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Of all the whimsies for an athlete, an Olympic medal stands atop them all. Winning where the world competes is always a special achievement and athletes resort to the hardest measures to have their aspirations nailed. Cycling is one such event which...
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India’s boxing heroes come home with a bronze medal and their reputation enhanced. Following their good show in Beijing, boxing is becoming India’s big...
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Statistic will show just four opponents but reality is Sushil Kumar had to grapple with absence of a masseur as well as he survived bout after bout to win India’s...
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“I told myself that if I am going to get the world record, it is going to be here because the track is really fast,” said Usain Bolt of Jamaica on...
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Wei Shengchu has let the Olympic Games go to his head - Beijing’s new pin-up is touring the Olympic Green with tiny flags from all 205 competing nations waving...
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The Chinese and the wretched Beijing weather were no match for Misty May-Treanor and “Six Feet of Sunshine.” May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh won their second...
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Members of the U.S. men’s basketball team dissect their performance after a convincing win against Australia in the quarterfinals. The team advances to the...
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Jamaican Usain Bolt set a new world record of 19.30 seconds in the Men’s 200m final to take the gold medal in this event on August 20 at the Beijing 2008 Olympic...
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Vijender Kumar created history on Wednesday after he became India’s third medal winner at the Beijing Olympics. Vijender defeated Carlos Gongora of Ecaudor, assuring...
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Pugilist Vijender Kumar beat Ecuador’s Carlos Gongora in the Middleweight category in Boxing to enter the semi-finals of the event. The win has guaranteed that...
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Lolo Jones, the favorite in the 100 meter hurdles, talks about hitting the 9th of 10 hurdles and finishing out of contention. (Aug. 20)
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India’s Jitender Kumar lost to Russian pugilist Georgy Balakshin in the 51kg flyweight category in the Olympics boxing competition on Wednesday.
After falling...
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U.S. gymnast Shawn Johnson, the reigning world champion, finally got a gold medal in Beijing. (Aug. 20)
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The U.S. women’s soccer team will face off against Brazil for the gold medal, a team that shut out the Americans last year in the World Cup. The team’s...
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China wants this coming-out party to be the greatest show ever held, but fake fireworks, lip-synching, and fielding pubescent girl gymnasts by faking their ages (and...
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Sanya Richards led in the stretch but was outrun to the finish in the 400 meters, Lolo Jones clipped the ninth of 10 barriers in the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday. Just...
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NBA Commissioner David Stern weighs in on the Dream Team of ‘92 versus the Redeem Team of ‘08. And he tells the AP that India may be the next place for...
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Shawn Johnson of the United States won an Olympic gold medal in the last event of the women’s competition Tuesday night, the balance beam. (Aug. 19)
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The U.S. women’s soccer team is preparing to play Brazil in the gold medal game in Beijing. (Aug. 19)
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Members of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team spent part of Tuesday practicing and looking toward their next opponent, Australia, as their march toward gold...
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Rafael Nadal from Spain plays against Fernando Gonzalez from Chile during the men’s singles final tennis match at the Olympic Green Tennis Centre in Beijing....
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