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Eighteen months after the most ostentatious Olympics of all time, the organizers of the Beijing Games are finally facing a reckoning as they try to figure out how to keep their prized centerpiece stadium in the black
USA women's hockey national team member Caitlin Cahow, a 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, will document her experience as she prepares to compete at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Ashley Wagner is looking for any edge she can get.
Kobe Bryant made a sensational buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 108-107 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday.
The International Baseball Federation will elect a new president to lead the sport after its latest Olympic rejection. Italian federation president Riccardo Fraccari and IBAF secretary general John Ostermeyer of Australia are the candidates to succeed Harvey Schiller. The American steps down after the International Olympic Committee rejected baseball's bid for the games.
Brush aside all those stodgy notions about curling.
A lot of news happens in a decade, and as we prepare to close this one, there will be plenty of lists about the top stories from the last 10 years. This is not one of those lists. These are the stories you told us you were interested in … by searching for them. From the gravely serious to the supremely silly, we present a decade of news you couldn't get enough of.
General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory filing Friday.
China has sentenced 13 low-level officials to jail for an iron mine dam collapse just before the Olympic Games opened in Beijing last year, which was hushed up despite killing at least 43 nearby villagers.
Preparations for the 2010 Winter Olympics have had a "slight positive" impact on Vancouver, according to a study released Friday.
Rudy Giuliani has signed on as a security adviser to help crime-addled Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, get ready for the 2016 Olympics. The former mayor -- whose name was recently floated as a possible GOP challenger to US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand -- talke...
This is a film for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of a prevention campaign about malnutrition of young women athletes. It will be shown during the first youth Olympics that will take place in Singapore 2010. It will also be used on the website of the IOC.
Maurice Wilson, an assistant on the Jamaican National Team at the 2008 and 2004 Olympic Games, is one of seven featured speakers at the 2009 Iowa Track and Field Coaches Clinic, Dec. 11-12 at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames, IA.
Top seed Saina Nehwal of India on Friday booked her place in the women's semi-finals, beating Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21-13, 21-19 at the BWF World Super Series Masters Finals.
From Our Press Services WASHINGTON -- Regulators on Friday shut down Ohio's AmTrust Bank, the fourth-largest bank to fail this year. They also closed five others, bringing to 130 the number of U.S. banks to be brought down so far in 2009 by recession and mountains of bad debt.The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over AmTrust Bank, based in Cleveland, with about $12 billion in assets and $8 ...
The battle-lines for the first World Cup on African soil will be laid down here on Friday when the draw is made for the tournament separating the 32 qualified countries into eight groups of four.
Harbor member drops suit seeking health benefitsOXNARD — Oxnard Harbor District Commissioner Michael A. Plisky has dropped the lawsuit he filed against the district, its board and Executive Director Anthony Taormina. He was seeking reimbursement for health insurance benefits for his spouse. Plisky claimed other board members had collected benefits in the amount of $84,544 this year. Plisky ...
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA (April 14, 2009) - As part of the International Golf Federation’s continuing efforts to demonstrate worldwide solidarity behind golf’s bid to become an Olympic sport in 2016, 18 of the game’s top players are sending a customised brochure detailing the bid along with a personal letter reflecting their support to International Olympic Committee members from their ...
Here's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world.
Further proof that Rudy Giuliani is less than focused on running for office has emerged in an unlikely spot - Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian officials announced Thursday they would hire the former mayor as a long-term security advisor for the 2016 Olympic Game.
NATIONAL CITY: A National City after-school sports program has received two grants totaling $24,172 that will help pay for coaches, referees, equipment and uniforms.
