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• Hopman Cup 2010: Elena Dementieva Ready for Another Russian Triumph

  
  WTA Women's Tennis — Authority: 492
  Hopman Cup 2010: Elena Dementieva Ready for Another Russian TriumphElena Dementieva will play at the Hopman Cup for the first time in her career in 2010.Dementieva will be playing for Russia and It’s well known how much she enjoys playing for her country. She has 32 appearances for Russia in Fed Cup and winning ...
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• USOC narrows field for new CEO to two

  
  L.A. Times - California | Local News — Authority: 750
  USA Swimming Chief Executive Chuck Wielgus and former U.S. Olympic Committee Acting Chief Executive Scott Blackmun are the two remaining candidates for the USOC’s CEO position, according to sources. The USOC board of directors will choose the new CEO in early January. The decision is expected to be announced the ...
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• Director of Beijing Olympics opening ceremony remakes Coen brothers film

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  A well-known Chinese film director has returned to the big screen with his first comedy - a remake of the Coen brothers Blood Simple - that has drawn the crowds despite sharp criticism.
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• Oz experts’ surprise over England Commonwealth ‘pull-out’, say security ‘perfect’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  Sydney, Dec.30 (ANI): While England has threatened to pull out of the 2010 Commonwealth games in New Delhi, Australian security advisors have expressed surprise and underlined that security arrangements for the competition were more than adequate.Australian Commonwealth Games Association’s chief executive, Perry ...
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• Usain Bolt: the greatest player of the decade?

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  In the last of our series, Simon Hart salutes the worlds fastest man.
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• 2009 - End of Year Reviews – MIDDLE DISTANCES - IAAF

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 143
  2009 - End of Year Reviews – MIDDLE DISTANCES - IAAF However, at the Beijing Olympics he had forgotten his recipe of success: He let the other runners set “the race agenda” and was duly eliminated in a slow semifinal. But Kaki learned his lesson and was back with a vengeance in 2009 putting together Source: ...
  3 days ago

• A PC Case Mod Design Inspired by the Beijing Digital Building

  
  Walyou — Authority: 660
  PC Case Mods are the one thing most modders are extremely obsessed about, and several interesting and some weird PC case mods are have come up in the recent past. The designer, Nick Falzone, was inspired by the Digital Building in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and came up with this Chiaroscuro PC Case Mod. ...
  3 days ago

• In One Decade, China Reshapes The World [Aided and Abetted by The West?]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  <p>For China, this decade was a time when the massive nation began to reshape the world in both basic and big ways.</p><p>GUANGZHOU, China - Chinas bold rise this decade took many forms. The Beijing Olympics. The billions of dollars loaned to the U.S. The rip-roaring economic growth.</p> ...
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• Top 5 China events of the decade (for me)

  
  The Peking Duck — Authority: 415
  A week ago the Shanghaiist asked me if I’d prepare an end-of-year or end-of-decade list of what were for me the top 5 China-related event. Now that the post has been up on their site a few days, I’m reprinting it here for posterity. These are not necessarily the most important things that happened. The ...
  3 days ago

• Top 20 moments of the decade: Michael Phelps eight gold medals at Beijing Olympics

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 964
  Were Michael Phelps eight golds in Beijing sports highlight of Noughties?
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• Hottie Swimmer is On the Market — Waiting for Me

  
  The Slanch Report — Authority: 519
  Back during the Beijing Olympics, I fell for Australian swimming sensation Stephanie Rice, and I know that if she were to meet me she’d feel the same way. She must have sensed that because, since the Olympics and her breakup with a fellow swimmer she has been linked to several men but according to her, none of the ...
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• CHIRANJEEVI

  
  THE WORLD PORTAL — Authority: 133
  CHIRANJEEVI The crisis on Indian state Andhra Pradesh politics is continuing. Now Praja Rajyam Party chief and Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi was resigned from the state assembly to fight for united Andhra. He also announced that he would begin a hunger strike in support of a united Andhra at Tirupati. He was ...
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• Public Showing More Confidence in Successful 2012 Olympics

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 153
  A nationwide survey shows that public support for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012 remains high, with confidence that the UK will stage a successful Games growing to 79 per cent from 76 per cent last year. With just under three years to go, over three-quarters (75 per cent) of people are pleased ...
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• Chilean weightlifter surprised by unexpected birth

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 517
  A Chilean Olympic weightlifter who didn’t know she was pregnant gave birth to a baby boy while training. Chilean Olympic weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete, 22, was training at a gym in São Paulo on December 8 in an effort to move up from the 75 kilogram weight class to the 85 kilogram weight class. Poblete ...
  2 weeks ago

• This is Exactly Why I Don’t Work Out

  
  The Slanch Report — Authority: 519
  Chilean Olympic weightlifter Elizabeth Poblete had quite the surprise during her training the other day. While practicing lifts, she unexpectedly gave birth to a baby boy! Earlier in the week, Poblete had said she felt unwell but she was “shocked” to find out in fact that she was pregnant. The boy, born 3 months ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adieu, Juan Pierre! Adieu!

  
  Paul Oberjuerge — Authority: 128
  From the other side of the world, it looks as if the Dodgers and Angels are sort of melting away. The Angels let free agents Chone Figgins (Seattle) and John Lackey (Boston) join key rivals. The Dodgers have allowed Randy Wolf and Orlando Hudson to walk. But the Dodgers did something right today. Addition by ...
  2 weeks ago

• Giant panda’s genome code reveals its carnivorous side

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 740
  London, December 14 (ANI): The complete genetic sequence of the giant panda has revealed the iconic Chinese bear’s carnivorous side, by finding that the animal has all the genes required to digest meat, but not its staple food, bamboo.According to a report in Nature News, an international team of scientists ...
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• Dinged by the rings? - National Post

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 143
  CBC.ca Dinged by the rings? National Post … the price cant be beat and neither can the location: The hostel is a short walk from Thunderbird Arena, site of qualifying Olympic hockey games. … REGIONAL: northerntel sponsors Olympic "contender" Timmins Times all 210 news ...
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• Sullivan wants swimsuit records erased

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 459
  Leading Australian sprinter Eamon Sullivan says it would be “incredibly stupid” to retain the world records set by swimmers in the suits which have now been banned. Beijing Olympic 100m freestyle silver medallist Sullivan was one of several top Australian swimmers modelling Speedo’s new LZR Racer Elite suit on ...
  3 weeks ago

• EDITORIAL : Is bad news not so bad in China? - Taipei Times

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 143
  EDITORIAL : Is bad news not so bad in China? - Taipei Times Riots had erupted in Tibet in March, prompting Beijing to seal off the region. In the following months, everything from smog and subpar products to the deaths of enormous numbers of schoolchildren in the Sichuan Earthquake put pressure on China’s Source: ...
  3 weeks ago

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