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This is the week that the International Olympic Committee will decide whether to accept Union Cycliste Internationale recommendations to make dramatic changes to the track-racing program at the next Olympic Games. As readers of this column well know, there is no disagreement with the IOC and UCI’s goal — to give women the same number of events as the men — but both sexes and a large percentage ...
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell says he can catch countryman and world's fastest man Usain Bolt when the two face off next year. "Usain is the target right now and I'm shooting at him," Powell told reporters Tuesday in Singapore while promoting next year's Youth Olympic Games. "I know that I can do it." Powell, who has run a personal best of 9.72 seconds in the 100...
The IOC will reallocate Marion Jones's Sydney 2000 Olympics individual sprint and long jump medals this week but will not give her 100m gold to Greece's Katerina Thanou due to her own involvement in doping.
Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.
LONDON — 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.
What's going on here? Are we experiencing the "Running Boom'" Part Deux? The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, became infamous for the senseless murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the hands of Arab terrorists. For Americans, however, the stunning vict
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.
Nike is changing directions to go places it's never gone, and CEO Mark Parker is leading the way.
S+H Technical Support Ltd. one of the UK’s Leading Suppliers of starcloths (UK patented), LED starcloth, drapes, miniature lighting, flame and fibre optic effects to the World’s entertainment industry have recently broadened their operation base by taking on the sole UK distributorship of the stunning LED Video Floor as featured in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games. (PRWeb Dec 8 ...
Since taking over as president and chief executive of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in 1996, Bill Marolt has built the organization into a model for national governing bodies and a major player going into the Vancouver Winter Games.
LONDON — 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. ... - By STEPHEN WILSON The Associated Press
Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt is no "superman" and can be beaten, his compatriot and rival Asafa Powell insisted on Tuesday.
SYDNEY (AP) — World records set by swimmers wearing now-banned polyurethane swimsuits should not be allowed to stand, Australian Olympic silver medalist Eamon Sullivan said Tuesday.
Rapiscan to provide multiple screening systems, including Rapiscan’s advanced 600 series checkpoint, parcel and baggage inspection systems, to the Vancouver Olympic Games to be held February 12 – March 21, 2010.
UF senior Gemma Spofforth competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Great Britain. The senior holds seven Florida records, including four Southeastern Conference marks and an NCAA all-time best.
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.
WINDERMERE, Fla. - A Florida trooper who suspected Tiger Woods was driving under the influence sought a subpoena for the golfer's blood results from the hospital he was taken to after crashing his SUV, but prosecutors rejected the petition for insufficient information, according to a police report released yesterday.
Auto racingDanica Patrick to drive for JR Motorsports in Nationwide SeriesDanica Patrick will drive for Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR Nationwide Series team in 2010, a source close to the situation told Sporting News on Monday.The formal announcement will come today in Phoenix, home of GoDaddy, which will sponsor her car. The announcement will end months of speculation about whether Patrick would ...
Brush aside all those stodgy notions about curling. The curlers are selling condoms! -- read more
Mercedes-Benz will pay $75 million to $100 million to put its name on an arena in Shanghai. The deal appears to represent a first for China.
