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British sprinter David Weir took the final day honours at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester winning two gold medals on the track, as the GB team amassed five gold, five silver and six bronze medals. ... World record holder Weir, who was in supreme form when winning...
Special report: 2008 Olympic Games QINGDAO, May 12 ... ... QINGDAO, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Stephen Park, Britain's sailing team manager, said here Monday his team was trying to be as competitive as they could in all the classes when the Olympic sailing events were to be held...
Paralympics New Zealand is pleased to announce that a three-year sponsorship agreement has been signed with Skins. ... It is therefore no surprise that thirty elite athletes selected to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games across seven sports: -...
Wellington: New Zealand will send a 30-strong team to the Paralympic Games in Beijing in September, Radio New Zealand has reported. ... Athens 2004 gold medallists Tim Prendergast and Matt Slade in athletics, and shooter Michael Johnson head the team. The Beijing 2008...
China's policies have been criticized. ... China's policies have been criticized Australian Olympic chief John Coates said Saturday that he believes there's a good chance some athletes will protest on the medal podium at the Beijing Olympics. "It is a real possibility,"...
Lagos: The Nigerian athletes who have been on a month's break are back in camp at the Liberty Stadium in Southwest Nigeria Ibadan in Oyo State to intensify their preparations for the Paralympics Games in China. ... 'The country Paralympics bound athletes are currently...
Natalie du Toit won the 100-meter freestyle at the Paralympic World Cup on Saturday — one week after she qualified for the Olympics in the open-water event. ... The South African touched in 1 minute, 1.32 seconds at the same Manchester pool where she competed at the 2002...
One of the success stories on the road to the 2010 Winter Games is the tremendous support of Canadian companies. In fact, domestic sponsorship for the Games has surpassed the $700 million mark, achieving 90 per cent of the overall sponsorship target set by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for...
Kate Hoey's role as sports adviser to the new London mayor, Boris Johnson, has been strongly backed by the British Olympic chairman, Colin Moynihan, a key member of the 2012 Olympic Board. Moynihan says he is surprised at suggestions that some 2012 officials are "aghast" that the ex-Labour sports...
Mingle with the 400 athletes from 45 nations assembled in Manchester this weekend for the Paralympic World Cup and you will be uplifted by scores of heart-warming stories of courage and high achievement born out of adversity, not least that of the paraplegic padre.
