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Mitcham surprised not more openly gay athletes
SYDNEY, Australia - Australian diver Matthew Mitcham, who won a gold medal at Beijing with a remarkable final dive at the Water Cube, says he is surprised but understands why more athletes have not admitted to ...
Sbastien Rosseler added another win for the Quick Step team at the Circuit Franco-Belge when he beat his escape companion Juan Antonio Flecha in horrible conditions for the race's final stage in Tournai.
Australia ends road worlds campaign on the medal table
Cameron Meyer took the bronze medal in the U23 ITT Photo © 2008 Photoreporter Sirotti Lloyd finished 55th at 4min53sec and was in good company with Bettini, ProTour champion, Alejandro Valverde and three ...
Wood and Bates call time on careers
AUSTRALIAN cyclists Oenone Wood and Natalie Bates announced their retirements following the completion of the road race at the world championships in Italy, which was won by Britain's Olympic gold medallist ...
UCI and Tour reach deal to end long-running row
THE International Cycling Union and the Tour de France organizers have reached an agreement that puts an end to their long-running feud over the sport's calendar, UCI president Pat McQuaid said on Thursday.
Bettini seeks three-peat at cycling worlds
Paolo Bettini is fit, in winning form and angry _ the ideal combination for winning an unprecedented third straight road race world championship in front of his home fans.
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McEwen, O'Grady, Rogers to race in Italy
Cycling Australia has named nine men and women to compete at next week's Road World Championships in Italy.
Stewards To Review Other Results
Following their great success at re-arranging the result of the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix, the race stewards are now turning their attention to other sporting events that have finished.
Armstrong eyes eighth Tour win
PROFESSIONAL cycling is set for a much-needed injection of star power after Lance Armstrong announced he is ending his three-year retirement in an effort to win the Tour de France for an eighth time.
Suddenly the Olympics seem like they were so long ago! Weird. Did you know the U.S.Open is being played right now? Yeah, me neither.
China's spectacular Olympics has ended thrillingly, except perhaps, for those imprisoned for wanting to express an opinion conflicting with that of the authorities and their official version of "truth." ...
CADEL EVANS will back a planned bid by Team Tibet to seek an invitation to compete at the 2012 London Olympics after missing out on the Beijing Games that ended yesterday.
Evans Blasts "Games Made for TV"
CADEL EVANS, the only Australian athlete to speak out over Tibet, has called the Beijing Olympics the "made for TV Games" and has also taken a swipe at the Chinese Government.
A Vancouver woman who was kicked out of China for protesting the Olympic host's policies on Tibet wants high-profile athletes competing in Beijing to raise their voices as well.
Miracle Meares is still standing
OF ALL the cyclists that might have won an Olympic medal for Australia in Beijing, Anna Meares should have been the least likely.
Evans wants back-up before signing
CADEL EVANS will likely sign up again with his Belgian Silence-Lotto team so long as they can bolster the calibre of riders who can support him in next year's Tour de France - unlike this year when he was ...
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Phelps wins 400m individual medley gold
BEIJING (Reuters) - Michael Phelps of the United States won the Olympic gold medal in the men's swimming 400m individual medley on Sunday, breaking the world record.
Lazslo Cseh of Hungary won the silver and Ryan Lochte of the U.S. the bronze.
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Martin Dent wins this year's City2Surf with a time of 41 minutes 12 seconds, the first Australian to win since 1997.
Rogers ready for mountainous task
Michael Rogers, pictured, and Cadel Evans set to contest the individual time trial at the Beijing Olympics / Phil Hillyard AUSTRALIA has its best chance of a road cycling medal at the Beijing Olympics today ...
Olympics Men's Time Trial Live Part 3
The way he rode the road race at the Weekend shows how good the Swiss rider is on this course.