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Lausanne, Switzerland (MySportsbook) - The International Olympic
Committee released a statement on Thursday saying that it is unlikely any
Iraqi athlete will complete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
"The IOC would like to see Iraqs athletes in Beijing, and is d... |
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Palo Alto, CA (MySportsbook) - A doping violation could put a damper on the
U.S. swimming medal hopes at the Olympics.
The Web site of nbcolympics.com and Swimming World Magazine both report
Jessica Hardy has tested positive for a banned substance. Hardy is reportedly
no longer at ... |
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Toronto, Canada (MySportsbook) - The Canadian Olympic Committee
announced Wednesday that Olympic and world champion kayaker Adam van Koeverden
has been named Canada's flag bearer for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
"It's an incredible honour and privilege to be selected as Can... |
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Las Vegas, NV (MySportsbook) - Forward LeBron James suffered a mild right
ankle sprain in practice with the 2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National
team on Tuesday.
During the session at Valley High School, James rolled his ankle on Kevin
Durant's foot, according to a report ... |
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Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - The United States Olympic men's
basketball team will be grouped with Angola, China, Spain, Germany and Greece
for the preliminary round of the upcoming Beijing Olympics.
On Sunday, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) conducted the ... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Fencing has the prized distinction of
being an original event at the first modern Olympics in Athens back in 1896,
and the sport has been a staple at the Summer Games ever since.
Fencing was a competition for men only until 1924, when women's fencing event... |
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Washington, DC (MySportsbook) - President George W. Bush welcomed U.S.
Olympians to the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday, to give words of
encouragement before the beginning of the Beijing Olympics.
About two dozen athletes joined Bush, who called them ambassadors of lib... |
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Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - USA Basketball announced on Sunday
that Portland Trailblazers guard Jerryd Bayless has been named the 13th player
of its Men's Select Team.
The initial 10 players were announced on Wednesday with the promise of adding
at least two of the more imp... |
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Huntsville, TX (MySportsbook) - Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia
Sacramone and Bridget Sloan were named to the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics
team on Saturday.
The quartet joins Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin, who both earned automatic
spots on the squad after finishing f... |
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Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - Center Tyson Chandler has withdrawn
from training with the 2008 USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team due to
an inflamed left big toe, the team's managing director Jerry Colangelo
announced Saturday.
Chandler accepted an invitation ... |
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Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - USA Basketball announced on
Saturday that Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love and Phoenix Suns
center Robin Lopez have been named the two remaining members of its Men's
Select Team, rounding out a roster of 12.
The initial... |
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Colorado Springs, CO (MySportsbook) - American gymnast Paul Hamm had his
spot on the U.S. Olympic team confirmed Saturday, after demonstrating
competitive readiness during preparation camp.
Hamm suffered a broken bone in his right hand on May 22 at the Visa
Champio... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - There are 14 Olympic rowing events, eight
sculls and six sweeps. Sculling refers to the use of two oars, one in each
hand. Sweep refers to the use of just one oar. The sport of rowing is one of
the most physically demanding of all the Olympic events. All of t... |
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New Waverly, TX (MySportsbook) - Shayla Worley's chances of making the U.S.
gymnastics team suffered a crushing blow on Friday when she broke her right
leg.
Worley broke her right fibula during warm-ups for the Olympic selection camp,
dashing her chances for making the Summer Games... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The United States Women's National Team
enters the 2008 Summer Olympics with hopes of defending its gold medal from
2004, but that task will be much tougher this time around without star striker
Abby Wambach.
Wambach, who scored the game-winning goal in t... |
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Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - Water Polo originated back in the late
1870's in England. It was introduced as an Olympic sport for men in 1900 and
100 years later, a women's division was created. The first gold medal in the
women's division was won by Australia in the 2000 Sydney Games.
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Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Forward Lauren Cheney will replace Abby
Wambach on the U.S. women's Olympic soccer team after the USA's leading scorer
broke her leg in the first half of the USA's 1-0 victory over Brazil Wednesday
night in San Diego.
"There are obviously tons of em... |
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Johannesburg, South Africa (MySportsbook) - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar
Pistorius will not compete in the upcoming Olympics after South Africa failed
to include him on its Beijing roster.
Pistorius won an appeal from the Court of Arbitration for Sport in May to
overturn a Janu... |
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