Olympic

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 5 days ago
The soccer field is so rudimentary that there are no lines painted on it, just goals and big orange cones. ...

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 5 days ago
Half of city's vehicles will be pulled off roads, polluting factories shuttered in advance of Games. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 5 days ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijingers breathed easier on Sunday as traffic restrictions and factory closures came into effect in a last ditch attempt to turn the often smoggy Chinese capital into a pollution-free venue for next month's Olympics. ...

Source: www.reuters.com --- 5 days ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Add one more contest to the spectacles on show during the Beijing Olympic Games -- the national protest hurdle. ...

Source: www.usatoday.com --- 5 days ago
Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius was not chosen Friday to be on South Africa's Olympic team for the Beijing Games. ...

Source: news.com.au --- 5 days ago
CHINA'S robust economy is unlikely to hit the skids after the Olympics, unlike most host nations who have endured post-Games downturns, experts say. ...

Source: www.usatoday.com --- 5 days ago
Shayla Worley's chances of making the women's Olympic team were dimmed drastically after the Orlando native pulled out of the first day of competition at the women's Olympic selection camp Friday because of an acute fracture of her right fibula. ...

Source: www.latimes.com --- 5 days ago
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Source: www.chron.com --- 5 days ago
BEIJING — Beijing started its most drastic pollution-control plan Sunday, restricting car use and limiting factory emissions in a last-minute push to clear smog-choked skies for the August Olympics. Under the two-month plan, half of Beijing's 3.3 million cars will be removed from city streets on alternate days, depending on whether the license plate ends in an odd or even number. ...

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Freddy Adu, Jozy Altidore and Michael Bradley will lead the U.S. men's soccer team into the Beijing Olympics. ...

Source: www.isnare.com --- 5 days ago
So it's official The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be attending the opening of the Olympic games in Beijing, After a "productive" 30-minute meeting with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, Sarkozy's office officially released the news on Wednesday that it had already leaked to the French media last Friday To many in France, the news will have come as much of a surprise as suddenly discovering that the Pope is Catholic... ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 5 days ago
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Source: feeds.business-standard.com --- 5 days ago
The Volkswagen group signs itself up to be an integral part of the Beijing Olympics. ...

Source: www.mg.co.za --- 5 days ago
Traffic restrictions came into force in Beijing on Sunday in a last-ditch attempt to turn the smoggy city into a pollution-free venue for the Games. ...

Source: www.phillyburbs.com --- 5 days ago
The venue has changed, but the scene was eerily familiar: Delran Township gathered to wish its favorite daughter well, as she prepared to journey to China with the women's U.S. National Soccer Team. ...

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Olympics shutdown begins in Beijing with some vehicles pulled off roads to clear city's air ...

Source: www.sunherald.com --- 5 days ago
John Dane and Austin Sperry of Gulfport sail past boats picking up algae in Qingdao Harbor in China during Olympic training last week. Dane and Sperry will represent the United States - and South Mississippi - in the Olympics, Aug. 8-24. China has dispatched 10,000 people and 1,200 boats in an effort to clear away a huge algae bloom that has turned large swaths of Qingdao's water green and has encroached into about a third of the Olympic sailing waters. ...