| Ponting expects Twenty20 to be Olympic event | | 2008-08-28 13:48:00 | |
Author: knightriders
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:48 pm
Ricky Ponting
Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Wednesday it is only a matter of time before Twenty20 cricket is part of the Olympic Games.
Just days after the completion of the Beijing Games, Ponting said it was "inevitable" the game's newest form would become an Olympic event given its popularity in the sub-continent.
Ponting, who also called for a portion of the international cricket calendar to be kept free for Twenty20 tournaments, was speaking here Wednesday night at a dinner to celebrate 100 years since the birth of Donald Bradman.
"I actually think it's inevitable Twenty20 cricket will be an Olympic sport," Ponting said.
"You think about the audiences in the sub-continent, 22 or 23 per cent of the world's population is based in that area.... | | By: BrightCricket | | |
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| SEMINOLE WARRIORS BOXING INKS US OLYMPIC TEAM ALTERNATE DANNY O'CONNOR | | 2008-08-26 22:48:38 | | JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT PROSPECT TO MAKE PRO DEBUT ON SEPTEMBER 17th
HOLLYWOOD, FL, August 26 – With the 2008 Olympic Games now in the history books, it's time to look towards the future, and Seminole Warriors Boxing has kick started its run towards the best young talent in boxing today by signing the pride of Framingham, Massachusetts, [...]... | | By: Fight News Unlimited | | |
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| Simon’s Olympic Dash | | 2008-08-26 11:30:15 | | Simon has been training for the “Pets with Special Needs Olympics” in the 50 meter dash which took place right here in our house last night. As you can see he had a little slip about half way through, but still managed to finish the race to the roar of the crowd and take home [...]... | | By: mydogshavefleas.com | | |
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| U.S. Men’s Basketball Wins Gold in an Instant Olympic Classic | | 2008-08-24 05:31:27 | | I just watched the best basketball game in 2008 from 2:30 a.m. to 4:20 a.m.!
Team USA beat Spain 118 - 107 in an instant Olympic and basketball classic. Finally breaking an 8-year Gold Medal drought for USA Men's basketball. If you were expecting a blowout at the hands of the U.S. you were mistaken. This was a 12-round heavy weight fight and Spain brought everything they had for 38 minutes.... | | By: The Recliner GM Sports Blog | | |
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| Philippines failed to win any Olympic Medal | | 2008-08-23 03:01:09 | | The 2008 Beijing Olympics will be closing tomorrow night at 8:00 PM (GMT 8). Unfortunately, the Philippine team didn’t win any medal. Too bad
Anyway, congratulations to all our Filipino Athletes for making this far:
Mark Javier (Archery)
Henry Dagmil & Marestella Torres (Athletics)
Harry Tañamor (Boxing)
Rexel Ryan Fabriga & Sheila Mae Perez (Diving)
Eric Ang (Shooting)
Daniel Coakley, [...]... | | By: ihyagi dot com :: me, Korea & the Web | | |
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| Olympic Advice for Small Business Owners | | 2008-08-22 11:33:47 | | If you’re like most Americans, you’ve spent the past two weeks glued to the television watching everything from gymnastics competitions to beach volleyball matches in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. So what can you take away from all that couch time besides some truly thrilling sports moments?
According to business coach Susan L. Reid, each Olympic [...]
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| Michael Phelps - Best Olympic Athlete of all time? | | 2008-08-22 10:39:32 | | Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer and 14-time Olympic gold medalist (the most by any Olympian), who currently holds seven world records in swimming.
Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics; a total of eight, surpassing Mark Spitz, also a swimmer.[3] Overall, Phelps has [...]... | | By: Everything in Between | | |
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| US Olympic Athetes with Crohn's - Carrie Johnson and Tairia Flowers | | 2008-08-22 08:59:00 | | It just dawned on me that after reading about two olympic athletes with Crohn's in Sports Illustrated, that I never created a blog post. So sorry if I am a bit late to the game keeping my peeps in the Crohn's loop on this one. Carrie Johnson of the women's kayaking team and Tairia Flowers US Softball infielder are the two US Olympic Athlets with Crohn's Disease. As a soccer player, runner and athlete I have a lot of respect for these two women and their accomplishments. It's hard enough to make it to the olympics in any sport. Anyone up for some new sports? I think I can take anyone in Speed Pooping! I heard they are considering adding "Hovering" at the 2012 Olympic Games in London!So about the athletes:Tairia Flowers is representing the United States at the Olympics for the second time in her career this summer in Beijing, where she will play first base and catcher for the gold medal favorites. Flowers, who married a former UCLA basketball player, was limited in Athens by a Crohn's di... | | By: Living with Crohn's Disease | | |
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| Peru’s Last Shot at an Olympic Medal is Knocked Down. | | 2008-08-21 19:22:47 | | Peter Lopez, a former U.S. Taekwondo team member and dual citizen of the United States and Peru, was Peru’s final hope for an Olympic Medal on Thursday. Peter made it to the Bronze medal match after being beat out by his friend and Taekwondo colleague, Mark Lopez of the infamous and controversial Lopez family. It [...]... | | By: Pan 2007 | | |
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| Moroccan Olympic News Flash! | | 2008-08-21 06:11:00 | | Two Moroccans have qualified in the first round of the women's 1500 metres. Bitissam Lakhouad and Siham Hilali running in different heats have both come third. Hilali managing a season best of 4:05.36. Her previous mark was 4:15.54 at the World Indoor Championships, in Valencia.Bouchra Chaarbi in the third heat ran bravely but was outclassed by a very fast field and finished in the final position.Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news... | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
