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CSC's Carlos Sastre was the strongest man on Wednesday's monster climb up Alpe d'Huez, winning the stage and snatching the yellow jersey from Frank Schleck. More >
Sastre emerges as new Tour leader
2008-07-23T13:54:00-0400
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It's shaping up to be a marquee weekend in London, where Asafa Powell, Lauryn Williams, Bernard Lagat and more will hit the track in the penultimate meet before Beijing. More >
Williams takes on Olympic-caliber field
2008-07-23T12:12:00-0400
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Scott Winkler's road to the Beijing Paralympics went through Washington, D.C., Monday, where President Bush gave him and others a formal send-off. More >
Paralympian Winkler visits White House
2008-07-22T17:38:00-0400
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Brazilian and German teams were in fine form last weekend at the beach volleyball stop in Marseille with the two nations combining to win five of the six available medals. More >
Germany wins women's gold in Marseille
2008-07-22T14:37:00-0400
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Disgraced U.S. sprinter Marion Jones has asked President George W. Bush for a presidential pardon regarding her six-month sentence for perjury, a Justice Department spokesman said. More >
Jones seeks presidential pardon
2008-07-22T12:12:00-0400
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British Olympic Trials 100-meter winner Dwain Chambers cannot compete in the Beijing Olympics, said the High Court. WCSN's Rich Perelman disagrees with the decision, saying it doesn't follow previous rulings. More >
Rings: Chambers officially out of Olympics
2008-07-22T11:46:00-0400
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Olympic 400-meter champion Jeremy Wariner is one of dozens of top athletes who plan to compete in final Olympic tune-up races through July 29 in Europe. More >
Athletics Notes: Olympians in Europe, D.C.
2008-07-22T10:18:00-0400
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Cyril Dessel of the AG2r-La Mondiale team won Stage 16 as the Tour de France left Italy on Tuesday. Team CSC's Frank Schleck limited his losses to retain the yellow jersey. More >
Dessel sprints to victory in Stage 16
2008-07-22T00:17:00-0400
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For 21 years the best in professional mountain biking have landed on Mt. Snow to tackle its fabled rocky, rooty and muddy courses. The summer of 2008 was no different. More >
MTB nationals bring out the best
2008-07-21T18:04:00-0400
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President Bush gave U.S. Olympians a rousing send-off to next month's games, urging them on Monday to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" than the competition. More >
Bush 'fired up' for Beijing games
2008-07-21T16:52:00-0400
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With the three leading riders within eight seconds of each other, the Tour de France is even tighter than expected less than a week before the finish in Paris. More >
Tour notes: Peloton prepares to climb
2008-07-21T10:59:00-0400
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Athletes hoping to win hardware in Beijing will fine-tune their games this week in Stockholm, where stars like Asafa Powell, Usain Bolt and Yelena Isinbayeva will face off. More >
Stockholm hosts latest Super Grand Prix
2008-07-21T10:19:00-0400
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Frank Schleck proved that the Tour de France was a team event when he took the race leader's yellow jersey after his teammates harassed Cadel Evans on the climb to Prato Nevoso on Sunday. More >
Team spirit, brotherhood boost Schleck
2008-07-20T14:54:00-0400
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Cadel Evans had a bad day in the Alps on Sunday, finishing more than four minutes behind stage winner Simon Gerrans and losing the yellow jersey to CSC's Frank Schleck. More >
Gerrans wins climb through Italian Alps
2008-07-20T13:54:00-0400
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Veterans Chellsie Memmel and Alicia Sacramone were named to the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team on Saturday, and Paul Hamm proved his fitness after breaking a bone in his right hand. More >
U.S. rosters finalized; Hamm OK'd
2008-07-20T12:09:00-0400
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American Lolo Jones won gold with an impressive 12.69 in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Permit Meeting in Barcelona on Saturday. More >
Lolo makes another Olympic statement
2008-07-20T09:15:00-0400
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Croatia secured a spot in the Beijing games on Saturday when it beat favorite Germany 76-70 in a tight Olympic qualifying tournament semifinal. More >
Croatia tops Germany, qualifies for Beijing
2008-07-19T14:26:00-0400
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Barloworld will end their cycling team sponsorship after the 2008 Tour de France following the positive dope test of one of their riders, it was announced Saturday. More >
