Sports-Olympics

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates The ruler of Dubai has taken part in a high-level meeting to discuss the Gulf emirate's possible bid for the 2020 Olympics.

LONDON British officials have acquired a $64 million radio communications system to boost security for the 2012 London Olympics.

DUNCAN, British Columbia A day after protests disrupted the relay, Olympic torchbearers ran, rode and rolled through Vancouver Island towns Saturday early in the journey across Canada.

The torch relay for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games officially got underway on Friday.

VICTORIA, British Columbia Protesters forced the 2010 Vancouver Games torch relay to be diverted from its planned route Friday, hours after organizers kicked off what is supposed to be the longest domestic torch relay in Olympic history.

LONDON Encouraged by the improving economy in the United States, the International Olympic Committee plans to begin negotiations on U.S. broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Games next year.

DENVER The U.S. Olympic Committee picked the team that will search for a new CEO, hoping to replace Stephanie Streeter by the end of the year.

ROME The Italian Olympic Committee announced plans to vaccinate its athletes and officials against swine flu for the Vancouver Winter Games and Paralympics.

LONDON Britain plans to host a "world-class" sporting event at least once every two weeks from now until the start of the London 2012 Olympics.

ATHENS, Greece The Greek Olympic Committee has acknowledged that it was wrong to allow a hurdler serving a doping ban to take part in the Vancouver flame relay.

OTTAWA The head of security for the Vancouver Olympics says the cost of providing protection for the 2010 Winter Games shouldn't go over budget - and may be less than expected.

RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says Rio de Janeiro is capable of hosting a safe 2016 Olympics and the city will show it deserved to win the games.

MOSCOW Russian apparel brand Bosco Sport signed up as leading domestic sponsor of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi on Wednesday in a deal worth more than $100 million.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Canadian hockey star Sidney Crosby will carry the Olympic torch in his home province of Nova Scotia next month.

LONDON The International Olympic Committee will convene a special conference of medical experts to draw up guidelines for dealing with "ambiguous" gender cases in the wake of South African runner Caster Semenya's sex-test controversy.