The 128th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially got under way Thursday night with a music-themed opening ceremony at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The international governing body for university sports will be happy to see either Beijing or Almaty win the bid for 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Claude-Louis Gallien, President of the International University Sports Federation, told Xinhua on Wednesday.
Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games Bid Committee will attend the meeting of Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Bangkok on Nov. 7.
A team of 77 artisans from Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province have created the world's largest indoor attraction, due to open this week in the British seaside resort of Blackpool.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday called his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu to discuss the recent terror attacks in Russia, promising to provide security assistance for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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