Doping forces sponsor to quit
2008-07-19T12:53:00-0400
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Tour standings through Stage 14
Tour standings through Stage 14
2008-07-19T11:59:00-0400
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Three-time world champion Oscar Freire honored his green jersey with a victory in the 14th stage of the Tour de France, a 194.5-kilometer trek from Nimes. More >
Spain's Freire nets first Tour win
2008-07-19T11:20:00-0400
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Two days after failing to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in the 400, double-amputee Oscar Pistorius learned on Friday that he will not run in the 4x400 relay either. More >
Double-amputee misses spot on relay team
2008-07-18T15:54:00-0400
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Tour standings through Stage 13
Tour standings through Stage 13
2008-07-18T13:30:00-0400
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Mark Cavendish took his fourth win on the Tour de France's 13th stage, a 182-kilometer ride from Narbonne to Nimes, as the race enjoyed a scandal-free Friday. More >
Cavendish wins again, claims Stage 13
2008-07-18T12:06:00-0400
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American Christian Vande Velde has been overlooked on the Tour de France so far despite some impressive performances but that is fine by him. More >
Vande Velde happy with underdog tag
2008-07-18T11:09:00-0400
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USA Track & Field hired Doug Logan, the former commissioner and president of Major League Soccer, as its next chief operating officer Thursday night. More >
Former MLS boss Logan moves to USATF
2008-07-18T10:50:00-0400
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Sprinter Dwain Chambers cannot take part in the Olympics next month after failing to gain an injunction against a British Olympic Association ban in the High Court on Friday. More >
No Beijing for British sprinter Chambers
2008-07-18T09:39:00-0400
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What could pass as a strong sampling of players in a FIFA World Cup, instead are headliners and key late additions as over-age players for the men's soccer tournament at the upcoming Beijing Olympics. More >
Olympic rosters coming together with age
2008-07-17T17:31:00-0400
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Brian McBride, 36, was named to the U.S. men's soccer team on Thursday, along with a host of other experienced players. McBride played for Fulham last season. More >
McBride, 36, headlines USA Soccer squad
2008-07-17T16:46:00-0400
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Riccardo Ricco, who tested positive for the blood-boosting drug EPO at the Tour de France, denies any wrongdoing, a French prosecutor said on Thursday. More >
Ricco denies taking EPO, says prosecutor
2008-07-17T14:20:00-0400
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San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg is the lone college player on the U.S. baseball team headed to Beijing. Minor leaguers comprise the bulk of the squad. More >
Minor leaguers aplenty on U.S. baseball team
2008-07-17T13:10:00-0400
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Veteran middle blocker Danielle Scott-Arruda made her fourth Olympic team as the U.S. women's indoor volleyball roster for Beijing was selected Wednesday. More >
Olympic vets lead Team USA to Beijing
2008-07-17T12:54:00-0400
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The Tour de France was plunged into crisis again after it was revealed on Thursday that Saunier-Duval's Riccardo Ricco had tested positive for EPO after Stage 4. More >
Italian Ricco tests positive for EPO at Tour
2008-07-17T12:41:00-0400
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The IAAF rejected on Thursday an accusation from South African double-amputee Oscar Pistorius that it was desperate to stop him competing at the Beijing Olympics. More >
IAAF says no to Pistorius accusation
2008-07-17T12:19:00-0400
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Belgium's Kim Gevaert won the women's 100 meters before a hometown crowd in Liège. The sprinter is "getting more confident now" as she prepares for Beijing. More >
Local fave Gevaert wins 100 meters in Liege
2008-07-17T12:15:00-0400
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On a night when the U.S women should have been eying the upcoming Olympics, they were dealt a crushing blow to their gold medal hopes when Abby Wambach broke her leg. More >
U.S. soccer star Wambach breaks leg
2008-07-17T11:23:00-0400
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Briton Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a 168.5-kilometer ride to Narbonne. Cadel Evans remains the race leader. More >
Briton Cavendish victorious in Stage 12
2008-07-17T11:15:00-0400
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American gymnast Morgan Hamm has been confirmed as a member of the U.S men's team for the Beijing Olympics despite receiving a public warning from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. More >
