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- Olympics: Political feud keeps Iraqi athletes home 25 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT
... (07-24) 21:10 PDT -- Just two weeks before the start of the Olympics, Iraq was told Thursday it's not welcome ... no-go" for today's exhibition against Canada. ... Hungarian discus thrower Robert Fazekas, who was stripped ...
- Price Is Right For Olympics 25 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
... British Olympic boxing hopeful David Price will be disappointed ... at the European Championships this year in Poland. Price was speaking at the National Institute ...
- Olympics Track: Powell tops Bolt in 100 tuneup (07/23/2008) 25 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT
... Olympics Track: Powell tops Bolt in 100 tuneup ... the world record last month in Ostrava, Czech Republic, beat four Americans in the race. David ...
- Antiques: Old Fabrics and New Designs 25 Jul 2008 05:13 GMT
... Fashion designers often look to the past for ... lives in Como, Italy. Raised in Communist Hungary, Mr. Heget escaped to the West in ... after receiving permission to attend the Munich Olympics. He took a train to Paris and ...
- Powell beats world's fastest man 25 Jul 2008 05:06 GMT
... Written By:CNN , Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 The ... Powell who lost to Bolt at Jamaica's Olympic Trials last month Asafa Powell took on ... the world record last month in Ostrava, Czech Republic, beat four Americans in the race. David ...
- Chelsea buoyed by Robinho reports 25 Jul 2008 04:47 GMT
... Chelsea are determined to make Real Madrid winger ... currently with the Madrid squad in Irdning, Austria, as part of their pre-season training camp ... and will not go to the Beijing Olympic Games with Brazil. The possibility of Frank ...
- War and peace 25 Jul 2008 04:45 GMT
... Steve McKenna finds his preconceptions of this once war-torn ... a vibrant pedestrian zone dominated by pastel-shaded Austro-Hungarian-style architecture and crammed with swish stores and ... and Bosnia was amalgamated with Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Montenegro to form Yugoslavia - ...
- Deseret News Marathon: Utah women dominate race 25 Jul 2008 04:45 GMT
... Peer pressure compelled Rebecca Walter to compete in her ... several months preparing to represent her native Slovaka as a marathon runner next month in ... Beijing. Running day after day with an Olympic athlete eventually rubbed off on the Salt ...
- SPORTS SCOPE-GB based group gains affiliation for football 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
... By FRED STURRUP, NG Associate Editor, frederick@nasguard.com Despite the ... Bahamas was ratified along with Brazil, India, Hungary and Turkey as full-fledged members. Their entrance ... for a direct relationship with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In a statement dated yesterday, ...
- Olympians hit the track at DN Galan in Sweden 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
... By SHELDON LONGLEY, NG Sports Editor, slongley@nasguard.com Chris 'The ... of 17.25m (56' 7"), Dmitrij Valukevic from Slovakia was second with a leap of 17.01m ... third in a time of 42.58 seconds. Poland was fourth in 43.24 seconds. ...
- Bosnia: Off and Running 25 Jul 2008 04:42 GMT
... A Kenyan-born runner proves an unusual and inspiring addition ... an unusual and inspiring addition to Bosnia’s Olympic team. PRIJEDOR, Bosnia and Herzegovina | When ... while competing at an event in Salzburg, Austria, Kimani met Sinisa Marcetic, a Bosnian who ...
- Angola: Six Debutants in Country's Squad for Olympic Games 25 Jul 2008 04:41 GMT
... Six athletes will join for the first time the ... handball team (African champions), for the Beijing Olympic Games, to take place on 8-24 August. ... week. At this moment they are in Slovenia, last stage of the training programme, before ...
- Jankovic bids for No. 1 ranking 25 Jul 2008 03:56 GMT
... The top-seeded Serbian could replace fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic ... who upset No. 6 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia on Tuesday. Fourth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia ... Italy and No. 14 Sybille Bammer of Austria also advanced. Seventh-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland ...
- 48 teams to feature for Beijing Olympics beach volleyball 25 Jul 2008 03:55 GMT
... 48 teams to feature for Beijing Olympics beach volleyball Forty-eight beach volleyball teams for ... thanks to the continental quota. Germany, Norway, Austria, Greece and Cuba each will also send ...
- Polish league suspended amid corruption row 25 Jul 2008 03:55 GMT
... opening matches of the new Polish league season ... of the organisers. On Wednesday, a Polish Olympic Committee arbitration court reinstated Widzew Lodz to ... corruption probe including referees and federation officials. WARSAW AFP/AP ...
- Torino, Milan co-own Abate 25 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT
... ROME: Torino have signed AC Milan's Italy under-21 international ... The 22-year-old midfielder is part of Italy's Olympic Games squad and will join up with ... the close season following the acquisition of Austria international Jurgen Saumel from Sturm Graz. The ...
- Team USA 'Hungry' for Gold 25 Jul 2008 01:55 GMT
... Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, greets an unidentified ... greets an unidentified member of the Cuban Olympic team after handing over the Cuban flag ... Italy, left, fights with Slawomir Mocek of Poland during the foil teams final at the ...
- Friday, August 1 25 Jul 2008 01:49 GMT
... Today is Friday, August 1, the 214th day of ... Turks are defeated at St. Gotthard-on-the-Raab in Hungary by Holy Roman Empire troops. 1790 - ... Adolf Hitler. 1944 - The people of Warsaw rise against the Nazis, in the hope ...
- Laidlaw's Canadian crew in world final 25 Jul 2008 00:37 GMT
... July 24, 2008 07:20 PM - Mark Laidlaw’s Canadian ... final in a repechage race in Linz, Austria yesterday, the Canadian crew overtook the Australian ... second to the other qualifying team from Poland. Poland won the race in 5 minutes, ...
- ZOLL Medical Corp, Q3 2008 Earnings Transcript Call 25 Jul 2008 00:06 GMT
... Thank you for holding for the ZOLL Medical Corporation ... two biggest sites Huston, Texas and Vienna, Austria online and over the next three months ... economy what's going on and what the post-Olympics is going to bring. And we just ...
- Rucinsky returning to homeland 23 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT
... Veteran left wing Martin Rucinsky is going home. According to ... on Wednesday, HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga has signed the native of Most to ... represented the Czech Republic at three Winter Olympics, helping his nation win the gold medal ...
- Juma in tune-up event during Poland training 23 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT
... DUBAI - Omar Juma Al Salfa, UAE's sole athlete ... against some of the top sprinters in Poland in his final tune-up on Sunday. The ... held 200km outside of the Polish capital, Warsaw. The 19-year-old Juma, who has been training ...
- Canada advances two more crews at world rowing championship 23 Jul 2008 23:37 GMT
... Canada advances two more crews at world rowing ... more crews at world rowing championship LINZ/OTTENSHEIM, Austria - Two Canadian crews advanced after their ... races Wednesday at the World Rowing Championships. Poland won the race in 5:53.94, but Canada's ...
- Powell beats Bolt in warm-up race 23 Jul 2008 23:35 GMT
... The victory was a measure of revenge for Powell, after ... the world record last month in Ostrava, Czech Republic, beat four Americans in the race. David ... eighth Olympic Games, Reuters reported from Ljubljana, Slovenia Ottey, 48, finished second at a meeting ...
- Real asks Brazil to drop Robinho 23 Jul 2008 23:17 GMT
... The Spanish powerhouse said the injury was discovered when ... was preparing to join Brazil for the Olympics. On Monday, however, he flew with the ... with the Spanish champion to Graz in Austria prior to a training period at Irdning. ...
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