Nov 21
Alaine Lambert, left, and Emily Whitaker cheer for each other before the event starts.
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Nov 21
Special Olympics Surrey athletes showcased their talents in a performance at Kingston’s Rose Theatre last week.
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Nov 21
THE Special Olympics Zimbabwe national golf championship tees off this morning at Royal Harare with players from Harare and Bulawayo taking part.
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Nov 21
New Zealand’s presence at future winter Olympics looks set to be on a reduced scale after a Sparc report released today.
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Nov 21
Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie plans to run at the 2012 Olympics in London after reversing his decision to retire. The 37-year-old marathon world record holder pulled out of the New York Marathon with a knee injury this month and immediately said he wanted to stop running, only to go back on the decision eight days later.
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Oct 25
ACAPULCO (Mexico) – IT’S HARD to imagine an Olympic opening or closing ceremony without fireworks exploding in the night sky over a packed stadium. That tradition could be on the way out, though, under a proposal being considered by the International Olympic Committee. IOC President Jacques Rogge said on Sunday his organisation would study recommendations to eliminate firework displays in a bid …
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Oct 25
By: Meagan O’Toole-Pitts Bottom of the third. Bases loaded. 14-8. Best Friends. …
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Oct 25
The Special Olympics Central Lakes Club got off to a grand start at Remarkables Primary School on Wednesday. read more
Oct 23
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — The race to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics begins in earnest when bid cities Munich, South Korea’s Pyeongchang and France’s Annecy make their first official pitches at a meeting of Olympic associations.
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Oct 23
LaShawn Merritt might be eligible for the 2012 Olympics after arbitrators said barring the athlete from the London Games is not an “appropriate consequence of his anti-doping violation.”
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Oct 23
With water enthusiasts gripped by America’s Cup and Giants fever (did you see McCovey Cove this week?), it’s easy to forget a small competition called the Olympics is ramping up. London fires up the Olympic Torch in 21…
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Oct 23
London 2012 Olympics: Jessica Ennis’ hopes of double gold are hit by timetable
olympics No Comments »Jessica Ennis’s bid to win Heptathlon and 100 metres hurdles gold thwarted by intransigent London 2012 organisers.
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Oct 23
The race to host the 2018 Winter Olympics is set to take center stage at the start of a meeting of national Olympic committees from around the world.
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Oct 14
The International Equestrian Federation has confirmed the first teams to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.
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Oct 14
Russia’s Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics may not need help from state funds as sponsorship plans have exceeded expectations, Games chief Dmitiry Chernyshenko said on Monday.
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Oct 08
London 2012 organizers say more than 100,000 people have volunteered to help run the Olympics.
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Oct 08
GREENBURGH ?€” Youngsters in town will honor a local hero next month as they learn about sportsmanship.
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Oct 08
The 2012 Games site in east London will be called the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London’s mayor says.
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