Canada's Eric Lamaze jumping at Beijing chance
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After missing the 1996 and 2000 Olympics over failed drug tests, Canadian show jumper Eric Lamaze believes he is finally heading for his Olympic debut in Beijing.
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Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics.
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The new leader of Canada's Liberal Party pledged Sunday to honor the country's commitment to the Kyoto protocol if he unseats Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an election expected next year.
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A cold snap brought snow to the Chinese capital this week, but the freezing temperatures did nothing to slow the frenzied preparations for the Beijing Olympics as the 200-day countdown approached.
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The Canadian government is negotiating to secure passage out of China for 44 North Korean refugees currently seeking asylum at the embassy in Beijing, a foreign
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As a child, Lin Ju lay in bed at his parents&#39; home in the Fujian province of China and dreamt of representing his country in the Olympic Games. Yesterday at the Galatsi Hall, the venue for the table tennis competition, that dream came true almost exactly ...
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Houston Rockets&#39; Tracy Lue (L2) goes for a shot during the second pre-season match with Sacramento Kings in Beijing, capital city of China, Oct. 17, 2004.
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The NBA flew more than 100 people halfway around the world for its first games in China this week. Chinese-born star Yao Ming was there with the Houston Rockets for games against the Sacramento Kings.
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Astana - Xianggang (Hong Kong), September 30 KAZINFORM - China has called on Canada to turn over more than 40 North Korean defectors who are staying at the Canadian embassy in Beijing.
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Zhuang Zedong is highly unlikely to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in August 2008, but there was a time when he would have been the natural choice.
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BEIJING  - A group of as many as 18 people entered the Canadian Embassy on Wednesday, using ladders to scale a wall of the compound, a police officer said.
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CHENGDU, China - Americans get up for the big events - the Olympics, for instance, or the Super Bowl.
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ATHENS (CP) - Canada had its biggest one-day medal haul at the Athens Olympics on Saturday, picking up a medal of every colour on the eve of the Games finale.
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As the widespread coverage of Yi  Jianlian&#39;s NBA move reaffirmed China&#39;s love affair with  basketball, a first-round pick from the 2004 NFL draft was in  Beijing on Friday to promote &quot;America&#39;s favorite sport.&quot;
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Gymnastics The Chinese powered their way to another men's gymnastics world championship yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany, and now the questions are: Can anyone catch them in time for the Olympics in Beijing, and if so, how? Led by their champion, Yang Wei , China routed the competition for its third straight world gold medal - and eighth overall - scoring ...
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ATHENS - Canada won two more medals yesterday, bringing our tally to nine as the Olympic Games enter their final weekend. Canadian athletes are in the hunt for more medals today with the hope of at least tying
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They won't be at Olympus next year without an act of Congress, which is as unlikely as Dennis Hastert landing a quadruple salchow. Tanith Belbin won't make the citizenship changeover from Canadian to American until after the Winter Games, so for her and ice dancing partner Benjamin Agosto, the road to Turin, Italy, is a dead end.