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All set for Phelps v Lochte - the final duel
Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:20 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will slug it out for one last time on Thursday while Britain's Olympic cyclists seek to draw inspiration from Bradley Wiggins's storming victory in the individual time trial. The two Americans teamed up on Tuesday in the squad that crushed the rest of the field in the 4x200 meters freestyle relay to give Phelps his 19th Olympic medal, an all-time record. The duo now go head to head in the 200 individual medley - a final tantalizing clash before Phelps retires. ...
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London confident of avoiding Games curse
Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:14 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - London organizers are confident future planning for 2012 Games venues and the Olympic Park will stop the curse that has plagued other host cities from infecting Britain's capital. Keith Mills, deputy chairman of organizing committee LOCOG, said the mistakes made by other cities, left with huge bills and deserted buildings after hosting Olympics, were analyzed thoroughly as London prepared its bid. ...
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Badminton the biggest loser after eight expulsions
Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:04 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The festering issue of draw rigging in badminton has finally erupted on the biggest sporting stage and while the expulsion of eight players at the Olympics will eventually blow over, it is sure to leave a sizeable scar. The sight of four women's doubles pairs deliberately throwing their matches to secure a better run to the medal rounds disgusted a crowd of 4,800 packed into Wembley Arena expecting to see the best of badminton's best. ...
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Boxer Floyd Mayweather to be released from Las Vegas jail Friday
Wed,1 Aug 2012 07:00 PM PDT
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be released from a Las Vegas jail on Friday after serving two months of a 90-day sentence for domestic violence, a term that was previously postponed so the welterweight fighter could compete in a bout. Mayweather, a flamboyant athlete regarded as the best defensive boxer of his generation, was booked into jail June 1. ...
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Holyfield drops in to watch "future of boxing"
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:55 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Heavyweight great Evander Holyfield dropped by London's boxing arena on Wednesday to cast an eye over the next generation of fighters looking to take a leaf out of his book by preparing for the professional ranks with an Olympic medal. Holyfield joined a list of great U.S. fighters, such as Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali, who brought home an Olympic medal and then dominated the sport after he claimed a light heavyweight bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. ...
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Venezuelan fencer Limardo wins gold, thanks Chavez
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - Fencer Ruben Limardo thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez after breaking the country's 44-year gold medal drought by winning the men's epee fencing competition at the 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, saying the socialist leader helped him achieve his dream. Venezuelans rejoiced in their nation's first fencing medal, and their first of the 2012 Olympics, after Limardo beat Seth Kelsey of the United States and Norway's Bartosz Piasecki. ...
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Cyclist killed after collision with Olympic shuttle bus
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:33 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A cyclist was killed after a collision with an Olympic media shuttle bus in east London on Wednesday evening, Scotland Yard said. The 28-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident which occurred at about 1945 local time (2.45 p.m. EDT) in Hackney. Police arrested a man, aged in his mid-60s, on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. Shuttle buses have been transporting thousands of journalists covering the Games between the Olympic Park in Stratford and central London. ... Full Story | Top |
Top China paper hits back over Ye doping doubts
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:23 PM PDT
Reuters -  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top official newspaper has waded into the furor over comments suggesting Olympics swimming sensation Ye Shiwen might have benefited from doping, saying that the unfounded suspicions showed ignorance and "deep-seated prejudice". Chinese sports officials, Ye's father and the 16-year old swimmer herself have all vehemently denied the doping concerns, which some observers raised after her world record performance in the 400 meter medley on Saturday. ...
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Boxing: Judges under fire amid "fix" claims
Wed,1 Aug 2012 06:11 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic judges and referees came under fire on Wednesday with one fighter accusing them of "a fix", another successfully appealing a loss and even boxing great Lennox Lewis questioning some of their calls. Iran's Ali Mazaheri cried foul when the heavyweight was disqualified after being warned three times for persistent holding against Cuban Jose Larduet Gomez despite leading by two points going into the second round. "It was a fix. ...
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Basketball: U.S. women wear down Turkey to stay unbeaten
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:59 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. women's basketball team "commandos" saved their long Olympic winning streak on Wednesday by turning a close game against Turkey into an 89-58 rout. Angel McCoughtry led the winners with 18 points while fellow bench player Lindsay Whalen added 14 points and matched her team mate with seven rebounds to help make it 36 Olympic victories in a row dating back to 1992. "That second group comes in and brings energy," McCoughtry told reporters after the Group A game. "When we sub we don't lose anything. When the other team subs they lose something. That's our secret weapon. ...
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Chinese investors to buy minority stake in Inter Milan
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  MILAN (Reuters) - Inter Milan said a group of Chinese investors would buy a minority stake in the top Italian football club, becoming its second biggest shareholder. In a statement posted on Inter's website late on Wednesday, the club said the Moratti family would keep control of the company. The statement did not disclose the financial details of the deal nor the size of the stake. Inter said it had also reached a deal with China Railway Construction Corporation to build a new stadium to be completed by 2017. "F.C. Internazionale welcomes the new shareholders," the statement said. ...
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Australia's Jackson sets scoring record in basketball
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:44 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Please be advised that the story on Australia's women's basketball captain Lauren Jackson becoming the leading Olympics points scorer is wrong and is withdrawn. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) issued a statement on Wednesday saying: "...there was a duplicate of the Brazilian former player Janeth Arcain in FIBA's database. "Accordingly, Janeth Arcain's Olympic points total is 535, making her the current all-time women's Olympic scoring record holder. She leads Lauren Jackson, currently second with 497 points." Full Story | Top |
Rowing: Teacher-soldier combination golden for hosts
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Put an army captain and a strict schoolteacher in the same boat and you have the perfect combination, rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover concurred after winning the host nation's first Olympic gold at the 2012 Games. "I'm pretty bossy because I work with kids and she does what she's told because she's in the army, so it works pretty well," Glover told Reuters hours after their women's pair success at the Olympic Park on Wednesday. ...
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Beach volleyball: U.S. champions slip but don't fall
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Olympic beach volleyball champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the U.S. rallied to beat an Austrian pair on Wednesday, emerging undefeated from the pool phase in their quest for an unprecedented third gold medal. Earlier, five-times Olympian and Sydney 2000 gold medalist Natalie Cook and fellow Australian Tamsin Hinchley lost to a Czech pair in Pool. The defeat ended Cook's career, one of the most illustrious in the sport. ...
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Volleyball: Brazil women facing early exit
Wed,1 Aug 2012 05:24 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - A shock defeat by South Korea left reigning Olympic champions Brazil hanging on by their fingertips in the women's volleyball tournament on Wednesday but the United States are cruising after victory over China sealed a place in the quarter-finals. After a demoralizing 25-23 25-21 25-21 loss, Brazil, who beat the U.S. in the final in Beijing, are second bottom in Pool B and will almost certainly have to win both their remaining preliminary matches against China and Serbia to survive. ...
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