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BBC News
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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..
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MSNBC
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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..
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CNN
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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..
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CNN
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Roger Federer has a severe stomach virus and has pulled out of an exhibition tournament less than a week away from the Australian Open. Federer told officials at the Kooyong Classic on Monday that he became ill after arriving in Australia last Friday from..
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CNN
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Roger Federer has a severe stomach virus and has pulled out of an exhibition tournament less than a week away from the Australian Open. Federer told officials at the Kooyong Classic on Monday that he became ill after arriving in Australia last Friday from..
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BBC News
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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..
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CNN
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New Zealand rugby officials have angrily dismissed disparaging claims made by French coach Bernard Laporte about their anti-doping policies. Laporte told a French newspaper that he could not be certain New Zealand and England rugby players were drug-free..
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CNN
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Australian Rod Pampling criticized officials for allowing Phil Mickelson to compete in the Byron Nelson Championship after the world number four missed the pre-tournament pro-am because of a delayed flight.
"He could have still made it here," Pampling..
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BBC News
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Pakistan's cricketers are preparing to fly home after Jamaican officials investigating the murder of their coach Bob Woolmer said they could leave.
Players have given police DNA samples and fingerprints as part of the probe.
Two team officials will..
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ESPN
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Jason Kidd was fined $20,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for a postgame rant in which he referred to officials Jim Clark, Tom Washington and Eric Lewis as "three blind mice."..
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