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| Leryn Franco's Pictures | Olympic Web Crush | | 2008-08-20 18:54:00 | | Leryn Franco - the new Olympic Web Crush. During the opening ceremony of this years 2008 Beijing Olympics, many had intrigued with the stunning and gorgeous beauty of Leryn Franco, an olympic javelin thrower from Paraguayan and a commercial model. Americans was amazed by the beauty of this Paraguayan goddess. I do agree that she was indeed beautiful in her own ways, and I can't blame myself for having a crush on her. *blush*Here are some of the stunning picture's of Leryn Franco during the 2008 Beijing Olympics:Leryn Franco's PicturesYou can check this for 2008 Beijing Olympics Results: 2008 Beijing Olympics Medal Tally Count, Updates and Results, 2008 Beijing Olympics | Medal Tally Count, Updates and Results | Chant | Pictures and Logos... | | By: The Blogger and The Blog | | |
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| Wednesday Off-Base Diary: Olympic Edition | | 2008-08-20 12:12:43 | |
We've got a long way to go until the game tonight. This is my attempt to hold your attention until 7:05.
As it turns out, there is at least one woman in American who is non-plussed by Michael Phelp's abs: USA Swimming teammate Amanda Beard:
When asked if she ever kissed Michael, Amanda answered, "Ew, no!" Held hands? "Ew, no! Not even that." Even the mere suggestion that Michael might be attracted to her inspired an "ew-that's-so-nasty" response.
"C'mon, I have really good taste," she told the radio hosts. "He's not really my type, personally." Laughing, she added, "I go for a little bit different-looking guys."
Ouch. To be honest, Amanda, you aren't looking so hot lately, either:
No offense.
In case you missed this today, Usain Bolt is freakin' fast:
Once again, the Jamaican blew away the field, but this time he ran through the finish and with a 19.30 broke Michael Johnson's world record.
Asked if he is the greatest sprinter in history, Bolt replied, "I don't need to answer that. ... | | By: A League of Her Own | | |
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| Beijing Olympic Medal Update | | 2008-08-20 05:20:54 | | Get update of the Beijing Olympic Overall Medal Standing for the top 10 ranking.China and US are on the close contest for the top one rank. China has the most number of gold medals besting 44 gold, 14 silver and 19 bronze for the total of 77 medals, but bracing second to US who garnered total medals of 79 with 26 golds, 26 silver and 27 bronze. Russian Fed. hanging in third place with a total of 43 medals; 11 gold, 14 silver and 18 bronze. Great Britain, Australia and France huddled in 4rth, 5th and 6th rank respectively. Great Britain garnering 16 gold, 10 silver and another 10 bronze while Australia has 11 gold, 12 silver and another 12 bronze and France with 4 gold, 12, silver and 14 bronze. Germany comes in 7th rank with 11 gold, 8 silver and 4 bronze.. Another two countries in Asia; Korea and Japan makes it to the 8th and 9th with Korea having 8 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze while Japan with 8 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze. Italy in the 10th rank garnered 6 gold, 7 silver and 7 b... | | By: Rich Stuff for Real Bucks | | |
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| John Major's Olympic long termism! | | 2008-08-20 05:12:17 | | It is the long held view by continental Europeans that the UK suffers from short-termism with respect to business planning and civic development. Most governments in Britain don't see past a ten year period. Mostly, I think, this is because, like Blair and Thatcher, they do ten years and the grey-suited men get restless. The grey suits seem only keen to let Buggins get his turn. The rest of us have to make do.Once in a while a bit of strategic thinking breaks through. John Major, no doubt prompted by the likes of Lords Coe and Moynihan, thought that the only way to win big at the Olympics was to INVEST LONG TERM! Wow! Did he do right or not? I'd say he did. He arranged for part of the Lottery money to go to sport, and the rest is history as they say.Why not do the same (long term strategy) for the railways, housing, retail, the lot. Then we would know what was happening 25 years ahead. A continental friend told me recently that the UK was "crap at project management". Maybe she's right... | | By: A View from Middle England by Arden Forester | | |
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| Olympic fever hits the pocketbook | | 2008-08-19 20:30:55 | | Ok, so we now have a new hero or should I say a group of heroes, the Olympic athletes. Michael Phelps now has sponsers up the ying yang and you can even get his photo on a visa gift card. Pictured here:
Has this Olympic fever gotten out of hand? Personally I would love the equestrian sports. I thought that this picture of one of the riders and his horse during the jump offs for the individual... | | By: The Gossip Hound | | |
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| Summer Olympic Champ Michael Phelps’s Secret: Lil Wayne not Speedo Swimwear | | 2008-08-19 17:55:00 | | Hmmmm....interesting....they kept talking about the Olympic swimmers swimwear, they keep talking about those new age, NASA-tested Speedo swimsuits Micheal Phelps and his Olympic teammates are wearing, the Fastskin LZR Racer. These swear that these sleek, fancy-looking Speedo swimsuits are the reason for the US swimmers’ successes and world record-breaking victories. Well, I got something to say about all this...Okay, peeps, yeah, thoses Fastskin LZR Racer swimsuits are nice but did any of you catch yesterday’s nightly news on NBC, Michael Phelps was interviewed by NBC's Brian Williams and he said before the swim contest begins he listens to Lil Wayne... Well, there it is...there you have it...straight from the horses mouth... THE SECRET to Summer Olympics swimming champion Micheal Phelfs’s success is Lil Wayne...yes...yes...I know you are dumbfounded to hear this earth-shattering news but I’m only the conveyer, the truth had to be told. Oh, there’s more...just in, “Lil Wayn... | | By: Glendell's Art And Music | | |
