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英文人行道 et cetera, et cetera (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
A flaming row Protests over Tibet could overshadow the Beijing Olympics. China has the means to defuse the row EU won't mediate in gas row The Czech European Union Presidency says it won't assume a mediating role in the dispute between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices and allegedly unpaid bills. Russia's gas giant Gazprom accuses Ukraine of siphoning off gas headed for Europe to meet domestic demands,...
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 29/12/2008
Koji Murofushi, 34, is a two-time Olympic medalist hammer thrower — with a gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and a bronze in Beijing this year — and the Asian record holder at 84.86 meters (2003). He's been a national champion 14 times in a row, and at the Asian Games, his efforts earned him the silver in 1994 and the gold in 1998 and 2002. That year, he also won another gold at the Grand Prix Final....
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F1Technical.net (Free subscription) | 15/12/2008
Despite winning several awards already after his championship success, Lewis Hamilton was beaten to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award by triple Beijing Olympics gold medal winner Chris Hoy. The BBC viewers can vote for the prestigious trophy and for the second year in a row, Hamilton finished second.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
KATHERINE Grainger, a silver medallist at the Past three Olympic Games, has committed herself to trying to go one better in 2012.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/12/2008
BENT JENSEN, one of the greatest of all rowing coaches and an extraordinarily courageous man, died this week. Jensen (60) guided the Denmark lightweight four to two golds and a bronze at successive Olympics. He switched to Canada in 2006 and topped off his career by taking them to a bronze in the lightweight four in Beijing - while undergoing chemotherapy for the pancreatic cancer which killed him...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Several hundred samples taken during the Summer Olympics in Beijing will be tested for certain hormones next month, the International Olympic Committee said. The testing series will focus primarily on endurance events such as cycling, rowing, swimming and track and field, the IOC said in a release Tuesday. The IOC said the samples will be tested for signs of...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/12/2008
A row has broken out within British Olympics over funding for the London 2012 games after the head of domestic judo strongly criticised UK Sport for the 135% increase in financial backing it handed basketball yesterday. Scott McCarthy, chief executive of the British Judo Association, said UK Sport had gone back on its words to allocate money on the basis of medal chances by giving the British basketball...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Independent antidoping agency may not fully operational in time for the 2012 London Olympics over Treasury row.
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icWales (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
THE organising committee of the London Olympics last night denied a newspaper story that Sebastian Coe said “F*** ’em” after being asked about objections from Wales and Scotland to the idea of a GB Olympic football team.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Israel's sole medallist at the 2008 Olympics stirred a diplomatic row after describing the Chinese as shits complaining they had funny accents and grumbling he could not buy hummus in China.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
Britain's coxless four talk to Telegraph TV about winning gold in Beijing.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 29/08/2008
An insurance row with the NBA over Luol Deng could prevent GB's basketball team from playing at the London Olympics
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Howling Point (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Cal athletes took home seventeen medals from the Beijing Olympics. The Bears’ athletes won most of their medals in the water, from the “Water Cube” to the Shunyi Rowing-Canoeing Park to the Yingdong Natatorium. Of Cal’s medalists, only [basketball player Jason] Kidd and Cal alumna Vicky Galindo in softball did not compete in or on the [...]
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Heading into the United States Open, Dinara Safina, the kid sister to Marat Safin, won 15 matches in a row before losing in the gold medal match at the Beijing Olympics.
