21 August 2008, 4:09 pm
BBC NewsOlympics, athletics Olympics: War on drugs has helped Britain's ...guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours agoIn Sydney, Russia won 32 gold medals, in Athens that fell to 28 and here in Beijing they will struggle to get beyond the 20 mark. The third-place benchmark ...How did the UK strik... read more
21 August 2008, 2:42 pm
Sports Star of the Week: Geoff Pensini, touch footballManning River Times, Australia - 3 hours agoPensini will start as link for NSW over 50s in three State of Origin games at Tempe in Sydney. This is the first time he has worn the sky blue since 1997 ...... read more
21 August 2008, 11:10 am
Telegraph.co.ukFor First -- and Maybe Last -- Time, US Loses Softball GoldWashington Post, United States - 7 hours agoThese are the pertinent numbers: A 22-game Olympic winning streak, dating to Sydney 2000. An 8-0 record in these Games, five of which were shortened by a ...Video: Olympics... read more
21 August 2008, 10:51 am
The Ann Arbor News - MLive.comHere are some sports we wish Olympics would adoptThe Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - 7 hours ago... popularity and relevance when it comes to Olympic sports. While both are recent additions to the Olympic lineup (trampoline was added for Sydney in 2000 ...... read more
21 August 2008, 10:08 am
Canoe.caMaureen Bader and Troy Lanigan on The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ...National Post, Canada - 8 hours ago... in 2008 (nearly three times what was spent the year before the Sydney Games), making taxpayers the largest contributors to sports funding in Canada. ...Here are the sports res... read more
21 August 2008, 6:28 am
TIMEJSYK Beijing Olympics Isn't About BMX Freestyle: John HelyarBloomberg - 12 hours agoAccording to Nielsen Media, the 18-to-34- year-old television audience dropped almost 50 percent from the 1996 games in Atlanta to 2000 in Sydney. ...Games worth playing: Are MLB stars willing to go to... read more
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