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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - With the 2008 Olympics in Beijing just around the corner, I have a suggestion for the bicycle racing. Let s skip the official organized rides and find out how athletes across the world would do on an average work day among the daily bike riders in
Former Olympic champion Baiul has kids jumping on skates (The Journal News)
BREWSTER - With hip-hop music pumping through the sound system, 15 giddy young girls lined up conga-style on the ice. Leading them on their figure-eight journey was former Olympic champion Oksana Baiul.
LeBron says OK to U.S team play, help Americans compete for ‘08 Olympics (Akron Beacon Journal)
LeBron James will wear the red, white and blue this summer after all. Cleveland’s All-Star forward ended uncertainty about his status with the U.S. national team Tuesday night by saying he will play in next month’s FIBA Americas Championship, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.
China faces major image challenges, BW’s Bremner says (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — With its massive, growing economy and the fascinating buildup to the 2008 Summer Olympics, China may be the most compelling story in the world.
Chicago Olympic committee names two executives (WQAD Moline)
CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago’s Olympic organizing committee bidding for the 2016 Summer Games named two new executives to top-level posts today. Insurance executive David Bolger is Chicago 2016’s new chief operating officer and Rick Ludwigas is the new chief financial officer.
Push for Olympic venue still has legs (Gazette Extra Sports)
Walworth County is still in the race for an Olympic venue should Chicago land the 2016 summer games.
Malaysia Helps Green 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (Bernama)
BEIJING, June 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia is helping China to achieve a green 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing with the use of Ecomat, an oil palm-based fibre carpet that has proven vastly successful in rehabilitating sandy areas.
President Hu meets Hong Kong young Olympics fans (People’s Daily)
Chinese President Hu Jintao met with some 100 young Hong Kong Olympics fans and shared with them the enthusiasm for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the Wu Kwai Sha Youth Village Main Hall on Friday.
China faces major image challenges, BW’s Bremner says (Market Watch)
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — With its massive, growing economy and the fascinating buildup to the 2008 Summer Olympics, China may be the most compelling story in the world.
Orem family vies for Beijing Olympics trip (Provo Daily Herald)
If they get enough votes, the Decker family of Orem may be touring 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic sites this August, courtesy of China’s Olympic Committee. Karen Decker and her two sisters, one in Highland and one in Idaho Falls, Idaho, are feverishly entering votes daily online at the Beijing Olympics Web site (family.beijing2008.cn) in their bids to win the free trip.
Hungary’s capital Budapest supports bid for 2020 Olympic Games (Interfax)
BUDAPEST. JUNE 28. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - The City Council of Hungary’s capital Budapest voted to support the city’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in a unanimous decision Thursday, while it also narrowed down the potential locations of the Olympics within the city, Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky told reporters Thursday.
Chinese military to be deployed for Olympics (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Beijing, June 29 (DPA) China’s military is to take part in providing security for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, adding to the police forces that are also to protect the international sporting event.
Xinhua, Australian Associated Press cement cooperation in reporting Olympics (People’s Daily)
China’s Xinhua News Agency and Australian Associated Press (AAP) on Thursday agreed to exchange experiences in the reporting of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
China to deploy military unit for security at Olympic Games (EARTHtimes.org)
Beijing - China’s military is to take part in providing security for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, adding to the police forces that are also to protect the international sporting event. A special unit with its own command structure has be…
LeBron to play for U.S. team this summer (Fox Sports)
LeBron James will wear the red, white and blue this summer after all. Cleveland’s All-Star forward ended uncertainty about his status with the U.S. national team on Tuesday night by saying he will play in next month’s FIBA America’s Tournament, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics. “I’m going to play,” James told The Associated Press. “I’ve had enough time off, and …
Chinese military to be deployed for Olympics (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Beijing, June 29 (DPA) China’s military is to take part in providing security for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, adding to the police forces that are also to protect the international sporting event.
Hungary’s capital Budapest supports bid for 2020 Olympic Games (Interfax)
BUDAPEST. JUNE 28. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - The City Council of Hungary’s capital Budapest voted to support the city’s bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in a unanimous decision Thursday, while it also narrowed down the potential locations of the Olympics within the city, Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky told reporters Thursday.
LeBron James to play for U.S. team this summer (China Daily)
Cleveland’s All-Star forward ended uncertainty about his status with the U.S. national team on Tuesday night by saying he will play in next month’s FIBA America’s Tournament, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.
