Sports World - by Jason Heim

Olympics: IOC Tells Beijing No Politics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) reminded China on Wednesday to draw a line between sports and politics, after a Communist party official lashed out at independence sentiment in Tibet during

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Category: Olympic Games

Olympics: Zara Phillips Out Of Olympics

Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter, Zara Phillips, has pulled out of the Olympics because of an injury to her horse, the same reason she pulled out of the last Olympics. There

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Category: Olympic Games

Olympics: Australian Athletics Team Named

Reigning world champions Jana Rawlinson and Nathan Deakes headline Australia’s smallest Olympic track and field team since 1992, with only 41 members. Jane Saville is the most experienced member of

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Category: Athletics, Olympic Games

Olympics: Marathon Smog Fears

Champion marathon runner Robert de Castella has warned of a huge attrition rate at the Beijing Olympics marathon, because of the chronic air pollution. Current marathon world record-holder Haile Gebrselassie

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Category: Athletics, Olympic Games