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| 2008 Olympic Papercrafts - Update | | 2008-08-19 11:18:42 | | We're more than halfway to the 2008 Summer Olympics and Epson HK just now decided to release the second part of their Olympic papercrafts. This time around there's more full on 3D papercrafts including taekwondo, swimming, baseball, men and women's gymnastics, track and field, boxing, synchronized swimming, water...... | | By: Papercraft | | |
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| Linux Beijing Olympic 2008 | | 2008-08-19 09:18:00 | | Completamente impregnado de espírito olímpico, O maior desenvolvedor de Linux na China e detentor de muitas medalhas de ouro, Nos dá uma bela chance para subirmos ao pódio para download de uma edição especial do RedFlag Desktop, totalmente personalizado com o tema Beijing Olympic 2008.O produto é um LiveCD com 665MB trazendo o KDE 4.1 já customizados para você competir com seu Windows. Entre os componentes principais: O RedFlag tem o Kernel 2.6.25, Firefox 3.0 e Wine 1.0 sem contar ainda com as aplicações comuns ao Linux.Download AquiWeb site: http://www.redflag-linux.com/eindex.htmlFonte: DistrowatchEsta edição tem suporte para o Inglês e variações do Chinês tradicional.... | | By: Balbinux Distribuições e divulgação de Linux | | |
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| Phelps claims Olympic-record eighth gold medal with relay win | | 2008-08-18 20:15:00 | | BEIJING (AP) -- Michael Phelps locked arms with his three teammates, as though they were in a football huddle calling a play, then hugged each one of them.It took a team to make him the grandest of Olympic champions. And one last big push from Phelps himself.Going hard right to the end of a mesmerizing nine days in Beijing, Phelps helped the Americans come from behind Sunday in a race they've never lost at the Olympics, cheering from the deck as Jason Lezak brought it home for a world record in the 400-meter medley relay. It was Phelps' history-making eighth gold medal of these games."Everything was accomplished," he said. "I will have the medals forever."Phelps sure did his part to win No. 8, eclipsing Mark Spitz's seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Games.Aaron Peirsol got the Americans off to the lead in the backstroke, but Brendan Hansen -- a major disappointment in this Olympic year -- slowed them down with only the third-fastest breaststroke leg.By the time Phelps dived in ... | | By: Nice Reading | | |
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| Gold Medal Winner Olympic Dog | | 2008-08-18 15:43:29 | | Breed: Lap Dog
Location: Beijing, China
Caption : With US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps setting the world on fire with his record number of gold medals, this waterlogged pooch just wants his share of the attention or maybe a treat or two.... | | By: LolDawgz - Dog Humor | | |
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| Pilates Helps Boxer Win Olympic Gold | | 2008-08-18 09:35:00 | | Boxer Andre Ward won the Olympic Gold Medal for the United States in the 2004 Athens Games. Before these games Ward added Pilates to his training regimen. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Ward's trainer Virgil Hunter added Pilates and stability ball exercises to the "old standbys such as running stadium steps, jumping rope and sparring". Says Ward, "I use Pilates to strengthen my core, which creates balance and leads to velocity." Tags: Pilates, Sports, boxing, olympics, gold medal, andre ward, lynda lippin
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| Olympic medal tally by per head of population | | 2008-08-18 06:56:00 | | The Beijing Olympics has been a showcase of the rise of China, and this is reflected in the medal tally. Over the coming decades this tally will only increase as the Chinese better manage their population and sporting institutions.With a traditional medal tally the powerhouse nations always top the list, but I often wonder about the smaller nations that over-achieve. The Economist have also pondered this and have produced a medal tally from the 2004 Olympics by per head of population.Note how the Caribbean and Eastern European countries fare.Source: Top Olympic countries
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| Reiki Helps Cyclist Win Silver Olympic Medal | | 2008-08-17 16:27:00 | | photo by PETER MEECHAM/Fairfax MediaOn Saturday night New Zealand cyclist Hayden Roulston won a silver medal in the men's individual pursuit. Roulston came in second to reigning world champion Bradley Wiggins of Britain. According to Stuff.co.nz, "For Roulston, 27, it marked the end of a bumpy journey which included two brushes with law and a health scare that had forced him into early retirement."About 2 years ago his doctors told him to stop competing lest he aggravate a heart condition. Roulston didn't listen. Instead he tried Reiki healing, which he credits for keeping his heart healthy and getting him to Beijing. He believes in it so much that he vrought his Reiki practitioner with him to China, in the same way that others may bring in a Pilates teacher or personal trainer.Hey, Reiki works!Tags: Reiki, Sports, News, cycling, olympics, beijing, hayden roulston, lynda lippin
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| (Not So) Olympic Moment #16 | | 2008-08-17 14:01:50 | | Gymnast Paul Hunt (in his persona Paulette Huntsonova) does a floor exercise in 1988. Not quite the Olympics, but I thought you'd enjoy it.Also see some real Olympic Moments.... | | By: Miss Cellania | | |
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| Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei lost to Lin Dan China - Beijing Olympic | | 2008-08-17 08:41:00 | | Our Malaysian hopes for the first time ever gold medal was gone. Our Badminton Star, Chong Wei, lost to Lin Dan straight two sets game. However, Chong Wei looks depressed and nervous facing the world's famous star Lin Dan.Even though they had the 50-50 chance, but now the results show that Lin Dan has the consistencies in controlling the game. More and more mistakes Chong Wei makes, gave points to Lin Dan. So, the Beijing Olympic Badminton gold medal goes to Lin Dan from China. I think that silver medal own also was a very big achievement in the Malaysia Badminton arena. I wonder what Dato' Nadzmi the BAM President would say about this lost. But hey, credits goes to Chong Wei performance. Kudos!... | | By: What's Up | | |