Minorities Vie For Share Of City’s Olympic Action (CBS 2 Chicago)
The city of Chicago is putting it all on the line, trying to win the Olympic bid for the 2016 Summer Games. Winning the games would mean billions of dollars in construction and other money. As CBS 2 s Derrick Blakley reports, minorities want to be sure they get a fair share of the action. SLIDESHOW: Plans For Chicago 2016 Olympics
Push for Olympic venue still has legs (Gazette Extra Sports)
Walworth County is still in the race for an Olympic venue should Chicago land the 2016 summer games.
China to deploy military unit for security at Olympic Games (EARTHtimes.org)
Beijing - China’s military is to take part in providing security for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, adding to the police forces that are also to protect the international sporting event. A special unit with its own command structure has be…
Chinese military to be deployed for Olympics (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Beijing, June 29 (DPA) China’s military is to take part in providing security for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, adding to the police forces that are also to protect the international sporting event.
MOVIES TO FACE TOUGH COMPETITION FROM SPORTS
Contactmusic.com - Two major international sports events next year, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the Union of European Football Associations’ soccer championships, are figuring in distributors’ scheduling for next year and may upset the current trend to open
From Humble Tampa Beginnings, Rhodes Scholar Garrett Johnson Has
Tampa Bay Online - If it all works out, Johnson intends to make another exotic journey at the end of his time at Oxford: to Beijing, site of the 2008 Summer Olympics. “That’s the goal,” he said. Reporter Scott Carter can be reached at (850) 294-3088 or scarter@tampatrib
Dead Heat in Olympics Bid Power Index
Around Rings - Judgments are based on nearly 20 years of covering Winter and Summer Olympics and the bids that led to them. Here s our review of the cities and how they stand: Accommodation: Salzburg scores an 8 after the IOC Evaluation Commission report
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Marketwatch - NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — With its massive, growing economy and the fascinating buildup to the 2008 Summer Olympics, China may be the most compelling story in the world. It may also be the most misunderstood story anywhere, judging by the way China
From Humble Tampa Beginnings, Rhodes Scholar Garrett Johnson Has
Tampa Bay Online - If it all works out, Johnson intends to make another exotic journey at the end of his time at Oxford: to Beijing, site of the 2008 Summer Olympics. “That’s the goal,” he said. Reporter Scott Carter can be reached at (850) 294-3088 or scarter@tampatrib
Pressure rises on China for press freedom
United Press International - WASHINGTON, June 28 (UPI) — Pressure is increasing on China to allow greater freedom of expression before it hosts the Summer Olympics next year. Reporters Without Borders said Thursday that the Chinese authorities have made little progress in
TYC calls for mass Tibetan movement in run-up to blemish 2008 Beijing Olympics (Phayul)
Dharamsala, June 25: As the countdown to the Olympic Games nears the one-year mark, Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) President, Kelsang Phuntsok today called for massive Tibetan mass movement to expose indiscriminate atrocities and gross human rights violation committed against people of Tibet by the Communist Chinese regime in the last almost fifty years of its rule in the region.
Beijing airport to launch emergency alert mechanism for Olympics (People’s Daily)
Beijing’s Capital International Airport will set up an emergency alert system for extreme weather and security threats so as to ensure smooth transportation for millions of visitors from home and abroad during next summer’s Olympic Games.
Activists press China with ‘Genocide Olympics’ label (The Christian Science Monitor)
Actress-activist Mia Farrow is leading a ’shaming campaign’ to tie Beijing’s support for Sudan to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
LeBron’s Summer Plans (KWTX-TV Waco)
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - LeBron James will be playing summer ball. The Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star forward says he will be part of the U-S national team in next month’s FIBA (FEE’-bah) America’s Tournament, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.
Activists press China with ‘Genocide Olympics’ label (The Christian Science Monitor)
Actress-activist Mia Farrow is leading a ’shaming campaign’ to tie Beijing’s support for Sudan to the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Paralyzed gymnast’s Olympic spirit still burns bright for 2008 (Pravda)
Sang Lan raised her arms shoulder high, the gestures growing more animated as she talked about next year’s 2008 Olympics. She carried the torch three years ago for the Athens Games . It could be even more stirring doing it at home next year, part of a journey that will take the Olympic flame to five continents in 130 days.
