USATF announces 2006 Outdoor Visa Championship Series
INDIANAPOLIS - USA track and field athletes this summer will take another step on their journey toward the 2008 Olympics with the 2006 Outdoor Visa Championship Series, whose schedule was announced Monday by USA Track & Field.
A survivor thrives
Shana Welch wasnt quite 4 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer, had surgery to remove part of her lung and given less than three months to live.
Volleyball Moving to California ; It’s All About the Altitude
By MERI-JO BORZILLERI THE GAZETTE The U.S. men’s volleyball team has an altitude problem. So after nine years, it’s moving from Colorado Springs to Anaheim, Calif. The team’s last official day at the U.S. Olympic Training Center is Friday.
Olympics: Tokyo enters race for 2016 Summer Olympics (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Tokyo presented its formal proposal Friday to the Japanese Olympic Committee in a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Beijing 2008 Update (GamesBids.com)
The program for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games has been finalized and includes 28 sports made up of 302 events 165 men s events, 127 women s events and ten mixed events. The 127 women s events are an increase compared to the 125 women s events in Athens.
/ 2008 Beijing Olympics (China Daily)
Beijing police showed what visitors, friendly or otherwise, can expect at the 2008 Summer Games when they launched their Olympic security training programme on Thursday.
Glasgow 2014 To Get Help From London 2012 Head (GamesBids.com)
Lord Sebastian Coe, head of London 2012, wants to repay Glasgow for backing London s bid for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The Daily Record reports that backing from Scotland for the London Games helped clinch it win the Olympics.
Beijing police to receive anti-terrorism training for Olympics (WHO-TV Des Moines)
BEIJING More than 40-thousand police officers in China’s capital are being trained to handle potential terrorist attacks ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Summer movie preview: Hollywood’s blockbuster season kicks off with the hugely enjoyable ‘Mission: Impossible III’ (Miami Herald)
If Mission: Impossible III sets the standard for the upcoming summer movie season, filmgoers are in for a treat. At least on paper, this year’s lineup looks exceedingly promising: There’s the requisite big-budget disaster flick, two comic-book movies with a high pedigree, several adaptations of bestselling novels, a new Pixar movie and, for those who like their films smaller and quieter, a
Tokyo throws hat in ‘16 Olympic ring (Daily Yomiuri Online)
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Friday submitted a formal proposal to the Japan Olympic Committee to be a candidate of hosting the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Chinese table tennis players in normal form: coaches
BREMEN, 04/24 - The Chinese table tennis players are in normal form Sunday, one day before the 48th World Tennis Championships open, said coaches.
USA’s Kastor cruises to sub-2:20 win in London Marathon
Deena Kastor broke her own American record to win the London Marathon on Sunday, while Felix Limo out-sprinted defending champion Martin Lel to take the men’s race. Kastor timed 2 hours, 19 minutes, 35 seconds to beat Lyudmila Petrova of Russia and third-placed Susan Chepkemei of Kenya in cool, drizzly conditions in the British capital.
Bindra withdraws from World Cup
NEW DELHI: Shooters are on the hunt. Securing more Olympic quota places, after rifle shooter Gagan Narang clinched the first berth to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, is high on the priority. India’s prospects, however, received a minor blow with …
JO-ANN BARNAS: Spirit renewed, Vendt swimming again
Detroit Free Press, United States - Apr 26, 2006… In bright red lights, the clock displays the running time remaining until the 2008 Summer Olympics in China — days, hours, minutes and seconds. …
Air China holds its bottom line
ATWOnline, MD - Apr 18, 2006… The carrier said it will continue its aggressive expansion strategy in order to capitalize on the momentum building toward the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing …
NFL votes to tone down touchdown celebrations
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Mar 30, 2006… Broncos owner Pat Bowlen consistently has said he would like his team to play in such a game, which would be part of the build-up for the 2008 Summer Olympics. …
Olympians to become youth wing of Order of Manitoba
Winnipeg Free Press (subscription), Canada - Apr 11, 2006… now has five Olympic medals, adding an individual gold and a team silver to the two bronze medals she won in cycling at the 1996 summer Olympics and the bronze …
Life after basketball
Saanich News, Canada - Apr 28, 2006… leagues in just about every country and the sport has taken off since the United States’ dream team’s fall from grace at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens …
Super power(less)
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Apr 16, 2006… fluke. The US men’s basketball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics … the US men’s hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics … the …
Legendary broadcaster Keith Jackson retires
AllSports.com, CA - Apr 28, 2006… Jackson’s career highlights include 10 Winter and Summer Olympics, in which he covered the two greatest gold medal winners in the history of the Olympic Games. …
Local company named gas appliance supplier of Beijing Olympics (People’s Daily)
Zhongshan Vantage Gas Appliance Stock Co. Ltd. has become the gas appliance exclusive supplier of the 2008 Olympic Games after it inked a deal with the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee (BOCOG) on Friday.
Russian Olympic member Kuzin dead (CNN.com)
Valery Kuzin, first vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), has found dead in his hotel room in St Petersburg on Thursday. He was 42.
NFT: Real Web TV
Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, LA - Apr 25, 2006… The massive live audience potential has the International Olympic Committee eyeing NFTPro for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. …
Wooing Africa As It Grows Into Global Giant
TMCnet - Apr 14, 2006In Beijing, the host of the 2008 Summer Olympics, and in Qindao city, where the sailing events will be held, the construction has recently been further fuelled …
Beijing covered in sand after storm
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Apr 17, 2006… covering homes, streets and cars in brown dust and leaving the skies a murky yellow as it suffers its worst pollution in years ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics …
A survivor thrives
Shana Welch wasnt quite 4 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer, had surgery to remove part of her lung and given less than three months to live.
Volleyball Moving to California ; It’s All About the Altitude
By MERI-JO BORZILLERI THE GAZETTE The U.S. men’s volleyball team has an altitude problem. So after nine years, it’s moving from Colorado Springs to Anaheim, Calif. The team’s last official day at the U.S. Olympic Training Center is Friday.
