Friday, 14 December 2012

European Games will not compete with Olympics: EOC (Reuters)

European Olympic Committee (EOC) President Patrick Hickey gives a news conference after the EOC's 37th general assembly in Istanbul November 22, 2008. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

BERLIN (Reuters) - The new European Games, with the first edition in Azerbaijan's Baku in 2015, will not compete with the Olympic Games for athletes, cash or the spotlight, the head of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Patrick Hickey said. The EOC announced its plan for a continental Games last week amid some opposition, as Hickey said, from "within the Olympic movement". ...




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