Hamm officially secures spot on Team USA
2008-07-17T10:47:00-0400
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USA Boxing has reached a settlement with Luis Yanez that will allow him to compete in Beijing. Also, four-time Olympian Lloyd Ball heads the U.S. men's volleyball team and more. More >
O Notes: Yanez to box in Beijing
2008-07-16T18:02:00-0400
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Scott Parsons is returning to the Olympics feeling on top of his game, but sheepish about being cast as a role model to his younger teammates. He's advice? "Enjoy it." More >
Parsons ready for new role as leader
2008-07-16T16:44:00-0400
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The International Cycling Union will seek financial compensation against nine of the teams withdrawing from the elite ProTour series, saying the teams are in breach of contract. More >
UCI will seek compensation from teams
2008-07-16T15:20:00-0400
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Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius failed in his final attempt to qualify for the 400 meters at next month's Beijing Olympics. More >
Pistorius fails to qualify for Beijing 400
2008-07-16T15:16:00-0400
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Track coach Trevor Graham received a lifetime ban from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Tuesday for his role in helping his athletes obtain performance-enhancing drugs. More >
Coach Graham receives lifetime ban
2008-07-16T12:28:00-0400
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Golf's professional and amateur bodies have joined forces in a bid to reappear as an Olympic sport after an absence of more than 100 years. Governing bodies are looking for a spot in the 2016 games. More >
New push for golf's return to Olympics
2008-07-16T12:11:00-0400
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Police found banned substances in the hotel room of cyclist Moises Duenas Nevado on Wednesday, the Spanish rider's team manager said. More >
Banned substances found in Nevado's room
2008-07-16T11:59:00-0400
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Sprinter Kurt-Asle Arvesen put Team CSC in the win column Wednesday, taking Stage 11 at the Tour de France. Silence-Lotto's Cadel Evans retained his overall lead. More >
Arvesen wins Stage 11 sprint into Foix
2008-07-16T11:56:00-0400
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Sounding an ominous note for her Olympic competitors, Misty May-Treanor believes she has become a better player since winning the gold in Athens. The bad news for her opponents is that she's right. More >
Older, wiser, and still gold-medal favorite
2008-07-16T10:54:00-0400
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French police detained Barloworld's Moises Duenas Nevado on Wednesday after he tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO ahead of Stage 11 at the Tour. More >
Second rider fails drug test at Tour de France
2008-07-16T10:26:00-0400
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A small group of U.S. athletes who will compete in Beijing next month will fine-tune their fitness this week at two meets in Europe. More >
Track to Beijing winds through Europe
2008-07-15T15:23:00-0400
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All teams are to leave the International Cycling Union's elite ProTour series, the 17 teams in the Tour de France said on Tuesday. Plus, Riccardo Ricco readies for a big run. More >
Tour notes: All 17 teams to leave ProTour
2008-07-15T14:31:00-0400
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Australian swimmers edged the U.S. women at last year's worlds by one medal, 14-13. At the upcoming Beijing Olympics, these two powerhouses will clash again. Who will emerge from the water victorious? More >
Inside the Rings: U.S. women battle-tested
2008-07-15T11:56:00-0400
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Hungary's two-time Olympic canoe champion Gyorgy Kolonics died on Tuesday while training for Beijing, the Hungarian Kayak-Canoe Federation said. More >
Beijing-bound Canoe champ Kolonics dies
2008-07-15T10:47:00-0400
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Greek sprinter Katerina Thanou, who was banned for two years after a doping scandal in 2004, has made the team for next month's games and could travel to Beijing, officials said on Tuesday. More >
Suspected Greek doper may run in Beijing
2008-07-15T08:47:00-0400
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Javelin-thrower Breaux Greer didn't make the cut at the U.S. trials, but he had little doubt he would make his third Olympics. Plus, news on Kenenisa Bekele and more. More >
Athletics Notes: USATF shifts gears on Greer
2008-07-14T18:11:00-0400
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The American men's swim team is expected to be one of the dominant units at the Beijing Olympics and not just because of Michael Phelps. More >
Inside the Rings: American swim kings?
