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- Germany's Ballack out of opening World Cup qualifiers
- FRANKFURT, Germany AFP — Germany captain Michael Ballack has pulled out of forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Liechtenstein and Finland, the German football federation said on Tuesday. Ballack's bruised and inflamed left foot means he will have to miss the September 6 clash against Liechtenstein and the game in...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- Life athletics ban for drug cheat Blonska
- KIEV AFP — Disgraced Ukrainian heptathlete Lyudmila Blonska and her coach have been banned for life by the Ukraine national athletics federation for failing a doping test for the second time in her career. The 31-year-old Blonska tested positive for the anabolic steroid methyl-testosterone after she won the silver...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- Spanish Olympic basketball coach quits
- MADRID AFP — Spanish men's basketball coach, Aito Garcia Reneses, has resigned from his position after leading the team to the silver medal at the Beijing Olympics, the Spanish basketball federation said Tuesday. "I am grateful for the opportunity the Federation president gave me to direct the team at...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- IOC tells gymnastic chiefs to re-examine China age issue
- BEIJING AFP — The IOC said Friday it has asked the International Gymnastics Federation to re-examine claims that Chinese gold medal winner He Kexin was not old enough to compete in the Beijing Games. Allegations have been rife that China had broken the rules by fielding three gymnasts who...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- Lithuania coach quits to launch political career
- VILNIUS AFP — Lithuania coach Algimantas Liubinskas has quit his job to concentrate on campaigning for a seat in parliament, the Baltic state's football federation announced on Monday. In a statement on its website, the Lithuanian federation said Liubinskas had officially handed in his resignation, ending weeks of speculation...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- No hard feelings for tennis player Gremelmayr in German Games conflict
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Olympic left-over Denis Gremelmayr shoved disappointment aside on Monday to begin his summer hardcourt campaign with a victory after being replaced on Germany's Beijing squad by Rainer Schuettler. Gremelmayr, ranked 86th and winner of a set over Roger Federer at Estoril last spring, began his...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Baldini's 'B' sample tests positive
- ROME AFP — Any slim hope Italy foil fencer Andrea Baldini may have had of competing in the Beijing Olympics were dashed Monday when his positive test for a banned diuretic was confirmed by the B sample. The world number one controlled positive for furosemide at the European Championships...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Zvonareva to replace injured Sharapova in Beijing
- MOSCOW AFP — Vera Zvonareva will replace the injured Maria Sharapova at the Beijing Olympics, Russian tennis federation official Vladimir Kamelzon said on Friday. Kamelzon said that Fed Cup skipper Shamil Tarpishchev had been in charge of naming Sharapova's replacement after the world number three withdrew earlier Friday with...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- Ghezielle sees doping ban extended
- PARIS AFP — French middle distance runner Bouchra Ghezielle on Monday saw the French athletics federation FFA increase a doping ban by six months to four years after she appealed the original judgment on a positive doping test, her lawyer Stephane Mesones said. Ghezielle, the 29-year-old bronze medal winner...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Department of the Navy architecture Federation Pilot: the Defense Department recognized that the current approach of attempting to develop monolithic integrated architectures has not worked well. Consequently, DoD has developed a concept of architecture f
- The Defense Department knows that the structured analysis associatedwith architectures is essential to transform its plat-form-centric environment to a net-centric environment. This change will eliminate silos of data and information, thus making information visible and accessible to all authorized users. However, the DoD recognized that the current approach of...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Denmark's cyclist Rasmussen banned two years for doping
- PARIS AFP — Denmark's Michael Rasmussen, who was thrown out while leading the 2007 Tour de France for lying about his whereabouts, has been banned for two years by the Monaco cycling federation, the sport's world governing body UCI said on Tuesday. Rasmussen was thrown off the race on...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Debt bailouts and constitutions
- I. INTRODUCTION A number of countries have undergone several rounds of bailouts of subnational government debts in the last decade. The Brazilian government, for instance, assumed the debts of the federated states in 1989, 1993, and 1997. Also in its southern neighbor, Argentina, the line that separates provincial and...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Bob Ford: The farce of the Tour de France
- It's a great week for professional cycling. The 2008 Tour de France begins on Saturday, and the winner of the 2006 Tour will be decided today. Floyd Landis has taken the longest ride in cycling history since crossing the finish line on the Champs-Elysees nearly two years ago. He tested...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Bahrainis protest dismissal of 44 telecom workers
- MANAMA AFP — Hundreds of Bahraini workers and activists demonstrated Friday protesting the laying off of 44 employees from the leading mobile telephone operator Batelco. The federation of Bahrain trade unions which led the demonstration called on mobile phone users to boycott the mostly government-owned company for two hours...
- Research articles 2008-06-27
- Hickersberger resigns from Austrian post
- VIENNA AFP — Josef Hickersberger announced his retirement as Austrian coach in an interview to be published on Tuesday which will appear on the day that the Austrian federation were to decide on his future. The 60-year-old tells daily newspaper 'Der Standard' that he feels exhausted after coaching co-hosts...
- Research articles 2008-06-23
- Japanese business cautious about PM's climate plan
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's steelmakers went on the offensive Tuesday against a new plan by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to force industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions, saying it would hurt the economy. Defying parts of the business community, Fukuda on Monday announced a so-called "cap-and-trade" system that restricts...
- Research articles 2008-06-09
- Mosley receives Toyota and Ferrari backing
- MONTREAL AFP — Max Mosley, the president of motorsport's world governing body FIA, has received backing from Toyota Motorsport and the Ferrari Formula One team following his vote of confidence in the wake of a sex scandal. Mosley won a vote of confidence in Paris on Monday that allows...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- Iran's Karimi reinstated after Ahmadinejad intervenes
- TEHRAN AFP — Iranian football star Ali Karimi has been reinstated in the national squad after intervention from no less than President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the grandson of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, media reported Sunday. Karimi, a former Bayern Munich midfielder nicknamed the "Asian Maradona", had been dropped...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Japanese firms unveil swimsuits to catch Speedo
- TOKYO AFP — Three Japanese sportswear companies on Friday unveiled new swimsuits they hope will match Speedo's high-tech, record-breaking LZR Racer ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August. Mizuno, Asics and Descente, who are contracted to the Japanese Swimming Federation, said they had come with the best they could...
- Research articles 2008-05-30
- German milk strike starts to bite: federation
- BERLIN AFP — A strike by German dairy farmers over low milk prices will start to lead to shortages on supermarket shelves from Thursday, Germany's main dairy federation said. "We expect shelves to begin to empty from today or tomorrow at the latest," Romuald Schaber, head of the BDM...
- Research articles 2008-05-29
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