London 2012: Kayak gold for Tim Brabants would be just what the doctor ordered
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Tim Brabants admits he would fully concentrate on his medical career were it not for the lure of London 2012.
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Sports Wit and Wisdom
Villainous Company (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
In my Inbox, via OBH: 1. Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I wan' all dem kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I wan' all the kids to copulate me." 2. New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first." 3. And, upon hearing Joe Jacobi of the 'Skins say: "I'd run over...
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Registration Open for 2010 USAT National Duathlon Festival Championship
USA Canoe/Kayak (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Registration is now open for the USA Triathlon National Duathlon Festival Championship, which will… Read
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School Sport Matters Awards celebrate future prospects at home of Chelsea Football Club
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
British sporting greats celebrate future prospects at fifth annual Daily TelegraphAviva School Sport Matters Awards.
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Florence into slalom semis
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
OLYMPIC silver medallist David Florence qualified safely for tomorrow's C1 Canadian semi-finals at the World Canoe Slalom Championships at La Seu d'Urgell near Barcelo
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Florence paddles into final
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
EDINBURGH Olympic silver medallist David Florence was fourth fastest in the C2 Canadian heats at the World Slalom Canoe Championships in Spain.
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Canoeing: Florence bids to reign in Spain
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
EDINBURGH'S Olympic canoeing silver medallist David Florence begins his bid for further honours in this afternoon's C2 Canadian heats at the World Slalom Championships
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No gold rush for Olympic heroes
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/07/2009
Many of Britain's top medal winners thought they would return from Beijing to lucrative sponsorship deals. But within a year, most had to go back to work. Tracy McVeigh reports They won glory and were promised that riches, too, would follow. Just 12 months ago British athletes produced the country's best performance in 100 years at an Olympic Games, leaving Beijing with a total of 47 medals. The lives...
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Mike Napoli rallies Angels to victory
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 24/07/2009
Napoli's ends the game in the 10th off a run-scoring single as Angels comeback from a bleak first inning to beat the Twins. It was a comeback that had an air of inevitability to it, the way the Angels kept pressuring the Minnesota Twins inning after inning.
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U.S. Olympic Committee joins TV game with new cable channel
USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Olympic sports with notable exceptions such as gymnastics and figure skating usually draw tiny TV ratings outside the Games ...
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U.S. Olympic Committee To Launch TV Network In 2010
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
The United States Olympic Committee will launch a cable television network devoted to Olympic and Paralympic Games next year....
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U.S. Olympic Committee to launch TV network in 2010
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States Olympic Committee will launch a cable television network devoted to Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, with Comcast Corp agreeing to carry the channel in its cable lineup.
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Walsh uses course knowledge to claim gold
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
BRIDGE Of Allan's Campbell Walsh won gold at the slalom canoe World Cup event in Bratislava. The 31-year-old Scot, sixth in the first of the three-event series in Pau las
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Canoeing: Florence finishes fifth in European final
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 01/06/2009
FORTH Canoe Club member David Florence rounded off an exhausting week with fifth place in yesterday's Canadian C1 final at the European Slalom Championships in Nottingham
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Kayaking: Florence stages fightback to reach semi-final stages
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
OLYMPIC silver medallist David Florence survived a brief scare yesterday before booking his place in tomorrow's Canadian C1 semi-finals at the European Slalom Championship