12/02/2008
2016 Olympic host candidates to make presentations Friday (TSN)
ISTANBUL, Turkey - The four cities vying for the 2016 Summer Games get the chance Friday to make their case to the regional group with the most influence - and most votes - in the Olympic movement.
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12/02/2008
Michael Phelps is SI Sportsman of the Year (Moldova.org)
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, who won a record-setting eight Olympic gold medals this year, was selected the 2008 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.Phelps, 23, was involved in seven world records -- some of the performances came as part of relay teams -- in the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing and has collected a record 14 gold medals in his career.He is the first swimmer to win the honor. His ...
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12/03/2008
Police eye ships for 2010 security housing (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Canadian police are again looking to use cruise ships to house security officers during the 2010 Olympics, even though their first attempt at such a plan fell apart amid a cost dispute.
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12/02/2008
IOC rejects free-to-air bid for 2014-16 Games (CNN)
GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) -- The IOC has rejected a bid by Europe's public broadcasters to buy rights to show the 2014 Winter and 2016 Summer Olympics, the European Broadcasting Union said Tuesday.
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12/02/2008
IOC rejects bid by Europe's free-to-air stations (Sports Illustrated)
GENEVA (AP) -- The IOC has rejected a bid by Europe's public broadcasters to buy rights to show the 2014 and 2016 Olympics, the European Broadcasting Union said Tuesday.
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12/02/2008
Chinese anger at France unravels relations with Europe (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
BEIJING — Relations between China and Europe have frayed suddenly, and a caustic diplomatic row has given way to suggestions that China is again targeting France as a favored whipping boy.
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12/03/2008
Dalai Lama meeting strains China-Europe ties (Miami Herald)
Relations between China and Europe have frayed suddenly, and a caustic diplomatic row has given way to suggestions that China is again targeting France as a whipping boy.
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12/02/2008
UPI NewsTrack Sports (UPI)
NFL suspends 6 for 'masking agents' ... Burress at stadium for medical treatment ... Quinn to have surgery on finger ... Michael Phelps is SI Sportsman of the Year ... Sports news from United Press International.
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12/02/2008
Michael Phelps is SI Sportsman of the Year (UPI)
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, who won a record-setting eight Olympic gold medals this year, was selected the 2008 Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year.
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12/03/2008
The Games may be up for BBC as bidding war starts (Times Online)
Fifty years of Olympic Games coverage on the BBC could come to an end in 2014 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) vowed yesterday to tear up the way television rights are sold across Europe.
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