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| Chong Wei: Malaysian 1st Olympic Gold Medalist? | | 2008-08-16 12:35:00 | | Rashid Sidek is no longer a legend. Someone has taken over the mantle as Malaysian most successful badminton player. He is non other than LEE CHONG WEI! His feat surely has made Malaysian proud.
Misbun Sidek: I'm not your RM 1 MIllion!
With at least a silver to content after battling past gritty South Korean Lee Hyun-il in the semis, Chong Wei final hurdle to Malaysian sporting immortality is
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| How Olympic athletes get their fuel | | 2008-08-16 10:50:21 | | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- If carb-loading were an Olympic competition, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps would probably medal there, too. His day starts with three cheese-tomato-onion-fried egg sandwiches, an omelet, three powdered-sugar-covered slices of French toast, a bowl of grits and three chocolate chip pancakes to top it off, according to news reports.Swimmer Michael Phelps, who set the men's 200-meter freestyle record at the Olympics, packs in the calories.Phelps told reporters earlier this week he was instructed to eat between 8,000 and 10,000 calories every day. Other news reports put the total as high as 12,000 calories.This sounds extreme, even to some dietitians. But Olympic athletes' nutritional needs do vary widely according to their sports and body sizes, and swimming for long periods of time will naturally burn a lot of calories, experts told CNN.Phelps' intake is just what his appetite requires, said Nancy Clark, a sports nutritionist in Boston, Massachusetts. iReport.com: ... | | By: DrEddyClinic -project - Complementary and alternat | | |
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| Abhinav Bindra won India its first ever individual Gold medal in Beijing at the Olympic | | 2008-08-16 05:49:23 | | India's Abhinav Bindra won a gold in men's 10-metre Air Rifle event in Beijing. Bindra shot 104.5 to take his total to 700.5 in the final. This is India's first ever Olympic gold in any individual event and ninth in total. Bindra, the 25-year-old businessman from the northern city of Chandigarh, followed his world championship title two years ago to finally win a landmark gold medal for his country.Despite its huge population, India's Olympic medal total coming into the Beijing Games was a mere 15. Only once in the 112-year history of the Olympics had India claimed more than one medal in a single Games.You can get more information about Abhinav Bindra on WikipediaUntil Bindra's triumph, India's only gold medals had come in the sport of field hockey and the last of those was won in 1980.In one of the most thrilling shooting finals in Olympic history, Bindra overcame a two-point deficit against Hakkinen and one point against Zhu after the qualification rounds to annexe the title.Going in... | | By: Analog and Other Stuff | | |
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| China’s fake Olympic fireworks | | 2008-08-15 00:39:27 | | Like had been reported last week about this year’s Olympic broadcasting high-tech would be, we did not guessing that a Chinese press and media would uncover the fact that in the opening ceremonies some of the fireworks were actually CGI animation. A 29 footprint-shaped fireworks series really did “march” across Beijing last Friday night, but [...]... | | By: News Media to Share | | |
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| Tibet Activists Protest Near the Olympic Park | | 2008-08-14 15:08:23 | | I shot the above video around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday outside the Chinese Ethnic Culture Park, where a small group of Tibet activists were holding a demonstration. (Here’s my piece today for time.com on Olympic protests.) The first attempt at unfurling a banner on the overpass was apparently a diversionary tactic, so the other demonstrators [...]... | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| OLYMPIC SPORT QUIZ | | 2008-08-14 11:59:00 | | You Are BoxingYou are assertive, strong, and downright aggressive.You have the power to demolish your opponent...And you have the endurance to make sure the job is finished.What Olympic Sport Are You?It is that time again where the Olympics are everywhere, and taking over our programmes!So i thought i may as well join in a bit with this fun quiz.I like the sound of my meaning funnily enough, and although i have never done boxing, i would like to!... | | By: Mummy Diaries | | |
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| Mobile: Live Olympic: Yahoo, Google | | 2008-08-14 08:12:51 | | http://mobile.yahoo.com/2008games?refer=a00528
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| Beijing 2008 Olympic Medal Tally Updates | | 2008-08-14 03:00:00 | | This is for all people who wants to be updated with the latest medal score on the ongoing Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in China.This is the real time olympic medal tally results. Thanks to NBColympics.comGet this Widget!Real Time Medal Tally WedgitCopy and paste it to your website!... | | By: Angat ang Pinoy | | |
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| More on the Olympic men’s field | | 2008-08-13 12:33:22 | | I’m sitting here watching the Women’s team final (go U.S.A!!!) and surfing, and have come across a bit more info on the Men’s Olympic Trampoline competition. Acrobatic Sports has a detailed preview of the Men’s competition, including the official starting order for the preliminary round (which I’ve included below for easy reference) and some in-depth [...]... | | By: Pan 2007 | | |
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| The Olympic Games | | 2008-08-13 07:55:01 | | How are you enjoying the Beijing Olympic Games so far? My favourite events (shared by many I’m sure) would be gymnastics, track & field athletics (sprints in particular), diving and swimming. Lately I’ve been watching a lot of weightlifting, beach volleyball, archery, fencing and judo.
