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Lausanne, Switzerland (AHN) - Olympic 1500 meter champion Rashid Ramzi and cyclist Davide Rebellin, silver medalist in the road race, have been stripped of their medals after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Ramzi and ...
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I'm sorry but I have to say this from the very beginning - this is utter and total bullshit.
Word has come down from the British Columbia Court of Appeals that the International Olympics Commissions can not be ...
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There was a lot of hope for the Olympics to come to Chicago. The President and Mrs. Obama did everything they could to help promote their home town win the bid to win the ...
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Despite appeals by the Obamas and Oprah, Chicago has been fallen out of the running for hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games at the first hurdle, gaining the least amount of votes in the first round of ...
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President Barack Obama has decided to accompany his wife and First Lady Michelle Obama to Copenhagen.
The first couple is representing the United States as the International Olympic Committee decides on a site for the 2016 games.
They're appearing ...
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Being the most successful Olympian of all time can be stressful, so what better way than a few cones to keep things in perspective.
That's apparently how Michael Phelps copes.
Photos of the US Olympic swim star smoking from ...
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Vegas Confidential reported earlier this week that Michael Phelps new girlfriend is Caz Pal, a 26-year-old cocktail waitress at Moon nightclub at the Palms.
According to Norm at Vegas Confidential, her MySpace page lists her hometown as ...
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Saturday Night Live announced their season premiere host: it'll be Olympic supahstar Michael Phelps! Let's hope that this fares better than his pre-/post-performance interviews, where things can get a little awkward. Come September 13th (11:30 pm, on ...
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China has blocked all access to domain registrar GoDaddy, according to a report by censorship blog Moonlight. The block started before the end of the Olympics, Moonlight says, and can be traced to a router within ...
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No doubt, the Beijing Olympics were full of one surprise after another. Here's one final step to seal the package: The nation used "weather modification technology" to try to keep rain away for the ceremonies, a ...
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It was meant to be the event that showed the world how China had evolved, but the latest news coming out of Beijing this final Friday of the Olympics only adds to the list of newly exposed ...
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Here's an Olympic record for you: The International Olympic Committee is handing out a whopping 100,000 condoms at this month's games in Beijing.
Organizers have been upping the number of rubbers every year since they started offering them ...
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