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Chinese champion hurdler Liu Xiang will test his recovery from a foot injury that forced him out of the Beijing Olympics last year, when the athletics competition at the East Asian Games gets underway Thursday. Liu became a chest-thumping source of Chinese pride when he won gold and tied the world record in the men's 110-meter hurdles at the Athens Olympics in 2004, prevailing in an event...
For the country's best halfpipe riders, the journey to the Olympics officially begins this weekend. Starting Thursday with women's qualifying heats, the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix kicks off at Copper Mountain, and all the top names in snowboarding are expected to be in attendance. In a 110-rider field, Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and Breck's Steve Fisher, a two-time X Games pipe champ ...
Hillsborough resident, and four-time Olympian, Joetta Clark Diggs will be inducted into the United States Track & Field Hall of Fame.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Olympic Committee is considering the elimination of endurance events in track cycling and the addition of mixed doubles in tennis for the 2012 London Games.
JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex, 3605 Philips Highway, Jacksonville, and the First Coast Skating Club of Jacksonville are presenting two performances of the holiday ice show "A Snow Day" Dec. 12 and 13. This holiday ice spectacular features current national and international competitors, as well as future competitors, and a host of local skating school students.
China's bold rise this decade took many forms. The Beijing Olympics. The billions of dollars lent to the U.S. The rip-roaring economic growth.
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) - China's bold rise this decade took many forms. The Beijing Olympics. The billions of dollars lent to the U.S. The rip-roaring economic growth.
Olympic leaders are finally ready to distribute the individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping but withhold the 100-meter gold from another drug-tainted athlete.
Olympic leaders are finally ready to distribute the individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping, but withhold the 100-meter gold from another drug-tainted athlete.
Here's a look at Monday's sports in brief around the world.
Italy’s loss is Telluride’s gain. Due to a lack of snow, a snowboard World Cup race that was penciled for Europe is now slated for Telluride, giving the ski area its third World Cup event in the month of December, from the 15-20 of the month.
St. Helena resident Paul Asmuth is about to give another meaning to the phrase “going the distance.” Asmuth has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
In the stairwell of Margaret Lambert’s Jamaica Estates home hangs an impressive trophy shelf – one the 95-year-old passes numerous times throughout the day in an exercise routine that may very well be the secret to her longevity.
Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.
Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.
Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.
SINGAPORE - Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell says he can catch countryman and world's fastest man Usain Bolt when the two face off next year. "Usian is the target...
Seattle's Apolo Anton Ohno is a longtime friend of Shani Davis, America's greatest long-track speedskating star.
Brush aside all those stodgy notions about curling. The curlers are selling condoms! -- read more
Olympics leaders are finally ready to distribute the individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping -- but withhold the 100-meter gold from another drug-tainted athlete.
David Duprey/Associated Press Zach Parise battles for the puck in front of Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller. Parise's apparent last-minute goal was disallowed by video review.
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