By Tom Degun at the Global Sports Forum Barcelona March 9 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has predicted that many more cities will come forward to bid for the Winter Youth Olympic Games after the Austrian city successfully staged the inaugural event in January this year at a relatively low cost.
By David Gold February 18 - Ski halfpipe prospect Katie Summerhayes (pictured) has said that competing at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck this month was "the greatest experience" and something she will "never forget".
By Tom Degun February 4 - India have claimed victory in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) World Mile video contest, a key initiative of the Culture and Education Programme featured at the inaugural Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck last month.
By David Gold February 1 - Russia's deputy Sports Minister Yury Nagornykh has said the Youth Olympics should get wider television coverage than the competition currently receives.
By Mike Rowbottom January 30 - A descendant of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Modern Olympics, believes that his illustrious relation would approve highly of the current International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, Jacques Rogge, and his innovation of Summer and Winter Youth Olympics.
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck January 23 - Innsbruck 2012 chief executive Peter Bayer (pictured) has revealed that the financial model in place for the inaugural edition of the Winter Youth Olympic Games, which closed here last night, was not based on making a profit from the event.
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck
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By Tom Degun in Innsbruck January 21 - Short track speed skaters Jack Burrows and Aydin Djemal have made history as the duo became the first ever British athletes to win medals at the Winter Youth Olympic Games.
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck January 21 - The sporting schedule for the Winter Youth Olympics here has been disrupted after heavy snowfall in a 24 hour period covered the region for the second time this month.
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck January 19 - The Winter Youth Olympics were briefly plunged into chaos here with the daily Victory Ceremony postponed and the scheduled concert cancelled after a bomb was discovered in Innsbruck city centre.
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck January 18 - Gilbert Felli (pictured), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive director, has claimed that there are no concerns over the future of the Winter Youth Olympic Games despite Lillehammer being awarded the 2016 competition after coming forward as the only bidder.
By Tom Degun in Innsbruck January 15 - Austrian starlet Elisabeth Gram made history by winning the host country's first gold medal of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in ski halfpipe here before dedicating the victory to her late mother.
By Tom Degun at Seefeld Arena in Innsbruck January 14 - After a monumental wait, women's ski jumping appeared for the first time ever at an Olympics as the event took place here on day one of the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games.