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Ex-Olympic Fighter Was In 50m Drugs Ring
Former Olympic judo competitor James Waithe has been found guilty of being part of a drugs gang which netted around A 50m.
Lamoureux twins lead USA Hockey youth movement
As a hockey mom, Sarah Palin has nothing on Linda Lamoureux, mother to U.S. national team players Monique and Jocelyne.
Olympic Track Program Changes - Belgian Federation Notes
Changes Olympic Track Program - Belgian Federation Notes Addendum: Notes and proposals concerning the reform of Track Disciplines at the Olympic Games Koninklijke Belgische Wielrijdersbond Note concerning the reform of track disciplines at the Olympic Games With reference to the communication that the track disciplines at the OG will be adapt, ...
It has already blazed through the Far North, becoming the first torch relay to bring the Olympic flame within 817 kilometres of the North Pole by stopping in Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Aspiring Olympian 14-year-old Bianca Hunter from Aulac will be the first of 630 torchbearers to carry the Olympic Flame across New Brunswick ...
Why is Billion Strong India a Laggard in Sports?
A few days ago, I wrote a post on India's chances to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
Biathletes shoot for some recognition
DAVID EBNER CANMORE, ALTA. - A mid the slight smell of sulphur, the snap and pop of .22-calibre rifle fire rang out under grey skies and the craggy white peaks of the Rocky Mountains on the last day of training here for Canada's top biathletes ahead of the team's most important season.
GB shooting 'has not performed'
UK Sport's performance chief has backed the decision to strip shooting of 4.3m in funding ahead of London 2012.
WARRNAMBOOL won't get the Olympic Games, but yesterday evening the Civic Green gave locals and visitors a taste of the excitement when representatives of 26 teams in the world sporting clay target shooting championships assembled in national colours and flags.
California: Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort to Offer Biathlon Range and Public Activities
As the winter season approaches, Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort near Lake Tahoe, Calif.
Le Guellec carries Canadian biathlon hopes
Can you name Canada's top-ranked biathlete this season? If you said Jean-Philippe Le Guellec, you'd be right.
Southern Counties fired-up for World Cup
SOUTHERN Counties Shooting ground near Dorchester is counting down the days until it plays host to the World Shotgun Cup.
Thinking less helps Iggy break shackles
The Calgary Flames' Jarome Iginla, right, celebrates his goal against the Montreal Canadiens with teammates during their NHL game at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta Tuesday, October 6, 2009.
No sign of protest as Innu of Labrador greet Olympic flame with song, dance
Bailey, Sue - Torchbearer Nickshantess Penashue holds the Olympic Flame in Sheshatshui, N.L., Wednesday, Nov.
Picking who'll get the chance to Roar
Prince George is getting ready to host the last of the a oeBig Threea . First, UNBC organized the CCAA National Mena s Basketball Championship in March.
Will Brady of Howell hopes to duplicate in three years what Livonia native Sheila Taormina accomplished for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: qualify for the Olympics in modern pentathlon.
Miramichier to carry Olympic flame this month
Although he's never competed in a Winter Olympic Games, it's fair to say that Ray Kokkonen has become well acquainted with winter sports' biggest showcase over much of its history.
Shooting the breeze with Shannon Bahrke
More than a decade after playing her last soccer game for the Lakers, two-time Olympic skier Shannon Bahrke remains repulsed by her old rival's rally song.
Former Olympic shooting coach threatened to gun down home help
A FORMER Olympic shooting coach who threatened to gun down his former home help because he wanted his dog back was today fined A 410.
Olympics may legitimate Rio on world stage
It is known as the land of hot music, beautiful bodies and raucous parties. No, it's not Oxford, Ohio, but rather Rio de Janeiro, which, in dramatic fashion, beat out Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo in early October to win the International Olympic Committee bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Nov. 5, 1950 Trapshooter Susan Nattrass was born at Medicine Hat, Alta. She became the first woman to compete in trapshooting in the Olympic Games when she competed in 1976 in Montreal.
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