2008-07-14T16:58:00-0400
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Iran's basketball team have departed for a tournament in the United States, an official said on Monday, for a rare sporting encounter between the arch-foes. More >
Iranian basketball team heading to Utah
2008-07-14T13:06:00-0400
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A day after a bad crash left him bloody and bruised, Cadel Evans bounced back to seize the overall lead at the Tour on Monday while Leonardo Piepoli got the stage win. More >
Piepoli wins first big climb of Tour
2008-07-14T12:21:00-0400
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Usain Bolt, who set the 100-meter world record in May, ran the fastest 200 of the year at the Athens Grand Prix on Sunday. Dayron Robles and Sanya Richards also came up big. More >
Bolt runs fifth-fastest 200 ever
2008-07-13T17:53:00-0400
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A week after Paul Hamm was cleared to do gymnastics again, the Olympic gold medalist's coach is "tremendously encouraged" by his progress from a broken hand. More >
Hamm's coach 'encouraged' by recovery
2008-07-13T13:58:00-0400
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Team Columbia's Kim Kirchen faces the first real test of his chances of winning the Tour de France in Monday's 10th stage. More >
Tour-leader Kirchen faces first big test
2008-07-13T13:22:00-0400
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Saunier-Duval's Riccardo Ricco passed the Tour's first mountain test with flying colors Sunday, pulling off a solo breakaway to win Stage 9 and move up in the standings. More >
Ricco ascends overall rankings
2008-07-13T13:04:00-0400
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Dwain Chambers won the 100 meters final at the British trials in Birmingham, England, on Saturday and must now await a legal ruling on his Olympic eligibility. More >
Chambers wins trial, awaits court verdict
2008-07-13T08:29:00-0400
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The Tour de France focus switched back to cycling on Saturday when Briton Mark Cavendish's win in the rain-swept eighth stage overshadowed Manuel Beltran's positive drug test the previous day. More >
Cavendish takes Stage 8 in France
2008-07-12T12:06:00-0400
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The "winners take all" mentality of the U.S. Track and Field Trials has been in place since 1920, and the system has its share of critics. Olympic expert Rich Perelman, however, thinks the USOC is doing the right thing. More >
Rings: Track and field trials need no fixing
2008-07-12T10:32:00-0400
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The top three finalists per event at the U.S. Olympic trials in track and field who have met the "A" qualifying standard qualify for the Olympic games. But USATF is considering an exception to that ruling. More >
Injuries call to question selection process
2008-07-12T10:02:00-0400
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Russia's world and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a world record of 5.03 meters in Rome. Also, Oscar Pistorius missed the Olympic cut. More >
Record falls, Pistorius misses mark in Rome
2008-07-12T09:32:00-0400
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Spaniard Manuel Beltran of the Liquigas team was arrested by French police on Friday after it was announced he had tested positive for EPO at the Tour de France, authorities said on Friday. More >
Spain's Beltran arrested for EPO usage
2008-07-11T17:48:00-0400
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Gymnast Morgan Hamm, who was selected for his third Olympic team last month, has received a warning for getting a prescribed anti-inflammatory shot without the proper clearance from anti-doping authorities. More >
Morgan Hamm gets warning after failed test
2008-07-11T17:19:00-0400
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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell's Olympic preparations suffered a slight setback on Friday when he pulled up in his heat of the 100 meters in Rome with a groin strain. More >
Former world record-holder Powell hurt
2008-07-11T15:51:00-0400
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U.S. swimmer Eric Shanteau, who will swim the 200-meter breaststroke in Beijing, has revealed that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer one week before the trials. He will have surgery after the games. More >
Swimmer Shanteau diagnosed with cancer
2008-07-11T12:22:00-0400
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Luis Leon Sanchez claimed his maiden Tour victory when he took the seventh stage with a bold attack in the finale of a 159-kilometer ride on Friday. More >
Spain's Sanchez wins seventh stage
2008-07-11T11:58:00-0400
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After a modest output of six medals at the Athens games in 2004, U.S. Olympic women's track and field head coach Jeanette Bolden knows her team can do better. How much better is, however, is the question. More >
Inside the Rings: The best ever?
