China declared Thursday it was ready to stage one of the greatest Olympics ever, even as pollution concerns and human rights controversies hung over the final day of preparations for the opening ceremony. As the world's best athletes poured into...
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Days before the Olympic Games open in Beijing, the Chinese authorities have said they are confident that athletes and spectators will be safe. This assurance comes after an attack which killed 16 policemen in the western region of Xinjiang. A...
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A 1909 baseball card of Hall of Famer, Honus Wagner, sold for $1.62 million to John Rogers, 35, of North Little Rock, Ark., at a memorabilia auction on Friday night held by Mastro Auctions in Chicago. Rogers, who has been...
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Brett Favre will be reinstated and added to the Green Bay Packers' active roster Monday at noon when the league office is open for business. The NFL announced the move Sunday. Earlier this week, Favre sent a letter to Goodell...
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Nike developed uniforms for Team USA's track and field competitions. The multi-part outfits are called the Nike Swift System of Dress. Athletes choose which accessories they feel will be advantageous. There are socks, gloves, and arm coverings built to reduce...
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The biggest secret in world sport is out after video of next week’s Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing was broadcast. In a breach of China’s fearsome security apparatus, a Korean television journalist walked straight into the National Stadium and filmed...
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Officials in Beijing have spent over a year developing the sex determination lab that will be used to test female athletes during the 2008 Olympic Games. Sex determination testing is not new in the Games. It was first implemented in...
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President Pervez Musharraf will be visiting China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on August 8, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Briefing newsmen in Islamabad, Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said the President will visit china...
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Nike said Friday it would pull its ads for its Hyperdunk basketball shoes, responding to criticism that they fed homophobic views. Nike previously defended the ads, but said it would withdraw them as quickly as possible "to underline our ongoing...
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Thousands of hopeful spectators who had waited in line for as long as two days became unruly Friday in a panic to seize some of the remaining tickets to this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing. People were thrown to the...
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