Countdown on to World Youth Day - The Age

Countdown on to World Youth DayThe Age, Australia - 4 hours agoIn what has been described as the Olympic torch relay of the religious event, the 3.8 metre World Youth Day Cross, Icon of Our Lady and an indigenous …

Dazzling Dreams of Olympic Gold at 41 - ABC News

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Dazzling Dreams of Olympic Gold at 41ABC News - 3 hours agoShe now hopes to earn a ticket to August's Beijing games, during the Olympic trials from June 29 to July 1. What makes her quest even more remarkable is …

Hoff breaks Stephanie Rice’s 400m medley world record - News.com.auAMERICAN swimmer Katie Hoff has broken Australian Stephanie Rice’s world record in the 400m individual medley at the US Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Nebraska. Hoff clocked 4:31.12 to win the final, bettering the mark of 4:31.46 set by Rice set

TAIYUAN, China (CNS) - Chinese Catholics expressed mixed feelings about a priest carrying the Olympic torch along its relay route in the Shanxi provincial capital. Father Paul Meng Ningyou, vicar general of the Taiyuan Diocese and pastor of more

Islander Kabush gets his ticket to Beijing GamesTimes Colonist, Canada - 1 hour agoMcGrath followed that up with ninth place at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics and bronze at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games. The rapidly rising Tofino …

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Steve Ballard: Champ Car & NASCAR Q&A - Indianapolis StarQuestion: : When is NASCAR going to get tired of seeing its star drivers catapulted into the walls because of tire failure. Shouldn’t it insist that Goodyear trade speed for durability when designing different tires for different tracks? Sure, teams

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Tensions simmering with Olympic torch in TibetABC Online, Australia - Jun 24, 2008By China correspondent Stephen McDonell Over the weekend the Chinese Government went ahead with its controversial plan to run the Olympic torch relay …China reopens Tibet to foreign tourists AFPOlympic torch relay in Lhasa XinhuaBeijing Olympics 2008: Torch relay reaches sealed-off Tibet [...]

INSIDE OLYMPIC SPORTS - SI.com

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INSIDE OLYMPIC SPORTSSI.com - 20 hours agoYou show up and you run/throw/jump and if you finish in the top three and meet the qualifying standard, off you go. Otherwise, pull up a chair. …Banned spinter Justin Gatlin appeals doping ruling The Associated PressJudge denies Gatlin bid to compete at US Olympic [...]

Erin Roy carries Olympic torch during trip to China - Clinton News Record

Erin Roy carries Olympic torch during trip to ChinaClinton News Record,  Canada - 17 hours ago“It will be sort of our lasting legacy to the Olympic torch relay experience.” The decision to create a scholarship comes back to the way Plunkett lived his …

China on Thursday denied injecting politics into the Beijing Olympics despite a rare rebuke from the International Olympic Committee over remarks by a Chinese official about Tibet and the Dalai Lama. The IOC said it sent a letter this week to Beijing more

Question: : When is NASCAR going to get tired of seeing its star drivers catapulted into the walls because of tire failure. Shouldn’t it insist that Goodyear trade speed for durability when designing different tires for different tracks? Sure, teams more

Port of LA Police Officers Carry Olympic Flame of HopeThe Log Newspaper, CA - 11 hours ago“The Los Angeles Port Police are truly in awe of these Olympians and their spirit, and it is an honor for us to participate in the Torch Relay,” said Los …LA approves port's clean truck program abc7.comall 2 news articles

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China shortens Paralympic torch relay - ESPN.comBEIJING — Chinese organizers have canceled the international portion of the Beijing Paralympic torch relay and shortened domestic legs. Organizers announced the changes on Wednesday, saying the government preferred to focus on relief work for the

Question: : When is NASCAR going to get tired of seeing its star drivers catapulted into the walls because of tire failure. Shouldn’t it insist that Goodyear trade speed for durability when designing different tires for different tracks? Sure, teams more

Counting down to the Olympics and working out major ticket headaches - CNET News

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Counting down to the Olympics and working out major ticket headachesCNET News, CA - Jun 16, 2008The system for ordering, paying for, and issuing Beijing Olympic tickets has had many kinks, the latest of which may be the middle name question. …Another Olympic [...]

IOC investigates anti-Dalai Lama torch relay speech - Guardian UnlimitedBEIJING, June 25 (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating a speech made by Tibet’s Communist Party boss at the end of last weekend’s Beijing torch relay leg in Lhasa in which he denounced the Dalai Lama. But it was not

Run is honor for officer, daughter - Statesman JournalSalem police Officer Laura Seefeldt was a long-distance runner and competed in track and field events in college. On Wednesday, her 11-year-old daughter, Hannah, was the honored athlete as the two ran together in the annual Special Olympics Oregon

Science meets sport at Xining relaySouth China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong - Jun 24, 2008The torch relay wrapped up at 10.15am with the last torch-bearer, Li Chunxiu, a bronze medallist in the 10km walk at the Barcelona Olympics, running with …

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China amend Paralympic torch relayAljazeera.net, Qatar - 10 hours agoThe changes to the torch relay sees the cancellation of those legs, as well as a visit to the southern Chinese territory of Hong Kong. The Olympic torch …Paralympic torch relay plans doused The AustralianChina drops international leg of Paralympic torch relay ReutersParalympic torch won't go on [...]

Greer’s Haley Lips has qualified for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in a second event. Lips, already qualified in the 100-meter butterfly, added the 200-meter butterfly to her agenda for the upcoming trials with a blistering effort Saturday more