2008-07-11T10:08:00-0400
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After notching his first-ever Tour win in Thursday's hilly sixth stage, darkhorse favorite and Giro runner-up Riccardo Ricco says it's too early to start thinking about the overall title. More >
Ricco pleased to get Tour win under his belt
2008-07-10T13:42:00-0400
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Italian Riccardo Ricco of the Saunier-Duval team won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, a 195.5-kilometer ride from Aigurande to Super-Besse on Thursday. More >
Ricco rides to victory in sixth stage of Tour
2008-07-10T13:38:00-0400
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The excitement is beginning to build for former world No. 1 tennis player Lindsay Davenport as next month's Beijing games inch closer.
Davenport relishing opportunity in Beijing
2008-07-10T11:14:00-0400
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Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, who saw his 100-meter record snapped in May by compatriot Usain Bolt, said Thursday he's happy to shed the spotlight ahead of the Olympics. More >
Powell happy not to be Beijing favorite
2008-07-10T10:38:00-0400
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The 2004 Athens Olympics worked their way into Greece's social fabric for many of the wrong reasons, leaving a scar which is throbbing as Beijing approaches. More >
Athens 2004 scandal back in limelight
2008-07-10T10:26:00-0400
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WNBA stars Tamika Catchings, DeLisha Milton-Jones and Kara Lawson will fill the final three spots on the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team. More >
Olympic Notes: Catchings joins U.S. team
2008-07-10T08:49:00-0400
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With two Grand Tour victories to his name and a reputation as a tenacious climber, Rabobank's Denis Menchov could be the man to watch as the Tour de France heads into the hills. More >
Quiet Menchov could sneak into yellow
2008-07-09T14:58:00-0400
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Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish delivered on his reputation as one of the world's best sprinters Wednesday as he powered to victory in the Tour's longest stage. More >
Cavendish wins Stage 5, Schumacher safe
2008-07-09T12:44:00-0400
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With the U.S. Olympic trials completed, commentator Rich Perelman evaluates the medal chances of the U.S. men's track and field team in Beijing. More >
Inside the Rings: As good as the 1968 team?
2008-07-09T12:04:00-0400
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Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue Monday with President Bush's decision to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic games this summer in Beijing. More >
Obama clashes with Bush over Beijing
2008-07-09T11:48:00-0400
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Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim and star forward Carmelo Anthony reunite on Team USA this summer after winning the national championship with the Orange in 2003. More >
Boeheim and Anthony together again
2008-07-09T10:52:00-0400
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The provisional U.S. Olympic athletics team for Beijing based on performances at the selection trials, which ended Sunday. More >
Provisional U.S. athletics team for Beijing
2008-07-09T10:43:00-0400
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After staying nice and cozy in the peloton for three days, Cadel Evans stamped his authority on the Tour de France on Tuesday. More >
Evans confirms status as favorite
2008-07-08T16:25:00-0400
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German Stefan Schumacher grabbed the yellow jersey at the Tour de France with a victory in the fourth stage on Tuesday, a 29.5-kilometer time trial around Cholet. More >
Schumacher snatches up yellow jersey
2008-07-08T12:20:00-0400
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Find out who made the cut for the U.S. swim team headed to Beijing. More >
2008 U.S. Olympic swim team roster
2008-07-08T10:55:00-0400
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Since 1908, the U.S. Olympic track and field trials has not lacked for melodrama. It has provided an emotional mix of triumph and tragedy, of jubilation and crushing disappointment. More >
Athletics Notes: Tales of glee and misery
2008-07-08T08:54:00-0400
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Forged from eight days of racing in Omaha, the powerhouse U.S. swim team led by Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff could leave Beijing as the most successful squad ever. More >
U.S. swim team eyes history in Beijing
2008-07-07T15:26:00-0400
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It was a good day for the hosts Monday at the Tour de France. Samuel Dumoulin of the Cofidis squad held on to win Stage 3, and Agritubel's Romain Feillu found his way into yellow. More >
Dumoulin rides to Stage 3 victory
2008-07-07T14:42:00-0400
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Juliana Felisberta Silva, one of the world's best beach volleyball players, is in danger of missing the Olympics because of a knee injury. More >
Injury threatens Brazilian duo's Olympics
2008-07-07T09:58:00-0400
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Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat sprints to victory in the men's 1,500 meters to claim his second Olympic berth on the final day of the American trials on Sunday. More >
