Berlin :: Germany
| about 21 hours ago
The surgery in December will remove calcifications on his Achilles tendon. Xiang pulled out of his first-round heat at the Beijing Olympics at the last moment and may now be unable to defend his world title in Berlin. "I don't care so much about next...
Tags: olympics, sports
Victoria :: Canada
| 1 day ago
The torch will arrive in Saskatoon on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010, at noon. A local organizing committee will look after the community celebrations during the torch visit to the city. While the relay route through the city has not been finalized, Olympic organizers...
Tags: olympic torch, olympics
Vancouver :: Canada
| 2 days ago
The torch's 106-day journey is designed to reach millions of Canadians from coast to coast to coast in the countdown to the 2010 Winter Games...Presented by Coca-Cola and RBC, the torch relay will interweave the nation on its trek through every province...
Tags: olympics, torch relay
Beijing :: China
| 9 days ago
Bela Karolyi says he views the probe into the ages of Chinese gymnasts from the 2000 Olympics as a lame attempt to shift the focus from the investigation of this year's athletes that resulted in no sanctions for China's gold-medal team. "I think that's...
Tags: gymnastics, olympics, gold, Bela Karolyi, Chicago
Wada :: India
| 15 days ago
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has said that the number of doping cases at the Beijing Olympics could still increase by seven. In an exclusive interview with the Austrian news agency APA late Friday the Belgian said that...
Tags: olympics, Beijing, doping cases, Jacques Rogge, beijing olympic
Wheeling :: IL :: USA
| 16 days ago
A federal jury has awarded mountain biker Susan Haywood nearly $319,000 in a lawsuit over her removal from the U.S...The West Virginian was replaced by Mary McConneloug for the Athens games after an arbitrator overturned USA Cycling's decision to add...
Tags: olympics, mountain biker, USA Cycling, Susan Haywood
Beijing :: China
| 16 days ago
European breaststroke champion Kirsty Balfour today announced her retirement from swimming. The Edinburgh 24-year-old, who was part of Great Britain's team at August's Beijing Olympics, feels she is bowing out at the top and now intends to take a new...
Tags: olympic, olympics, swimming, beijing olympics, sports, Great Britain, china, Kirsty Balfour, Beijing
Brussels :: Belgium
| 16 days ago
Viviane Reding is the EU's information society commissioner. To read a shortened version of the interview, please click here . The two major sports events of last summer, the Olympic Games and the European Football Championships, were expected to be a...
Tags: television, olympic games, football, sports, olympics, mobile television, European, beijing
Ama :: LA :: USA
| 16 days ago
Larry James, who won gold and silver medals in athletics at the 1968 Olympics, died of cancer on Thursday...James also was the athletic director at Richard Stockton College for 28 years...James, nicknamed "The Mighty Burner," teamed with Vince Matthews,...
Tags: G. Larry James, olympic, gold, medal, olympics, medals, silver, race, win, beijing, Dr. Ronald Davis, won gold, Villanova University
Peshawar :: Pakistan
| 16 days ago
Sindh by 2-1 in the opening match of the three teams squash event of the 3rd Provincial Games, which got under way here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Thursday. Former World Champion Qamar Zaman was the chief guest on this occasion. Before the start...
Tags: provincial games, F.P. Punjab, olympics, Sindh Habiba Khan, men, 3rd provincial, gold medal, punjab girls, winning gold, squash event, games squash, flying start
