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- Jamaica's Powell turns in second fastest 100m ever
- LAUSANNE, Switzerland AFP — Jamaica's Asafa Powell on Tuesday ran the second fastest ever time in the 100m at a meeting in Lausanne where Olympic hurdles champion Dayron Robles failed to win. And three-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked 19.63sec in his favourite event, the 200m, for the fourth-fastest...
- Research articles 2008-09-02
- Bolt, Jelimo light up Zurich Golden League track meet
- ZURICH AFP — Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt continued his unstoppable streak of form with a comprehensive win in the 100 metres at the Zurich Golden League meeting here on Friday. In the packed 26,000-capacity Letzigrund Stadium, Pamela Jelimo of Kenya also went close to beating the oldest track...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Hero's welcome for Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist
- KABUL AFP — Afghanistan's first Olympic medallist received a hero's welcome Thursday from hundreds of beaming fans and dignitaries who hailed him as the "pride of the nation". Rohullah Nikpai, who won a bronze in taekwondo, was greeted along with his three teammates at Kabul airport by scores of...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Bolt headlines starry cast at Zurich Golden League
- ZURICH AFP — Treble Olympic sprint king Usain Bolt will headline a starry cast at Friday's Golden League meeting that brings together more than 50 finalists from the recently-finished Beijing Games. Bolt will race against six sprinters from the 100m he won in a world record of 9.69 seconds....
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- 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
- Ponting expects Twenty20 to be Olympic event
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Wednesday it is only a matter of time before Twenty20 cricket is part of the Olympic Games. Just days after the completion of the Beijing Games, Ponting said it was "inevitable" the game's newest form would become an Olympic event given...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- 50,000 turn out to hail Scotland's Olympic bravehearts
- EDINBURGH AFP — A massive crowd of 50,000 well-wishers filed into the Scottish capital on Wednesday to roll out the red carpet for the country's Olympic heroes. Triple gold winner Chris Hoy was joined by Ross Edgar, Katherine Grainger and David Florence for the special open-top bus parade down...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- NBC scores mixed bag of pros, cons
- NBC's hype is true: By Saturday, its Beijing Olympic coverage was already "the most-viewed event in U.S. TV history." NBC's coverage, by any measure, produced big box office. But before this goes down as an apocalyptic event in TV history, note some...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Phelps already eyeing more gold in London
- LONDON AFP — US swimming sensation Michael Phelps warned Sunday that he is already eyeing more gold at the London Games in 2012. Phelps became the most decorated medallist in Olympic history with 14 gold medals from Beijing and Athens, including a record eight gold in China, the most...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- 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 NBA stars ready to sign up for another run at gold
- BEIJING AFP — Expect America's multi-millionaire National Basketball Association heroes to continue sacrificing their summers in quest of Olympic gold, even after returning the United States to global supremacy. Smiles were still locked on the faces of the US NBA superstars after their 118-107 triumph over Spain in Sunday's...
- 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
- 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
- Kick in the face has taekwondo fighting for Olympic survival
- BEIJING AFP — A kick in the face of a taekwondo referee by furious loser Angel Valodia Matos had officials in damage control Sunday as they tried to prop up a sport which is fighting for Olympic survival. Controversy was the last thing Taekwondo needed in Beijing following angry...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Bolt to Rogge:'I just want to have fun'
- BEIJING AFP — Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt replied to criticism directed at him by IOC President Jacques Rogge on Friday by saying that he was not disrespectful to his rivals, he was just out to have fun and entertain. The 22-year-old Jamaican - who had just added a...
- 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
- Fountain given Olympic heptathlon silver after Blonska forfeit
- BEIJING AFP — American Hyleas Fountain was awarded the Olympic heptathlon silver medal Saturday at a ceremony in the Athletes Village following the explusion of original runner-up Lyudmila Blonska for doping. Steve Roush, the US Olympic Committee's sport performance chief, presented the medal to Fountain after she moved up...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Fountain given heptathlon silver after Blonska forfeit
- BEIJING, AFP — American Hyleas Fountain was awarded the Olympic heptathlon silver medal Saturday at a ceremony in the Athletes' Village following the expulsion of original runner-up Lyudmila Blonska for doping. Steve Roush, the US Olympic Committee's sport performance chief, presented the medal to Fountain after she moved up...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Judging scandal rocks Olympic boxing competition
- BEIJING AFP — Boxing officials were battling to contain a major scandal on Saturday as serious claims of bribery and the manipulation of Olympic judging panels emerged after a series of disputed bouts. The International Boxing Association AIBA suspended Romanian technical delegate Rudel Obreja after he held an impromptu...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
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