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- Living a boyhood dream as I represented my country
- ICE HOCKEY dominates the life of every young Canadian lad in the way football is the driving passion over here - and therefore to wear the jersey of your country more than 100 times is a huge honour greatly treasured. So are the two World Championship medals proudly hung...
- Research articles 2008-10-28
- Zabaleta signs up at Man City
- LONDON AFP — English Premier League outfit Manchester City announced on Sunday they had clinched the transfer from Spanish side Espanyol of Argentinian defender Pablo Zabaleta. "Manchester City FC can confirm that Argentinian defender Pablo Zabaleta has signed for the club today from Espanyol for an undisclosed fee," the...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- 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
- Bitter Blake recalls what might have been in Beijing
- NEW YORK AFP — For a player looking ahead into the tennis future, James Blake seems to be finding it tough to let go of the past. Especially when he feels it might have cost him an Olympic medal in Beijing. "It's not my problem anymore," the American...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- American Hill, Formula One champ in 1961, is dead at 81
- Phil Hill, the only American-born driver to win the Formula One championship, died at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula on Thursday. He was 81. Hill died of complications from Parkinson's disease, according to John Lamm, a close friend who also is editor-at-large of Road and Track magazine....
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Kenya's Olympic team feted on arrival
- NAIROBI AFP — Kenya's successful Beijing Olympic team returned home to a jubilant reception on Wednesday. Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and the Sports Minister Helen Sambili welcomed the athletes who won 14 medals: five gold, five silver and four bronze, registering Kenya's best ever performance at the summer Games...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Rock on ...
- Icy resolution Winning an Olympic medal is a one-in-a-million proposition, particularly if you live in the Netherlands. ESPN.com compiled a list of medals-per-capita, by country, and Dutch athletes claimed one per 1,040,322 citizens in the Summer Games. The top dog was the Bahamas, where...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Phelps considering Bernard challenge
- ROME AFP — Swimming sensation Michael Phelps said in an interview published Tuesday that he may challenge French Olympic champion Alain Bernard in the 100m freestyle at next year's World Championships. Phelps set a record of eight Olympic gold medals - beating Mark Spitz's mark of seven from Munich...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- French Olympians cheered en route to Sarkozy meeting
- PARIS AFP — Hundreds of people thronged the leafy Champs-Elysees avenue on Tuesday to pay tribute to the French Olympic team as it made its way to a special reception with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Around a hundred of the country's sporting stars greeted the crowds from open-top buses draped...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Mubarak questions Egypt's failure in Beijing
- CAIRO AFP — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Monday demanded to know why his country's athletes failed to win more than a single bronze medal at the Olympics in China, the official MENA agency reported. The 80-year-old ruler "ordered the formation of a fact-finding committee to assess the bad...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Bernard and French team receive heroes welcome
- PARIS AFP — Hundreds of fans gathered at Roissy airport near Paris on Monday to welcome home French triple-Olympic medal winner Alain Bernard and the country's swimming team. Bernard became the first Frenchman in 56 years to win gold in the 100 metres freestyle on August 14. He...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Scoreboard
- Calendar Professional MLB Texas at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m. Amateur GOLF TGA city seniors at Topeka Country Club Today's line NFL preseason TODAY Favorite__Points__Underdog SAN DIEGO__6__Seattle ...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- US NBA stars win gold but Spain gives them a challenge
- BEIJING AFP — Kobe Bryant provided a vital late spark as the United States reclaimed Olympic basketball supremacy Sunday, defeating world champion Spain 118-107 to bring the Americans their 13th gold medal. Dwyane Wade scored 27 points to lead the Americans while Bryant added 20, LeBron James contributed 14...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- US men win 4x400 relay, avoid matching worst gold total
- BEIJING AFP — Jeremy Wariner anchored the US 4x400-meter relay team to victory in an Olympic record 2mins 55.39secs Saturday, enabling the Americans to avoid the shame of matching their worst athletics gold haul. New 400m Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt, 400m hurdles Olympic champion Angelo Taylor, 400m bronze medallist...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- United States erase track failures with relay wins in Beijing
- BEIJING AFP — The United States regained Olympic track and field superiority with the last two races in the Bird's Nest Saturday, putting a week of disappointment behind them when they won the 4x400m relays. In a night of doubles, Ethiopian Kenenisa completed the elusive 5,000m-10,000m double and Kenya...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Adios Cuba as South Korea win last Olympic baseball title
- BEIJING AFP — South Korea won what could be the last Olympic baseball gold medal on Saturday, dethroning three-time champions Cuba 3-2 in a dramatic final. Chong Tae-Hyon took the mound with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to preserve the single-run Korean lead amid a...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- US seeks basketball redemption as Beijing Games close
- BEIJING AFP — The Beijing Games come to a close Sunday, with six boxing gold medals among the 12 on offer and a team of US millionaire superstars vying to regain lost glory in men's basketball before the Olympic flame is extinguished in China. According to tradition, athletics competition...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Iranian Saei lifts second taekwondo gold of his career
- BEIJING AFP — Iran's Hadi Saei beat European bronze medallist Mauro Sarmiento of Italy 6-4 in the men's -80kg final to lift the second Olympic taekwondo gold medal of his career Friday. Saei, who won the -68kg Olympic gold in Athens, battled back from 4-2 down in the first...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Hooker ends 40-year Australian wait with pole vault gold
- BEIJING AFP — Steve Hooker of Australia set an Olympic record of 5.96 metres to win the men's pole vault gold medal at the Beijing Games on Friday. The 26-year-old Commonwealth champion won the competition when he vaulted 5.90m at his third attempt. He then went on to break...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Messi calls on Angel for Argentine Olympic gold
- BEIJING, AFP — Football superstar Lionel Messi rewarded Argentina in gold for fighting for his right to be at the Olympics when he set up the winning goal in their 1-0 triumph over Nigeria in the men's final on Saturday. Messi disentangled himself from Nigeria's tight marking to put...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
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