Olympics three times.
Commuters are being urged to make alternative travel arrangements for the second time this summer as London prepares to host the Paralympic Games.
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