20 Question Tuesday: Eric Shanteau, Part 1Swimnetwork.com, ME - Dec 30, 2008That heartwarming storyline was nothing compared to what was about to become public – that Shanteau had swum at Olympic Trials with testicular cancer. …A lot can change in four years Gwinnett Daily Postall 2 news articles Continue….. Easton's Price has a breakout track seasonAllentown Morning [...]

FOUR years after she stopped rowing in the middle of the women’s eight final at the Athens Games, Sally Robbins is targeting an Olympic comeback in 2012 — as a cyclist. Having dumped her oars, Robbins will compete at the national cycling titles in Continue .. Great Britain’s golden year of sporting triumph has been [...]

Loughborough News A Nonathlete’s Pursuit of Olympic SuccessNew York Times, United States - 11 hours ago“She was amazed that I was there to see her,” Hagen said, recalling that warm day in Beijing outside the gates of the athletes’ village, the Olympic moment …Loughborough University Sports Scholars invited onto British … Loughborough Newsall 15 news articles Continue….. [...]

Briefs | Hockey: Tests indicate doping by Cherepanov, experts saySeattle Times, United States - 20 hours agoShe also will be nominated by USA Basketball for the US Olympic Committee SportsWoman of the Year award. Smith, who averaged 4.9 points and 1.9 assists in … Continue….. Gender Barrier Persists at Vancouver OlympicsNPR - Dec 29, 2008Excerpts from a written [...]

Mitcham puzzled by lack of endorsementsOutsports.com, CA - 11 hours agoHe also received a total of $35000 for appearing on an Olympic stamp and from an Adidas bonus. He was named Australian athlete of the year and has helped …The Gay Year in Review: The Top 10 News Stories EDGE Bostonall 4 news articles Continue….. Lodwick returns [...]

Official feature of the Maltese Olympic CommitteeMalta Independent Online, Malta - 9 hours agoLooking back at a year dominated for the IOC and the Olympic Movement by the Beijing Olympic Games, it’s natural to reflect not only on the success of the … Continue….. New Zealand Herald Chef de mission on honours listNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 2 [...]

Dead or alive, Seeno plan kept Benicians stirred up – Vallejo Times-Herald Dead or alive, Seeno plan kept Benicians stirred upVallejo Times-Herald, CA - Dec 28, 2008By JESSICA A. YORK/Times-Herald staff writer MORGAN MONTOYA, 16, a sophomore at Benicia High School, holds a mock Olympic torch as she poses with her … Source: news.google.com Glittering world debut [...]

Beijing reported to build a Chinese “Broadway” – Reuters UKBEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital Beijing will build a complex of 32 theatres dedicated to putting on musicals, state media said on Tuesday, calling it the country’s answer to Broadway. The complex, in Beijing’s north-western suburb of Haidian Source: uk.reuters.com Chinese companies asked not to [...]

ISLAMABAD – The Swiss government, in collaboration with local brick kilns’ owners, has launched a new technology ‘Vertical-Shaft Brick Kiln Technology’ (Hi-VSBK) in the Capital which will enable brick kilns to use less energy with low level of Continue .. Beijing: Four people went on trial yesterday in connection with China’s tainted milk scandal, state [...]

Fiji has thrived on recognition in sports especially in rugby. But as the year comes to an end, highlights of various sports achievements in the country can mean two things. First on the list is satisfaction with how successful the year ended for the Continue .. Share and Enjoy:

CCTV China regulator urges state firms to buy sharesForbes, NY - Dec 25, 2008Li, speaking at a conference, also said that electric power companies should fund new generating projects at least 50 percent from their own capital, …Web english.cri.cn CRIENGLISH.comVice Premier urges SOEs to contribute more in economic growth People’s Daily Onlineall 25 news articles Continue….. USA [...]

Olympic village developer given hotel default notice – Globe and Mail Olympic village developer given hotel default noticeGlobe and Mail, Canada - Dec 23, 2008VICTORIA — The developer behind Vancouver's troubled Olympic village project is on the verge of losing a $44-million hotel contract in Nanaimo amid growing …City of Vancouver calls in external auditors to review [...]

Beijing Games not most inspiring, but Phelps, Bolt were – Chicago Tribune The Gazette (Montreal) Beijing Games not most inspiring, but Phelps, Bolt wereChicago Tribune, United States - 19 hours agoEverything worked perfectly at the 2008 Olympic Games, including the over-the-top Opening Ceremony. Like a fine-tuned machine. Like all machines, though, …A record year we will never [...]

After unsuccessful stabs at carrying the Olympic torch and becoming a rock star, Yu Zhenhuan, the world’s hairiest man, hit the headlines again after it was revealed he was looking for love online. The hopeful hirsute hunk, who sports an average of Continue .. What a year it was – masturbate-a-thons, Olympic torch protests, naked [...]

Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com Top 10 local sports stories of 2008Stockton Record, CA - 5 hours agoThe 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing had a distinct local feel. Galt resident Stephanie Brown Trafton was the first American to win a track and field gold …2008 YEAR IN REVIEW: Top 10 Local Sports Stories Las Vegas Review – JournalThe [...]

China Needs Policies to Spur Consumption, Zhou SaysBloomberg - Dec 25, 2008Spending is increasingly being influenced by consumer confidence, the performance of capital markets, social welfare, job conditions, … Continue….. WELT ONLINE China explosion, lift collapse kill at least 32Reuters - 21 hours agoBEIJING, Dec 27 (Reuters) – An explosion rocked a Chinese village and a construction [...]

30 year reforms transform China, but not politics – SalonDec 18th, 2008 | BEIJING — Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao, speaking in the same hall where his predecessors launched a free-market revolution 30 years ago, urged more economic reform Thursday but said it would not lead to Western-style Source: www.salon.com Chinese checkers – Business [...]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese dairy firms that sold baby formula tainted with the industrial chemical melamine will pay compensation to the families of nearly 300,000 children who were killed or sickened as a result, state media reported. Twenty-two Continue .. An explosion has rocked a Chinese village and a construction lift has plummeted to the [...]

Swim Trials bid still afloat – Omaha World-HeraldDon’t drain the pool just yet. It’s still possible that Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, could return to Omaha for the 2012 Swim Trials. Discussions on the possibility of Omaha hosting the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swim Source: www.omaha.com Kudos to our sportsmen [...]

China's momentous 2008 – guardian.co.uk China's momentous 2008guardian.co.uk, UK - Dec 25, 2008Policemen stand with their backs to the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium during the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing, China. Photograph: Dan Chung Finally, … Source: news.google.com Share and Enjoy: