en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/sports/olympic/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/sports/ioc_to_mull_stopping_internation/ The IOC will consider ending the international leg of the Beijing Olympic torch relay as a result of the anti-Chinese protests. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says the issue will be discussed by the organization's executive boa news sports 2008-04-08 08:16:09 http://www.newsique.com/sports/ioc_to_mull_stopping_internation/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/265675608/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Interesting [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/ioc_to_mull_stopping_internation/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_extinguished_durin/ The Olympic torch relay was disrupted Monday by protesters in Paris demonstrating against the Chinese government, causing authorities to twice extinguish the flame and put the torch on a bus, according to The Associated Press. The incident came one day af news sports 2008-04-07 08:12:33 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_extinguished_durin/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/07/oly.torchrelay/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [13] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_extinguished_durin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_welcomes_olympic_torch/ A lavish ceremony has been held to welcome the Olympic torch to Beijing, which is due to host the Olympic Games in August. President Hu Jintao took part in the televised event at Tiananmen Square, holding the torch aloft before passing it to Chinese sp news sports 2008-03-31 08:20:10 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_welcomes_olympic_torch/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7321960.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/beijing_welcomes_olympic_torch/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/london_unveils_2012_olympic_stad/ Detailed plans for the stadium which will host the 2012 Olympic Games in London were unveiled by organizers on Wednesday. The 80,000-seat venue in Strafford, East London will cost 496 million pounds (£I.04B) and will be scaled down to a 25,000 capacity v news sports 2007-11-07 08:14:35 http://www.newsique.com/sports/london_unveils_2012_olympic_stad/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/11/07/olympics.stadium/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/london_unveils_2012_olympic_stad/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/london_olympics_logo_pulled_from/ Animated footage promoting the logo for the 2012 London Olympic Games was removed from the organizers' Web site on Tuesday amid concern it could trigger epileptic fits. The video clip shows a diver plunging into a pool as part of a campaign to promote news sports 2007-06-06 22:10:08 http://www.newsique.com/sports/london_olympics_logo_pulled_from/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/06/olympic.logo.reut/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/london_olympics_logo_pulled_from/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/chicago_advances_in_bid_for_2016/ Chicago beat Los Angeles on Saturday in a U.S. Olympic Committee vote to pick a candidate for the 2016 Summer Games. Chicago, which has never held an Olympics, now will try to persuade the International Olympic Committee that it deserves to be the host news sports 2007-04-15 11:28:40 http://www.newsique.com/sports/chicago_advances_in_bid_for_2016/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266121,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Interesting [18] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/chicago_advances_in_bid_for_2016/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_lit_at_everest_pea/ Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest mountain. Chinese television showed the team of climbers, carrying special high-altitude torches, reaching the summit at 0920 local time (0120 GMT). H news sports 2008-05-08 08:24:30 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_lit_at_everest_pea/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7389102.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_lit_at_everest_pea/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_summits_everest/ A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games. The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadca news sports 2008-05-08 08:22:20 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_summits_everest/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24501387/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_flame_summits_everest/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/assault_charge_swimmer_kicked_of/ An Olympic swimmer charged with assaulting a man in a nightclub incident after the Australian trials was kicked off the Beijing-bound team Friday for bringing the sport into disrepute. Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president John Coates said 20-year- news sports 2008-04-18 08:17:05 http://www.newsique.com/sports/assault_charge_swimmer_kicked_of/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/18/swimmer.ban.