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Double-amputee sprinter Pistorius can compete for Beijing berth Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 0:00 AM ET LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) -- Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius won his appeal Friday and can compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that the...
China's hosting of the 2008 Summer Olympics thrust the Asian nation into the international spotlight and is viewed by many inside the country as a way to showcase how far the communist regime has come in opening up to the world over the past few decades.
Athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics this summer could face a troubling combination of polluted air and hot, humid weather conditions if the Chinese government is not able to clear the skies in time for the games. Concerns over pollution have prompted the U.S. Olympic Committee to...
By Donna Goodison Saturday, May 17, 2008 - Updated 3m ago Springfield-based Spalding Group has signed U.S. Olympic softball pitcher Jennie Finch to endorse its Dudley softball brand. A member of the 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning softball team and the 2008 squad, Finch will be featured in new...
Dwain Chambers to make legal bid to compete in 2008 Beijing Olympics Chambers served a two-year ban for doping for his part in BALCO scandal British Olympic Association ban athletes found guilty of doping from Games Chambers has supplied UK Sport with extensive details of his doping regimen...
NEW YORK----Let the Games begin...right now! The New York Times announced today the launch of a special online section for the 2008 Olympic Games with a new blog called Rings . Rings is dedicated to the full range of topics surrounding the summer Games in Beijing, from the competition itself to...
NEW YORK --(Business Wire)-- The New York Times announced today the launch of a special online section for the 2008 Olympic Games (http://www.nytimes.com/olympics) with a new blog called Rings (http://www.nytimes.com/rings). Rings is dedicated to the full range of topics surrounding the summer...
The 2008 Summer Olympics are coming, and so is the Olympic game from Sega. We've got the first details. At its recent spring press event, Sega showed off a brief teaser trailer for its upcoming Summer Olympics-themed game, Beijing 2008. The movie was a mixture of classic Olympic footage from...
German Man to Travel to Olympics by Trabant By David Gordon Smith It's a long way from Germany to Beijing -- especially in a 26-horsepower Trabant. But one dauntless man is making his 10th trip to the Olympics in a cult East German car and is more worried about bureaucracy than breaking down....
Donald H. Straszheim 05.14.08, 12:45 PM ET The recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province is a one-time event, not the beginning of a new era. Out west, the people and culture make Sichuan province feel more like Tibet than like the rest of China. The quake's epicenter was about...
