“Jacques Rogge” on The Daily Caller

If the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is seriously thinking about running for the post of UN Secretary General, he probably can count on the support of the International Olympic Committee. (more)

The last few days of the Olympics passed by in a blur as I finished a three-week business trip that ended up taking me to four climates and nine different overnight locations, all without checking bags. And my gallivanting around the West paralleled the North American tour de force that the games became. (more)

EDITOR’S NOTE: Ilya Shapiro is currently on the ground in Vancouver and will be sending dispatches throughout the Olympic Games, posted here at The Daily Caller.  (more)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — IOC president Jacques Rogge is confident that out-of-competition testing and work with Canadian authorities will help stamp out drug cheats at the Vancouver Olympics. (more)

LONDON (AP) — IOC president Jacques Rogge will meet with the top two leaders of the U.S. Olympic Committee in Vancouver to improve relations after Chicago’s defeat in its bid for the 2016 Games. (more)

LONDON (AP) — London Mayor Boris Johnson is urging international Olympic officials to use public transportation during the 2012 Games. (more)

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Former Olympic hurdles champion Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco will head the IOC’s oversight panel for the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. (more)