I’ve never been a fan of long distance events but I [...]... | | By: Growing Happiness - Journey to greater happiness | | |
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| McCain tries to trash Obama - Olympic style! | | 2008-08-13 04:05:07 | | John McCain's people are all about negative advertising, it would appear. We are to suppose that the average American is sitting watching TV thinking "Gee, this Obama is a screwball! I won't vote for HIM!" I have this vision of young Kevin from the Wonder Years as his dad tries to watch the TV news so he can give his squabbling family his take on the world's problems. Kevin shrugs his shoulders as usual!Surely all this is a waste of time. Americans are crying out for a new way forward. Obama is the only one available that will give positive action in this direction. This response from Tucker Bounds, a McCain spokesman, is disingenuous in the extreme. He says McCain is "focused on ensuring that voters have the best information possible to make an informed decision on Election Day." I doubt that very much. However, if the US media was not so strapped down to the floor by advertising moguls and corporate lobbyists, then I would believe him. However, the real world suggests he is wrong. I ... | | By: A View from Middle England by Arden Forester | | |
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| Olympic Games Quotes 2 | | 2008-08-12 22:35:00 | | “When badminton was accepted into the Barcelona Olympic Games it showed that there was an acceptance of my sport internationally.”“The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast programme of physical education and sports competitions for all young people.”“For too long the world has failed to recognise that the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement are about fine athletics and fine art.”“The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.”“The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.”... | | By: Gusher's Quotes en' Jokes en' More | | |
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| Olympic Games Quotes | | 2008-08-12 22:30:00 | | “So you wish to conquer in the Olympic games, my friend? And I too, by the Gods, and a fine thing it would be! But first mark the conditions and the consequences, and then set to work. You will have to put yourself under discipline; to eat by rule, to avoid cakes and sweetmeats; to take exercise at the appointed hour whether you like it or no, in cold and heat; to abstain from cold drinks and from wine at your will; in a word, to give yourself over to the trainer as to a physician. Then in the conflict itself you are likely enough to dislocate your wrist or twist your ankle, to swallow a great deal of dust, or to be severely thrashed, and, after all these things, to be defeated.”“The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”“Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.”“It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to... | | By: Gusher's Quotes en' Jokes en' More | | |
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| Mario pushes Olympic gold medalist to victory | | 2008-08-12 21:03:22 | | That up there is Kosuke Kitajima of Japan. He's just won a gold medal for swimming the breaststroke extremely quickly in that ongoing sporting event you may have heard about.Congratulations are in order then, but what's his secret? Strict 5am starts? Hours of training a day? A controlled diet? All three, we'd imagine, but also: Mario.It turns out that Kitajima likes his Wii, specifically Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, which he cites as an influence. "See, Mario does the breaststroke," explained the swimmer to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. "And thus, it's perfect mental training for envisioning the actual Olympic hall." Sega can spend all it wants on marketing its ubiquitous game, but that's as good as free publicity gets.[Via Kotaku]
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| Young Chinese Olympic Gymnasts Reduce Olympic Games To Childsplay | | 2008-08-12 15:22:00 | | They bring serious threat to the U.S. gymnastic team, yet they have everybody talking for a different reason: China's Olympic gymnasts looks young... very young. They may not only young, but be young too, according to sources.The New York Times' Harvey Araton questioned the seemingly young girl's age and went on to suggest what is happening: "When in North America, do as the North Americans do (overreact). When in China, do nothing. For better or worse, these are the shrug-and-don’t-tell Olympics, undoubtedly because it would be considered impolitic to embarrass the Chinese after they went to such great expense to throw the world this lavish party."MSNBC's coverage of the events suggested that the girls began to train for this Olympic quest when they were only 3 years old. What country or parent would drive their children to this kind of success? The Chinese gymnasts are probably not even old enough to understand the success of their careers, or even possibly the many schooling oppo... | | By: Life Consistency | | |
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| Photos of Girls only from the Olympic Games - hottest girls pictures! | | 2008-08-12 11:44:00 | | As I have previously posted about female fans watching sports from Euro Girls, now I am going to share some images of the athletic girls who actually do sports especially in Olympics Games.Olympics Beijing 2008 has the latest examples for sport women winning medals in almost all kinds of sports.so here you can find pictures of girls from all the world with variant types of sports.Olympic GamesSwimming GirlsGymnastics GirlsHokey GirlsDiving GirlsBasketball GirlsFootball GirlsVolleyball Beach GirlsPictures of Girls
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| Long Beach Real Estate Agents and Olympic Stories | | 2008-08-12 10:30:00 | | It's the Olympics! I think the Olympics are an absolutely amazing set of events. The fact that they happen only once every 4 years makes it even more of a marvel. The best of the best throughout the entire world compete to see who will be crowned champion.
Sometimes even more interesting than the...
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| Lenovo Offers Olympic Branded USB Range | | 2008-08-12 10:00:44 | | Lenovo, in its capacity as an official sponsor of the Olympic Games has released a couple of limited edition USB drives. These drives have been released under the Mascot series and are priced at $29 for 4 GB. In all, six drives have been released with their front side printed with a Fuwa image. Apart from this, the company is offering a 1 GB titanium limited edition drive that comes with a... | | By: Latest Info | | |
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| Which Olympic sport are you?? | | 2008-08-12 09:51:29 | | You Are Archery
You are a bit of a traditionalist. You like old fashioned things with deep traditions.
You also like to see the result of your accomplishments right in front of you.
If practice...
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| Nike’s Olympic Basketball ad | | 2008-08-11 11:22:56 | | Here is the new Nike ad promoting the Olympic basketball team. It features the late great Marvin Gaye and of course the USA basketball team.
There isn’t really anything special about the clips of the USA players in the video but Marvin Gaye’s performance of the National Anthem is what made me post [...]... | | By: Sportfiends | | |
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| Beijing Olympic Cheerleaders are bootiful | | 2008-08-11 10:21:16 | | I love cheerleaders. Always have and always will.
So what happens when you put together worldwide competitions like the Olympics and our favorite women in the world? You get cheerleaders who are extremely above average!
Here are some of the cute cheerleaders of this years Olympic competitions. If this doesn’t spur patriotism, I don’t [...]... | | By: Sportfiends | | |
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| Tim Tsui & Alice Chan – Coke Olympic Pins | | 2008-08-11 02:30:54 | | To celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Coke selected two Chinese artists – Tim Tsui and Alice Chan to design trading pins for the historic event. Togther they designed a total of twelve pins which will are available at the Olympic Village. So you can’t get them if you arnt there =\ But [...]... | | By: Imprint TALK: Asian Pop Culture Blog | | |
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| India’s First Olympic Individual Gold Ever | | 2008-08-11 01:25:22 | | Excerpt taken from Times of India
World champion Abhinav Bindra clinched India’s first ever individual gold medal at the Olympics, winning 10m air rifle event at the Beijing Games here on Monday.
The 25-year-old, who qualified fourth for the event, shot an overall score of (596+140.5) 700.5 in a thrilling finale which went right down to [...]... | | By: Social Cause India | | |
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| I can hold my tongue no more - the Olympic coverage is rotten | | 2008-08-09 23:22:27 | | One of my most favorite events to watch in the Olympics is the equestrian events. After all what women can resist a horse? We all wanted a pony as a child so it is only natural to watch horse events. That being said I am an avid horse sports enthusiast. I tend to know most of the rules about the different horse sports. Well I can't seem to find the equestrian events on TV so I went to watch the... | | By: The Gossip Hound | | |
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| Top Olympic Gadgets | | 2008-08-09 17:39:36 | | With the Olympic finally underway there is a giant buzz around athletic gadgetry. There have been crazy amazing advances in the way athletes train these days, in part due to these Olympic Gadgets. In this video you get a chance to learn about :
The Nike Pre-Cool Vest
The Addidas Lone Star (Track Cleat)
2 Lbs Super Lightweight Javelin
The Hoyt Bow and Arrow
Speedo Laser
Gotta love these state of the art Olympic Gadgets!... | | By: Mobile Tech | | |
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| China’s Other Olympic Team | | 2008-08-09 16:08:34 | | Like any other major city in China, Hong Kong has dutifully supported and contributed to the Beijing Games, and nationalist sentiment has not been wanting. We’ve been screening the immigration lines for dodgy looking Tibetans and their grad school Western friends (sorry fellas, but you can’t rock an orange t-shirt with skin that white). [...]... | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Google simplifies mobile Olympic news | | 2008-08-09 15:08:25 | | With easy to find info, Google is helping to bring the 2008 games to your phone…
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iBeginShare.attachButton('share-tool-180247766', {title: 'Google simplifies mobile Olympic news', link: 'http://www.simmobilez.info/google-simplifies-mobile-olympic-news/', content: 'http://www.simmobilez.info/?ibegin_share_action=get_content&id=24541'});... | | By: Free Shared Mobile | | |
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| Watch Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Online For Free | | 2008-08-09 11:10:40 | | Watch Beijing 2008 Olympic sports match for free with CCTVOlympics. You can watch it with no registration needed. For those whom countries only broadcast of paid TV and you’re not subscribe to, this is a good news plus why you should pay to watch it when you can watch it for free? (i keep repeating [...]... | | By: The Land Below the Wind | | |
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| Olympic 2008 Beijing Opening Ceremony | | 2008-08-09 07:50:00 | |
Beijing Olympic 2008
This is just a post for me to show what I am currently catching at. Hope you can watch it as well and it's definitely worth the time. OK, stop with the text, enjoy the clips taken from the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic 2008.
