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The politics of sport 6 Jan 2009 04:32 GMT
... and prominent law-makers threatening to boycott the Beijing Olympics over China’s human rights record. Even as ... and infighting, components such as racism, violence, doping and the biting effects of a global ...
Knight rider: Queen honours Olympic cycling champion Chris Hoy 4 Jan 2009 00:53 GMT
... feat of three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics received royal recognition Wednesday in the New ... for 12 months after missing three out-of-competition doping tests from October 2005 to July 2006, ...
Looking to brighter skies ahead 3 Jan 2009 01:14 GMT
... I was struggling.'' As he proved in Beijing with a sixth-place finish in the road ... a sport still battling the blight of doping, Rogers took a moment to consider his ... to ensure he could ride at the Olympics. ''If I was a kid, 22 or ...
The most promising cyclist of 2009? Tough call 3 Jan 2009 01:13 GMT
... win two world time-trial championships and the Olympic gold medal in Beijing in that discipline. Luxembourg? Andy Schleck, 23, ... Sella, Kohl or Schumacher and fail a doping test. And if Vande Velde isn't the ...
Big names, great games make 2008 year to remember 2 Jan 2009 12:19 GMT
... eyes on the most hallowed of all Olympic marks — Mark Spitz's seven gold medals ... Little known outside the track world before Beijing, the tall Jamaican sprinter burst onto the ... levity to a sport knocked low by doping allegations, regardless of what the fun police, ...

Hospitable Cats welcome 6 schools for holiday workouts 2 Jan 2009 08:58 GMT
... is motivated. The UA senior missed the Olympics by 0.06 of a second, finishing third ... Jessica Hardy. Hardy tested positive for an anabolic substance and later withdrew from the U.S. ... a difference in Jackson since she missed Beijing. In December, she set an NCAA and ...
Other Voices: Dumbest Year Ever produced own stars 2 Jan 2009 06:12 GMT
... clubbing. Jacques Rogge, head of the International Olympic Committee, now there's a no-nonsense sports leader. ... no-nonsense sports leader. At the Olympics in Beijing, hammer throwers and weight lifters were doping, horses were doping and underage Chinese gymnasts ...
Cycling News Roundup, 31 December 2008 2 Jan 2009 05:35 GMT
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2008 IN SPORTS: Sports, politics and big money 2 Jan 2009 05:35 GMT
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Queen honors Olympic cycling champion Hoy 2 Jan 2009 05:32 GMT
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