Jones and Lagat shine as U.S. trials wrap
2008-07-07T00:53:00-0400
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Dara Torres and Peter Vanderkaay captured the final two events at the U.S. swimming trials on Sunday to join an American swim team that immediately turned its focus to the Beijing Olympics. More >
Torres, 41, dominates sprints at trials
2008-07-06T22:50:00-0400
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With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, it was a banner day for China on Saturday as two women's teams won medals at the World Tour stop in Moscow. More >
Chinese teams look sharp ahead of Beijing
2008-07-06T12:41:00-0400
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Norway's Thor Hushovd of the Credit Agricole team won the second stage of the Tour de France, a 164.5-kilometer ride from Auray to St. Brieuc, France. More >
Hushovd claims Tour's second stage
2008-07-06T11:08:00-0400
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Banned from this year's Tour de France despite having 2007 Tour champion Alberto Contador among its ranks, the Kazakh-funded Astana team will watch on TV while racing in Oregon. More >
Left out of Tour, Astana feeling sadness
2008-07-06T10:28:00-0400
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Three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond called for cycling to ditch the International Cycling Union (UCI) and restore its image under a new federation. More >
LeMond says UCI is no longer relevant
2008-07-06T10:25:00-0400
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The flamboyant Gary Hall, Jr. left the stage in exactly the fashion one would expect: shot down with all guns blazing in an audacious bid for his fourth Olympics. More >
Hall exits Olympic trials with a bang
2008-07-06T08:36:00-0400
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Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps each won their fifth race at the U.S. swimming trials Saturday night, while Margaret Hoelzer broke the ninth world record at the meet. More >
Hoff and Phelps complete perfect swim
2008-07-05T20:06:00-0400
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Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlasic equaled her season's best mark of 2.06 meters when she notched up her 31st straight victory in the event in Madrid. More >
Vlasic equals year's best with another win
2008-07-05T17:57:00-0400
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Tyson Gay will not attempt a 100-200-meter double at the upcoming Beijing Olympics after he failed to finish his quarterfinal heat in the 200 Saturday at the U.S. Olympic trials. More >
American sprinter Gay pulls up lame in 200
2008-07-05T16:54:00-0400
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Spain's Alejandro Valverde underlined his Tour de France credentials when he took the opening stage in impressive fashion Saturday. More >
Tour opening stage goes to Valverde
2008-07-05T12:29:00-0400
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Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix, the top 200-meter runners in the U.S., easily won their preliminary heats at the U.S. trials on Friday. Also, six-time U.S. high jump champ Amy Acuff earned an Olympic spot. More >
Top sprinters primed for Beijing
2008-07-05T00:25:00-0400
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Aaron Peirsol tied the world record in the 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. Olympic trials Friday evening, while Michael Phelps broke his own world best in the 200 IM. More >
Phelps, Peirsol earn WR times
2008-07-04T20:30:00-0400
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Cullen Jones provided some Independence Day fireworks at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday by rocketing to an American record 21.59 in the 50-meter freestyle heats. More >
Jones sets American record in 50 free
2008-07-04T17:55:00-0400
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American gymnast Morgan Hamm's participation in the Beijing Olympics hangs in the balance after he failed a drug test at a selection event in May, USA gymnastics said on Friday. More >
Gymnast Hamm fails test, could miss games
2008-07-04T17:20:00-0400
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LaShawn Merritt pulled out his second upset of the year over the world's supposed fastest 400-meter runner Thursday night, besting Jeremy Wariner in Eugene, Ore. More >
Merritt upsets Wariner in 400 meters
2008-07-04T00:10:00-0400
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Natalie Coughlin qualified fastest in the 100-meter freestyle preliminaries, with 41-year-old Dara Torres third-quickest at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Thursday. More >
Torres clocks third-fastest time in 100 free
2008-07-03T23:24:00-0400
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In the first major stunner of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Brendan Hansen failed to make the Olympic team in the 200-meter breaststroke Thursday night. Also, Katie Hoff came up short in her 100 freestyle bid. More >
Hansen's 200 breaststroke bid falls short
2008-07-03T21:56:00-0400
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There is a lot of talk at the Olympic trials about this U.S. squad being the best in recent memory -- and possibly of all time. Olympics expert Rich Perelman chimes in. More >
Inside the rings: Who's the greatest?
