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T he events no one wants to see at the Olympics are the barricade steeplechase, the truncheon two-step or the freestyle taser. Last month's launch of the torch relay in Victoria offered a hint of the ugly possibilities of confrontation between demonstrators...
Tags: Mr. McGrady, Victoria, civil disobedience, Chile, Tracy McGrady, Summer Olympics, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Olympic Flame, Olympic Games
Melia said Olympic athletes now face a two-year ban for a first-time offence, and a lifetime ban if caught a second time. Organizers at the upcoming Games say they plan on taking nearly 2,500 urine and blood samples from athletes during the competitions.
Tags: Ross Rebagliati, Canada, Ottawa, Marion Jones, Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport, Winter Olympic Games, Ben Johnson, allnews, Performance-enhancing drugs, Drugs in sport, Olympic Games
The words 'sochi.ru' are written above the number '2014,' with the five Olympic rings also part of the emblem. The number 2014 is written as a reflection under the word Sochi, both in blue letters. the .ru domain ending appears above the Olympic rings.
Tags: olympic rings, Russian, olympic logo, russia unveils, internet domain, Russia, Moscow, Sochi, Olympic Games, allnews, Winter Olympics, Technology Internet, International Olympic Committee, Hypertext, Rogge, Jacques Rogge, Claudia Pechstein, World Wide Web, Johannes Peter Müller, Olympic emblem, Lake Placid New York, Interbrand, Yahoo!, Human-computer interaction, Entertainment Culture
He told reporters the 400 would give Jamaican Bolt a new challenge. "He will have to find a new challenge and I think the 400 metres will be a new challenge for him in a couple of years," Johnson said. "There is no one that can beat him (in the sprints)...
Tags: Beijing, Michael Johnson, London Games, China, Usain Bolt, allnews, Bolt, Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Sebastian Coe, Sprint, Sport in London, Reuters, Michael Phelps, Coe, Sport in Sheffield, Olympic Stadium, Athletics in Jamaica, Summer Olympic development
Jim Shea paused for more than a moment, almost unable to imagine the thought of Lake Placid without the legacy of hosting two Winter Olympic games, in 1932 and 1980. "We'd just be a sleepy little Adirondack town, just a small little Adirondack resort,"...
Tags: Lake Placid, Mirror Lake Inn, Ed Weibrecht, winter olympic, James McKenna, olympic games, Jack Shea, winter games, U.S, Switzerland, Zurich, Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics, Lake Placid New York, North Elba New York, Jimmy Shea, Hospitality Recreation, Whiteface Mountain, Essex County New York, Adirondack Mountains
The Broadcasting Standards Authority is undertaking a study to find out how New Zealanders feel about the word "retard" after TV One's Breakfast host Paul Henry called Scottish singer Susan Boyle "retarded." Special Olympics New Zealand has asked the...
Tags: special olympics, Paul Henry, Susan Boyle, host paul, New Zealand, racial slurs, Auckland, N*****, Mental retardation, Social Issues, Disability, Censorship, Broadcasting Standards Authority, Perez Hilton, allnews, Kike, Olympic Games, Summer Olympics, Britain's Got Talent, Entertainment Culture
Kenya seek to leave a lasting mark when it competes at the inaugural Youth Olympics in Singapore next year. The event, which was established by International Olympics Committee, aims at promoting a culture of Olympics among young athletes. However, the...
Tags: Singapore, Summer Olympics, Multi-sport events, allnews, Olympic Games
We are in 2009 right now and a country needs something around eight years to host the Games successfully. So even if we give ourselves a time period of 11 years -- if we are targeting 2020 -- I think it should not be a problem. But ideally, we can host...
Tags: India, big event, Mumbai, allnews, Olympic Games
The whole country should be beholden to the Sports Minister, M.S.Gill for his categorical statement that India should not think about hosting the Olympics. Though it was of the parliament proceedings where he was replying to a question on the country’s...
Tags: India, asian games, commonwealth games, Qatar, Doha, Summer Olympics, Summer Olympic Games, Indian Olympic Association, allnews, Olympic Games
In that time he will oversee the continent's challenge for Olympic success at the London Olympics 2012 plus the finalisation of the arrangements to acknowledge the role of sport in the new European Union constitution. Hickey, President of the Olympic...
Tags: European Union, Belgium, Brussels, Surnames, Summer Olympics, Politics, Jacques Rogge, European Olympic Committees, allnews, International Olympic Committee, Hickey, Olympic Games, Olympic Council of Ireland