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Transportation hurdles loom at Olympics

The winning strategy? The restrictions are for security and to enable tens of thousands of Olympic athletes, officials and members of the media to get around during the Olympic Games on Feb. 12-28. To accommodate the Olympics,...

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Panasonic to Deliver Full Lineup of HD Equipment to Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games...

will supply its HD video equipment to the competition venues and broadcasting locations, making the Vancouver Games the first Olympic Winter Games to be broadcast completely in HD format. (Photo:...

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German women dominate World Cup luge event

Germany's Tatjana Huefner celebrates after winning the women's World Cup luge Saturday in Calgary. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press) Germany's powerhouse women's luge team, led by top slider Tatjana Huefner, destroyed all comers...

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Transforming London Into the “best Big City on Earth”

services centre drives more than £200bn of revenue into the UK economy each year. Although central London is booming with business activity, parts of the city are still struggling. Contrary to popular belief London’s streets...

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Speed skater Hughes locks up Olympic berth

By Terry Bell, Vancouver ProvinceNovember 21, 2009 5:34 PM Photograph by: Toussaint Kluiters, Reuters Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes qualified for her fifth Olympic Games on Saturday with a fourth-place finish in a World...

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Patience For Sports Hub

Wang Meng Meng, Straits Times PLEASE be patient and Singapore will get a Sports Hub everyone can be proud of. That was Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's response to queries on the Singapore Sports Hub Consor-tium's (SSHC) recent...

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End Zone: Brooklyn skier has visions of glory

As a visually impaired ski racer, Caitlin Sarubbi is relying on a combination of her feel for gravity, the radio messages of her guide, and a bottomless store of courage. Her downhill race at the Paralympics is just the latest...

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Sky's the Limit as Beijing's Smog Lifts

Beijing residents are taking a collective deep breath and enjoying the best air the city has had for 11 years. The capital's environmental protection bureau said on Friday the reduced smog and improved visibility was the result...

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Salt Lake City: There's much to do besides ski in this valley

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah -- Its selection as the host city for the 2002 Olympic Games turned a sleepy mountain town into a metropolis as it added high-rises, an efficient light-rail system and a sparkling new outdoor mall downtown,...

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Learning disability athletes will return to Paralympics in 2012

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Athletes with learning disabilities will be allowed to compete in the Paralympics again at London in 2012. The International Paralympic Committee general assembly voted on ...

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