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Security is No. 1 priority at major sporting events

...measures are tough as they are," said Mikhail Butov, secretary general of the Russian Athletics Federation. "But when...supporters were suspected in the killings.FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke said during a visit to Haiti on Tuesday...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2013-04-16/security-no-1-priority-major-spor
Scandal could hurt Japan's 2020 Olympic bid

...team have been indefinitely suspended while an independent inquiry considers their complaints of ill treatment.JOC secretary general Noriyuki Ichihara denied that officials were rushing investigations to wrap up the problem in time for the IOC evaluation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2013-02-08/scandal-could-hurt-j
New technology gets thumbs up from FIFA

...to make sure that the systems at the World Cup work at 150 percent, not 90 percent," said Jerome Valcke said, secretary general for the governing body.FIFA will use both Hawk-Eye and GoalRef systems in Japan, after they won "unanimous...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-07-05/new-technology-gets-
International piracy

...manner."'There's huge redundancy and lack of efficiency,' said Mark Malloch Brown, deputy in 2006 to the secretary general at the time, Kofi Annan."The frustration is often most pointed among those with exposure to the private sector...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/editorials/2012-07-14/international-piracy
US men's basketball beats Spain for Olympic gold

...Games in Rio de Janeiro. Though the NBA has said it might prefer an under-23 age limit for the Olympics, FIBA's secretary general said Saturday he doesn't see any changes being proposed in time for 2016.James isn't sure if he will return...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/olympics/2012-08-12/us-mens-basketball-beats
Overtime

...Nov. 24 at Lake Louise, Alberta, six days before the women race on the same course."It's very clear," FIS secretary general Sarah Lewis said. "It's called the men's World Cup and the ladies' World Cup." TennisImprobable run goes...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/2012-11-03/overtime
Brazil's slow preparations worry FIFA

...invested more energy in winning the event than organizing it."We don't have stadiums, we don't have airports," secretary general Jerome Valcke said.He added it looked increasingly likely that some facilities, including Rio de Janeiro's iconic...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-06-25/brazils-slow-prepara
Norway ripped by Oslo bomb, youth camp shootings

...all quickly condemned the bombing, which Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague called "horrific" and NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen deemed a "heinous act.""It's a reminder that the entire international community has...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2011-07-22/norway-ripped-oslo-bomb-yout
Overtime

...preparations for the 2014 World Cup.Blatter will meet Dilma Rousseff in the capital Brasilia two weeks after FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke made harsh remarks over Brazil's slow preparations, igniting a furor that impaired the relationship...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-03-15/overtime
Canadian skicross racer dies after 'freak accident'

...safety in skiing, particularly in the relatively new disciplines of freestyle skiing. International Ski Federation secretary general Sarah Lewis said Zoricic's death had been "a terrible, tragic accident."Zoricic was treated by doctors before...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-03-10/canadian-skicross-ra