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Peddie Aquatics swimmers reach state Junior Olympics
September 2, 2010The Peddie Aquatics Association had 24 swimmers qualify for New Jersey Swimmingâs Junior Olympics in New Brunswick. They earned 39 top-eight finishes and 15 top-three finishes.
Olympics hangover endangers the arts in B.C.
September 2, 2010Our Vancouver correspondent: B.C. arts groups, facing deep budget cuts, are in an uproar over a plan to spend $30 million on post-Olympic 'Spirit Festivals.'
Cardinals compete in annual Football Olympics
September 2, 2010The 2010 Clarinda Football Olympics were held Aug. 2-6 in conjunction with the Annual Clarinda Football Camp.
Berlusconi helped London win 2012 Olympics
September 2, 2010LONDON (AP) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair credits Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi with helping London secure the 2012 Olympics.
Blair: Berlusconi helped London win 2012 Olympics
September 2, 2010Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair credits Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi with helping London secure the 2012 Olympics. Blair also says in his new autobiography that he was dubious about bidding for the games, never thought London would win and feared being "humiliated" by losing to the French.
Olympics: A gold rush without millionaires
September 2, 2010Was there an image more iconically Canadian during the 2010 Winter Olympics than toque-wearing, red-beard-sporting skeleton gold medallist Jon Montgomery chugging from a pitcher of a beer during a triumphant stroll through Whistler’s pedestrian-only town plaza?
London 2012 Olympics: Tony Blair feared 'humiliation' by French in final IOC vote
September 2, 2010Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair feared being "humiliated" by the French in securing Olympics.
London Olympics: on time and under budget?
September 2, 2010The UK prescription for avoiding the worst effects of the global recession? Stage an Olympics. by Michael Goldfarb, GlobalPost LONDON, U.K. Economists were surprised last week when British output in the second quarter was revised upwards by a fraction of a percent. That fraction can probably be traced directly to the Olympic Park in Stratford, at the city of London's eastern edge.… [ Read more ...
Special Olympics Malaysia among top Asian programmes
September 2, 2010IPOH : The Special Olympics Malaysia (SOM) has been recognised as one of the four strong programmes in the Asian region, besides Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Gatlin goes quicker again, Semenya flops - Vancouver Sun
September 2, 2010 Reuters Africa | Gatlin goes quicker again, Semenya flops Vancouver Sun He is, however, eligible for world championships and Olympics. World 800m champion Semenya will have to improve even more if she is to defend her title next ... Gatlin gets first real test of comeback |
