Sports Briefing | Olympics: Norwegian Keeps Seat on Board
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Gerhard Heiberg of Norway, the Olympicsâ top marketing official, was re-elected yesterday to the powerful executive board of the International Olympic Committee, defeating three other candidates. Heiberg, who oversaw the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway, won on the first round of a secret ballot. He received 49 votes and was followed by Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr. of Spain with 22 votes, Mustapha Larfaoui of Algeria with 15 and Anita Defrantz of the United States with 6.As head of the I.O.C. marketing commission, Heiberg is responsible for negotiating sponsorship deals with global corporations.
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Eirik Veraas Larsen had no problem winning his heat in the K-1 500m semifinals on Thursday morning, and is now favourite to win the Saturday final.
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Turin, Italy (Sports Network) - Valentino Castellani, the chief organizer of the Turin Winter Olympic Committee, has resolved a dispute with government officials over control of the games and changed his mind about resigning.
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ATHENS, 26 August - Comments from Dwight PHILLIPS (USA), John MOFFITT (USA) and Joan Lino MARTINEZ (ESP). &quot;I think I was ready to go as far as I needed to win.
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International Olympic Committee   president Jacques Rogge says preparations for the 2008 Beijing   Games are on track but feels good use of the time remaining is   vital for a well-organized Olympics.
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Although Paralympic sports have been integrated with the Olympic movement in countries such as Canada, Germany and Great Britain for some time, Paralympic athletes&#39; roles in the USA still are growing.
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Norwegian flight in an unexplained assault that police say could be linked to his asylum status. flying seven passengers from Narvik to Bodoe in northern Norway.
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Europe's top sports bodies won a first battle to keep control of their games on Wednesday but a struggle with the European Commission over how sport should be run across the 27-nation bloc looks set to continue.
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Norway defender John Arne Riise claimed the Scandinavians let Scotland off the hook during their World Cup qualifier at Hampden on Saturday.
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Beijing should not wait too long to complete venues for the 2008 Olympics, a top official from the International Olympic Committee said in the capital yesterday.
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Britain's Kelly Holmes stays on track for a medal double as she qualifies for  the 1500m semi-finals.
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ATHENS, Greece - Winning on whitewater runs in the family for Frenchman Benoit Peschier, though an Olympic gold is something new. Peschier paddled his one-man kayak aggressively but penalty free in both his semifinal and final runs on the manmade Olympic ...
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American gymnast Paul Hamm can keep his Olympic gold medal, despite a scoring error at the Olympics.
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Olympic chiefs have ruled out cutting ticket prices despite poor attendances.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should he keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.    The Court of Arbitration for Sport convened to hear the appeal from a South Korean gymnast who believes he was unfairly deprived of the gold in the men's all-around event in Athens last month because of a scoring error...
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This morning as Britain awakes, Kostas Kenteris and his training partner, Katerina Thanou, will be asked three questions by the disciplinary commission of the International Olympic Committee. These will determine whether they deliberately ...
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Steffen Iversen&#39;s penalty in the 55th minute lifted Norway to a 1-0 victory Saturday over Scotland in their Group 5 World Cup qualifying group.