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Disclaimer: These are not clips originally from me. It may takes a while for the clips to finish load. Enjoy....... | | By: johntmh | | |
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| The Olympic opening ceremony - BORING | | 2008-08-08 23:53:52 | | I just finished watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics and I was very disappointed. It was in one word - BORING. Yes is was spectacular but very uninteresting. The acoustics were the worst I have heard in a long time. Their sound system made my ears hurt. The American media pumped the spectacle up for the last few days and now I know why, for the ratings. I sure do hope that the... | | By: The Gossip Hound | | |
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| Ad Wars: Obama's Olympic "Hands" | | 2008-08-08 14:20:24 | | Remember to check out our YouTube channel, Political Realm TV, which now has more than 100 subscribers and over 600 videos.The Obama campaign released today their 30-second spot that will run during NBC's Olympic coverage. "Hands" is a 30-second spot that focuses on Obama's alternative energy push, calling it a "new vision for our economy." The spot projects a spirit of optimism, touting American innovation, and should play well for Olympic audiences--it's unlikely that either campaign would dare run a negative ad during an event like the games. The campaign dedicated $5 million to their Olympic buy, while McCain's team purchased $6 million in broadcast air time. McCain's team, meanwhile, launched it's third negative "celebrity" ad today that is expected to be circulated into the campaign's battleground buy. "Painful" mocks Obama as an out of touch elitists (please don't tell me we're going down that ridiculous road again), noting, "life in the spotlight must be grand, but for the r... | | By: Political Realm | | |
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| Former California all-American, U.S. Olympic softball player Vicky Galindo | | 2008-08-08 13:43:37 | | As the Olympics get set to begin later this week in Beijing, we continue our Olympic focus on the Double-A Zone by talking with American softball player Vicky Galindo. Galindo was a 2006 graduate at California, where she led the Bears to three Women???s College World Series appearances. The third baseman also was a two-time [...]... | | By: Pan 2007 | | |
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| Lenovo created the Beijing Olympic torch | | 2008-08-07 20:07:34 | | And i thought Lenovo was only into computers…. i was wrong…
One of China’s biggets PC manufacturers was chosen among 300 nominations for the design of the Beijing 2008 Olympic torch.
Relying on the same design process used to engineer Lenovo PCs, 10 members of the award-winning Lenovo Innovation Design Center (IDC) worked for more than 10 [...]... | | By: Buddy Blogs | | |
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| Follow Morocco's Olympic campaign. | | 2008-08-07 18:15:00 | | Less than 24 hours before the opening of the 29th Olympic games of Beijing (August 8-24), Moroccan sportsmen and women are gearing up to forge a path to the Olympic podium.Morocco, which has partaken in the games since 1960, aspires to add up more medals to its collection of 16 in athletics and 3 in boxing.This year Morocco will compete in seven sports: athletics, boxing, Tae kwon do, judo, fencing, archery and swimming. This year, 47 sportsmen, including 4 Judokas, 3 Tae-Kwon-Do athletes, 2 fencers, a swimmer and an archer will be flying the flag for the KingdomAthletics and boxing have always been Morocco's big hopes in Olympic Games. Morocco reaped its first Olympic medal in Rome thanks to Marathon runner Abdeslam Radi who gave the country a silver medal in 1960. Twenty-four years later in Los Angeles, Said Aouita and Nawal El Moutawakil were crowned Olympic champions in the 5,000m men race and 400m women hurdles race respectively.In 2004, Hicham El Guerrouj achieved what many consi... | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
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| A very special date 08/08/08 for world and for Beijing Olympic Too 08 August,2008. | | 2008-08-07 16:04:53 | | Hi guys , lot is talked about 8 August 2008 .As i know Chinese Olympics inauguration also get stated on 08/08/08 at 8 p.m and 8 minute.In Chinese culture its really an very luck day and this thing also show on timing & date selection.On a numerological level, the number eight represents the evolution of life. The two perfect circles together are a symbol of learning the lessons of Earth before transcending to a higher spiritual dimension, therefore transforming the material pot of gold to spiritual prosperity. This signifies birth and death with a need of spiritual involvements and understanding to be able to acquire the riches of the Earthly existence. The two circles that make up the number eight, when viewed horizontally, show as a symbol for infinity and eternity.I think best thing is just wait for next 24 hours and see whats coming for us as i know every time these kind of dates came .Every one start talking about it..But one thing which is disturbing me more is the origin of... | | By: SKYWATCHER:VIDEO BLOG | | |
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| Pre- Olympic 2008 Beijing thought | | 2008-08-07 12:41:00 | | MTV
