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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- The World Health Organization is sending a representative to the 2010 Winter Olympics to monitor for potential disease outbreaks, and organizers and health experts have taken steps to protect against the H1N1 virus.
APControversy has surrounded Jet Set Sports owner Sead Dizdarevic since the Salt Lake Olympic bid. Dizdarevic has used his powerful personal connections with the Olympic elite to gain a lock on Olympic ticket and travel-package sales in North America and...
Remsen's Erin Hamlin, trying to secure her place on a second U.S. Olympic team, was ninth Saturday at the women's World Cup race.
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - The money goes where the medals are - one of those Darwinian truths that often undercuts the oft-told Olympic fairy tale about the journey being as important as the result. Aspen's Chris Klug and his band of snowboarders know all about it. Denied funding in part because they participate in the least popular, least medal-producing event on the snowboarding program - the ...
Bartow Fire Department has two Olympians in its ranks. Both Chris Walker and Jeff Adams were gold medalists in the 2009 National Firefighter Olympic Games held in Stuart earlier this month.
Jang Mi-ran of South Korea set a world record and claimed two gold medals in the women's super heavyweight division at the World Weightlifting Championships on Saturday, winning her fourth straight title. She hefted 412.2 pounds on her third and final clean and jerk, beating the record she set at last year's Beijing Olympics by 2.2 pounds.
Selected Female Athlete Of The Year — An already remarkable few months for UConn senior center Tina Charles got sweeter Friday when USA Basketball selected her as its Female Athlete of the Year.
L’Observateur LaPlace’s Charles “Chuck” Wisher was honored last Saturday as Louisiana’s Senior Olympian of the Year at the Celebration of Athletes luncheon in Baton Rouge.
For Faisal Faisal, the 2006 Turin Olympics were both unforgettable and unbearable. Pinned inside his family’s Baghdad home while the opening ceremony from Turin was happening, Faisal couldn’t venture outside, couldn’t see friends, had no idea when the next explosion was coming.
—Kalana Greene was a perfect fit for the UConn women’s basketball team even before she came to play here. While attending Timberland High in Saint Stephen, S.C., she despised the color orange.
It's been 22 years since Nancy Pannell saw a Brazilian exchange student whom she hosted in her Denton home for one semester. But in recent months, Pannell and her husband, Zack, have watched in amazement to see the boy they once hosted grow up to hit the international stage.
A heavyweight bout pitting a 1992 Olympic judo gold medalist, Hidehiko Yoshida, against the 2008 winner, Satoshi Ishii, has been officially announced for Dynamite!! 2009 on New Year's Eve in Saitama, Japan.
Organizers hope to inspire other disabled Oregon vets with a trip to the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, B.C. A committee has begun accepting applications for the free trip March 11-13 for a veteran and a guest
Tim Montgomery says he started taking performance-enhancing drugs because he wanted to beat American sprint rival Maurice Greene and become...
Olympic champions Germany are aiming to protect their top world ranking in the men's field hockey Champions Trophy, getting underway here on Saturday.
WASHINGTON COUNTY Washington County Commissioners President John F. Barr recently formalized a relationship between the county and Jinhua City.
Lionel Messi has the chance to make the 2010 World Cup his own, but plenty of obstacles stand in the way.
The critical concern of the Canadian Border authorities was that Ms. Goodman would be discussing the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver. This is not a joke.
(Connecticut / Jamaica, N.Y.) has been selected by the USA Basketball Board of Directors as the 2009 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year.
The ISAF Sailor of the Year awards are recognized as the highest honor a sailor can receive in recognition of his/her outstanding achievements and this year’s official award ceremony took place Nov. 10 in Busan, South Korea at the Busan Yacht Club in Haeundae-gu. The winners of this esteemed award for 2009 were Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) and Torben Grael (BRA). Tunnicliffe is no stranger to success ...
Sun Valley native and Dartmouth graduate Mike Sinnott will compete for the second time at the National Cross-Country Skiing Championships in Anchorage, Alaska, during the first week in January.
