LONDON – LONDON Olympics organisers are so far ahead of schedule that Britain should call a ‘snap Olympics’ in 2011 to take the world by surprise and increase its medals tally, London mayor Boris Johnson joked on Tuesday. With two years to go before the Games are due to open in the British capital, the mayor boasted that London 2012 organisers would be ready to host the games a year ahead of …
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The Wyoming Senior Olympics are coming to Rock Springs again this year and more than 370 participants are ready to go.
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Kirsten Cherry, the vice president of communications for Special Olympics Northern California, speaks about Saturdays Over the Edge fundraiser. More than 100 people will rappel 38 stories from the rooftop of the Grand Hyatt at Union Square to raise money for Special Olympics athletes. Why are you doing this?…
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The Delaware Senior Olympics held its 2010 Bricks MultiSport Team Invitational Triathlon competition at Lake Como on July 17.
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No, it’s not the Olympics. Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski, however, is referencing history this week to make the 20 players attempting to make the cut for next month’s FIBA World Championships in Turkey realize the significance of the situation.
Link: Olympics or not, Team USA on mission starting this week in Las Vegas
The Summer Olympics may come only once every four years, but the (tiki) torch lighting of your own Beach Olympics can happen any time — as long as you’ve got sand, water, a volleyball net, a plastic flying disc and that age-old desire to pummel your buddies in contests of strength and stamina.
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For every athlete who participates in the Special Olympics,there is a story of how the Games have impacted their lives.
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Abigail Grys, a member of the Special Olympics team from Pekin Park Districts Illinois River Valley Special Recreation Association, has been learning to quicken her pace on the track these days, and with good reason.
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THE start of the 2012-13 English football season could be delayed to avoid a clash with the London 2012 Olympics.
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Usain Bolt ready to turn his back on running in Britain until 2012 Olympics due to country’s punitive tax rules for overseas stars.
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Cheers erupted from the 86 participants of the Iowa Special Olympic team Sunday as they watched the flame of hope ignite and begin its journey to the Special Olympics National Games in Lincoln, Neb.
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Plans to sell large numbers of cheap tickets for London Olympics in 2012 are to be abandoned in bid to raise funds.
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Russia’s embattled sports minister was under new pressure Monday after a report into the Vancouver Olympics found that he had paid for five breakfasts each day at a luxury hotel during the Games.
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Fuelled by the Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games held in February and March, spending by international visitors to Canada grew in the first quarter at the highest rate since 2003, according to new data from Statistics Canada.
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Local athletes competed in the Special Olympics Wisconsin 2010 State Summer Games on June 10-12 in Stevens Point.
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For Maureen Foster and Christine Rodrigues, assuming the management of Special Olympics of Carbon County has been a labor they love.
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The Vancouver Olympics helped propel Canada to a 1.3% tourism spending increase in the first quarter, according to new figures from Statistics Canada.
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The Government will announce plans today to create a national schools games contest styled on the Olympics to tackle what it sees as the decline in competitive sports among children.
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