Tomorrow is a big day for China. The Olympic game 2008 is going to be held in Beijing this time. Despite the natural disaster which had shaken several parts of China due to earthquake and the death of thousands of people, as well as riot by certain race and dissent from certain countries, this so-claimed biggest sports, Olympic 2008 will still be hosted by China and is going to be a really big event throughout the world.Live version
Unfortunately, I am unable to watch the opening cerem... | | By: johntmh | | |
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| Hot News: Chery Hybrid for Beijing Olympic | | 2008-08-07 09:08:00 | | Chery is to launch its first hybrid models at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.Developed in co-operation with British firm Ricardo, the new hybrid is based on Chery’s existing A5 saloon. Two different hybrid models will be used at the Olympics. One is a stop-start hybrid that uses a 12V ‘belt starter-generator’ linked to the A5’s 107bhp 1.6-litre petrol engine to run the ancillaries when the car halts and the engine stops. Chery claims that the car offers fuel savings of around seven per cent i... | | By: My Blog | | |
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| President of Nokia China - Olympic Torch Bearer | | 2008-08-07 08:23:09 | | With only one day to go until the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Nokia China is very proud to share the happiness and joy of the Games with the entire Nokia family. Colin Giles, President of Nokia China, has participated in the final Beijing leg of the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay. Beijing leg is both the beginning and ending point of the entire China torch relay, and thus holds a symbolic importance for the Games. Colin ran today as the 17th torchbearer of the Ba Daling Great Wall leg. “This was a huge honor for me,” said Colin. “Participating in the Torch Relay was one of the most memorable and important moments in my life and I will cherish it forever.” “Nokia is all about connecting people, so we are proud to be part of this wonderful connection as we witness great changes in Beijing,” added Colin. “The torch relay is a bridge that brings together different countries and different races in the spirit of friendship and peace. My hope, and Nokia’s hope, is to help more peop... | | By: Symbian News Channel - By SymbianSandy | | |
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| Gene Doping: Wrong for Beijing Olympic Athletes but Right for Your Grandchildren? | | 2008-08-07 01:14:00 | | By Andrea UseemHere’s a peek at the Summer Olympics of the future: a swimmer racing with genetically lengthened arms, artificially widened nostrils (for more efficient breathing), and surgically enlarged webbing between his fingers. Sounds scary, right? Not to Andy Miah, who teaches bioethics at the University of the West of Scotland and outlined this exact scenario in a Washington Post op-ed this past Sunday, calling it “only natural.”Enhancing ourselves is only human, Miah argues. After all, the early Greeks ate mushrooms to improve their sports prowess. “We need to abolish our current anti-doping rules and embrace a performance policy that recognizes the merit of using human enhancements,” writes Miah. He thinks this should include the newest form of enhancement, gene doping, which uses cells or genes to improve athletic performance. (Check out this info-graphic from Science News to see how it sometimes works.) Read More
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| Get Ready for Olympic Games 2008 Beijing | | 2008-08-06 11:37:00 | | The opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing will be held in the Beijing National Stadium on 8 August 2008. The Beijing National Stadium has nicknamed the "Bird nest" because of its nest-like skeletal structure. Athletes from around the world will come to the games. They will compete in 302 events in 28 sports. Games of the XXIX Olympiad during 16 days and 17 nights from the 8th August to 24th August 2008.Indonesian can wacth Opening Ceremony Olympic Games 2008 on TVRI. You can also watch some sports event on TVRI from August 8 to August 24, 2008.Opening Ceremony Olympic Games 2008 BeijingFriday, 8 August 2008 at 19.30 WIB live on TVRI
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| Olympic Medal Count Map | | 2008-08-06 11:01:00 | | The New York Times has an awesome interactive map that shows the medal counts for the various countries that have participated in the Olympics over the years. Obviously in the 1904 Olympics there wasn't much competition for the USA.via
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| Olympic Baseball Rule Change | | 2008-08-06 05:49:48 | | Olympics new: IBAF changes rules for extra innings. Extra innings will have a new look in what could be baseball's last Olympic appearance. Each team's at-bat in the 11th inning and beyond will begin with runners on first and second bases. Teams may start the 11th at any point in...... | | By: Outhouse Rag | | |
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| Olympic Poodle Bloggers | | 2008-08-05 21:37:44 | | Checked in with Beijing Olympic Fan today to see what's new and learned: [...] the weirdest event ever to be held at the Olympics has got to be poodle-clipping. It only featured in one Games in Paris in 1900. A...... | | By: And One | | |
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