In addition, the long-term agreement includes expansive rights to carry the Olympic Games as well as carriage of Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, Comcast SportsNet Mid Atlantic, The Comcast Network-Philadelphia and Comcast SportsNet New England.

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Neither the Olympic issue nor realignment were addressed in the new collective bargaining agreement that ended the lockout.

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The work is part of a 2009 agreement between Polo Ralph Lauren and the United States Olympic Committee to supply clothes for each of the three games.

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Under a "partnership agreement" signed by the IPC and the International Olympic Committee the Paralympics will follow on from the Olympics as a separate event until 2020.

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An agreement was eventually struck between Saudi Arabia, the International Olympic Committee and the Judo federation.

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