2008-07-03T14:18:00-0400
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Swimmer Dara Torres, 41, will begin her third Olympic comeback Thursday at the U.S. Olympic team trials in the 100-meter freestyle. Also, the U.S. trampoline and dressage teams have been chosen and more. More >
Notes: Torres has message in trials return
2008-07-03T10:53:00-0400
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Katie Hoff is ready to show Dara Torres that youth rules. Hoff will swim in the same heat of the 100-meter freestyle prelims Thursday with Torres, who at 41 is attempting to make her fifth Olympics. More >
Hoff to go head-to-head with Torres
2008-07-03T10:39:00-0400
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Michael Phelps won the 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. trials Wednesday night, though he looked a bit dejected after failing to break his own world record. Not to worry, the most important races are about a month away. More >
Phelps halfway to home with another win
2008-07-02T21:01:00-0400
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Athletes like Frank Shorter and Shirley Babashoff would've won golds in the 1970s, says Rich Perelman, if not for the chemically-enhanced East Germans. More >
Inside the Rings: Whose medals are they?
2008-07-02T13:53:00-0400
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Many athletes who have qualified to compete in the upcoming Beijing Olympics are scheduled to take part July 5 in the 2008 Meeting de Atletismo Madrid Grand Prix Series in Spain. More >
Track stars head to Spain for Beijing tune-up
2008-07-02T11:24:00-0400
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Leading 2008 Tour de France favorite Cadel Evans of Australia believes victory this year would have equal worth despite the absence of last year's winner Alberto Contador of Spain. More >
Evans unfazed by Contador's absence
2008-07-02T11:17:00-0400
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The Tour de France, still reeling from last year's scandals, faces the daunting task of restoring cycling's image when it begins its three-week journey on Saturday. More >
Tour organizers hope for scandal-free race
2008-07-02T10:18:00-0400
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Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol blitzed to world records in the 100-meter backstroke to highlight another breathless day of action at the U.S. Olympic trials on Tuesday. More >
Coughlin and Peirsol blitz to world records
2008-07-02T09:26:00-0400
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Tyson Gay said he hoped to continue his rocket-fueled build-up to the Olympics with a fast time in his 100 meters head-to-head with Asafa Powell later this month. More >
Gay primed for London duel with Powell
2008-07-02T08:08:00-0400
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Two more world records fell Tuesday at the U.S. trials in Omaha. Natalie Coughlin broke her own mark in the 100 backstroke, and Aaron Peirsol did the same in the men's race. More >
Backstroke records fall at swimming trials
2008-07-01T20:54:00-0400
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Levi Leipheimer, third overall at last year's Tour de France, and two-time national champion George Hincapie will headline the U.S. cycling team in Beijing this summer. More >
USA Cycling names riders for Beijing
2008-07-01T15:31:00-0400
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Luis Yanez, the light flyweight on the U.S. Olympic boxing team, said the sport's governing body plans to remove him from the squad for a rules violation, according to a report on the Dallas Morning News' Web site. More >
Yanez says he is leaving Team USA
2008-07-01T11:27:00-0400
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Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat won the men's 5,000 meters at the U.S. trials to make his first U.S. Olympic team and Bryan Clay had a personal best in the decathlon. More >
Lagat makes U.S. team, Clay shines
2008-07-01T09:44:00-0400
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Katie Hoff, a teenager from the same swim club that launched Michael Phelps, is set to swim 900 more meters at the U.S. Olympic trials than the sport's resident superstar. More >
Teenager Hoff on cusp of Olympic stardom
2008-07-01T08:29:00-0400
News Archive: July 2008
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