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/assault_charge_swimmer_kicked_of/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/tendulkar_opts_out_of_olympic_to/ India cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the Olympic torch relay in New Delhi, just a day before the event. Tendulkar said on Wednesday that a groin injury would prevent him taking part. "I received an invitation from Indian Olympic Associ news sports 2008-04-16 08:08:11 http://www.newsique.com/sports/tendulkar_opts_out_of_olympic_to/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/16/relay.tendulkar/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/tendulkar_opts_out_of_olympic_to/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/chinas_policies_a_tricky_topic_f/ American athletes may not wave Tibetan flags or hold up gloved fists to protest the genocide in Darfur during the Beijing Olympics this summer, but some of them used an Olympic conference Monday to voice their concerns about China's policies. Most athl news sports 2008-04-15 08:14:48 http://www.newsique.com/sports/chinas_policies_a_tricky_topic_f/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/270430150/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/chinas_policies_a_tricky_topic_f/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_says_relay_to_go_smoothly/ Beijing has moved to reassure Olympic officials the troubled torch relay will now go smoothly, after being marred in three countries by anti-China protests. The International Olympic Committee, which met Chinese officials in Beijing, said it hoped the news sports 2008-04-11 08:17:40 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_says_relay_to_go_smoothly/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7342024.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_says_relay_to_go_smoothly/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympics_to_rebound_from_crisis/ The head of the International Olympic Committee has said anti-China protests had created a "crisis" but that the Games in Beijing would "rebound". Jacques Rogge told a meeting of national Olympic committees in Beijing that the Games would succeed. B news sports 2008-04-10 08:16:23 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympics_to_rebound_from_crisis/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7339959.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympics_to_rebound_from_crisis/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_vows_to_keep_torch_on_trac/ Beijing has said "no force" can stop the Olympic flame relay, as it faces protests on the US leg of its journey. Seven demonstrators have already been arrested in San Francisco after tying "Free Tibet" banners to the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge. news sports 2008-04-08 08:19:35 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_vows_to_keep_torch_on_trac/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7335871.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/china_vows_to_keep_torch_on_trac/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_lands_in_san_franc/ The Olympic torch arrived for its only North American stop amid heavy security Tuesday, one day after its visit to Paris descended into chaos and activists here scaled the Golden Gate Bridge to protest China’s human rights record. Meanwhile, Internat news sports 2008-04-08 08:18:09 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_lands_in_san_franc/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23997862/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_lands_in_san_franc/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/amid_protests_olympic_torch_exti/ Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch for a second time on Monday amid heavy protests during the torch relay in Paris. Police escorted the flame onto a bus, apparently to move it away from protesters. The flame was being carried out of a news sports 2008-04-07 08:20:57 http://www.newsique.com/sports/amid_protests_olympic_torch_exti/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23978408/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/amid_protests_olympic_torch_exti/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/raucous_protests_greet_olympic_f/ Demonstrators grabbed at the Olympic torch, blocked its path and tried to snuff out its flame Sunday in raucous protests of China's human rights record that forced a string of last-second changes to a chaotic relay through London. The biggest protests news sports 2008-04-07 08:20:45 http://www.newsique.com/sports/raucous_protests_greet_olympic_f/ SF Gate http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/265341649/article.cgi http://www.newsique.com/sources/sfgate/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/raucous_protests_greet_olympic_f/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_officials_reject_maratho/ Chinese Olympic officials have dismissed Ethiopian world record holder Haile Gebrselassie offer to run in the marathon in Beijing if the venue could be switched. "The course for the marathon has been fixed and there are no plans to change it," said Sun We news sports 2008-03-13 08:16:55 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_officials_reject_maratho/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/13/china.marathon/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_officials_reject_maratho/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/powell_cruises_to_melbourne_vict/ World record holder Asafa Powell made a positive start to his Olympic season on Thursday with an easy win in the 100 meters at the Melbourne Grand Prix. Powell, overcoming a cut knee that has curtailed his training over the past two weeks, finished in news sports 2008-02-21 08:13:41 http://www.newsique.com/sports/powell_cruises_to_melbourne_vict/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/02/21/athletics.melbourne/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/powell_cruises_to_melbourne_vict/#comments http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_will_bypass_taiwan/ The Olympic torch will not pass through Taiwan because negotiators could not resolve differences with the Beijing authorities, officials have confirmed. The two sides disagreed over the route the torch should take on its way to the Beijing Games in 200 news sports 2007-09-21 08:21:51 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_will_bypass_taiwan/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/7005984.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/sports/olympic_torch_will_bypass_taiwan/#comments