Beijing Olympics

Stage 2: Cavendish strikes first for green

Tour de France 2007 (Free subscription) | yesterday

Mark Cavendish delivered the goods Sunday, easily outsprinting the field in Brignoles. Cavendish won four stages in last year's Tour, but didn't win the overall green jersey because he dropped out to concentrate on the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. That didn't work out so well. Cavendish has said his goals for the Tour are just to win a stage and make it to Paris, but he's got to be thinking bigger tonight....

It's not just about sports

Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's not just about sports at the international Jewish Olympics By Karin Kloosterman July 05, 2009 Countering stereotypes that Jewish people are better known for their thinking skills than athletic prowess is the 18th Maccabiah Games happening July 12 to 23 throughout Israel. The once in every four years Jewish version of the Olympics is expected to draw more than 5,300 athletes from around the world,...

High balls and low shots

The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Ashes are as much a clash of national psychologies as a battle for domination on the cricket pitch, says Matthew Engel There are 192 member states in the United Nations, which, by my fallible reckoning, constitutes 18,336 separate bilateral relationships. But there can't be another remotely like the one between the United Kingdom and Australia. Separated by the diameter of the planet, the countries...

Cav: stages, not jersey, are the goal.

VeloNews (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

British sprinter Mark Cavendish said Friday his Tour de France objective is solely to reach Paris with any thoughts of winning the green jersey far from his mind when the race begins here on Saturday. The 24-year-old exploded onto the scene last year by winning a remarkable four stages on only his second Tour but pulled out early to race at the Beijing Olympics. That ended any hopes he might have had...

Race ready for start with Armstrong back

Charlotte Observer: Sports (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

(By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press) The Tour de France is set for another edition with Lance Armstrong, and today's opening stage may show whether he's ready to challenge for another title. Armstrong's 37-year-old legs will be tested immediately when the three-week race begins with a 9.6-mile time trial. The stage will be run along the hilly streets and hairpin turns of Monaco, a Mediterranean principality...

Fireworks Prices Boosted by Beijing Olympics

Firstcoastnews.com Local News (Free subscription) | 04/07/2009

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL -- A fireworks shop in St. Augustine is serving 15,000 customers per day despite the higher prices indirectly caused by the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

report mugabe told by china to stay away from olympic opening

Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

sydneynbsp zimbabwes president robert mugabe will not attend the opening ceremony of the beijing olympics because he was told by chinas communist party to stay away the sydney morning heralddaily reported on tuesdayciting sources the paper said that quothighpowered lobbying from political leaders who will be attending the ceremony prompted the highest levels of the chinese government to convince him...

tibetan exiles on indefinite hunger strike in india

Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

new delhinbsp six tibetan activists entered the second week of a hunger strike in new delhi to protest the upcoming beijing olympics and quotoccupationquot of tibet by china a spokesman saidmondaythe activists from the tibetan youth congress staged their protest at the capitals jantar mantar area in the central business district of connaught place

Shooting Fireworks

Katie the Scrapbook Lady (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

No, I don't mean shooting off fireworks, I'm talking about shooting pictures of fireworks. Tomorrow is Independence Day in the United States so that means there will be plenty of firework displays to photograph. Here are some great links to get you ready to capture these fun memories: Kodak's tips for photographing fireworks Rick Sammon's firework tips Digital Picture Zone's spectacular examples Digital...

China mulling new air quality regulations

IOL (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

China is considering new air quality regulations as it looks to build on its success clearing Beijing's skies during the Olympics.

Phelps ready to ride Subway

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

Nearly a year after his record Olympics, Michael Phelps still sells. Subway, the sandwich chain, is banking on the swimmer's transcendent popularity when it launches the first commercials starring Phelps as its new pitchman. Phelps won eight gold medals at the Beijing Games, and Subway signed him to a deal not long afterward. The first ad will roll out Sunday. The campaign proves Phelps' popularity...

• Phelps still sells almost a year after Beijing Oly - SI.com
• Phelps a popular pitchman even in non-Olympic year - San Fransisco Chronicle
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Global IT Failure Could Cost More than Kobe Quake, FIRST Experts Warned

SEO News and Advices (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

Sabotage or failure on just one computer system could bring down the world information network in a disaster inflicting more damage than the Kobe earthquake, security experts learned today at their annual conference. They also heard how vulnerable the IT infrastructure is - and how thwarted attacks on the Beijing Olympics showed the determination of cyber criminals. Kyoto, Japan ( PRWEB ) July 2, 2009...

Olympics dissidents recant on video

Latest News (Free subscription) | 03/07/2009

Are the Beijing apparatchiks still pulling the Olympic strings? Boots wonders after a bevy of architectural bigwigs critical of Olympic design were frogmarched around the site last week and then allowed to repent for their dissident views...

hu jintao meets taiwanese olympic guests

Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009

beijing chinese president hu jintao on friday met two leading taiwanese politicians in the latest sign of improving diplomatic ties across the taiwan straithu met separately with lien chan the honorary chairman of taiwans ruling kuomintang kmt or nationalist party and people first party chairman james soong both of whom were scheduled to attendthe opening ceremony of the 2008 olympics in beijing later...

grand opening ceremony marks start of beijing olympics

Gossip Craze (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009

beijing china today opened its gates to culture life and the world of sports at a hugely colourful and gala extravaganza of 24th olympics inaugration here on friday eveningabout 15000 artists participated in the grand inaugural ceremony which left spectators and dignitaries awestruck and mesmerizedthe 17day beijing olympics will witness sportspersons from 205 nations competing for glory and medalsabout...

Laure Manaudou and the Future of French Success

kellya | 12/08/2008

One of the most controversial female French athletes, Laure Manadou, is qualified for 3 finals and one semifinal at the Olympics in Beijing. She is having a rough time in and out the pool due to the nude photos and sex tapes rumors. Everyone wondered if she was strong enough to leave all the rumors behind and compete with a clear mind and actually qualify and maybe win a medal at the Olympics. In Dunkrik,