British Olympian hits out at China amid gagging row
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A British Olympian risked sparking controversy on Tuesday by calling on China to do more to end the ongoing conflict in Sudan's Darfur region, amid a row over attempts by the British Olympic Association to gag its athletes.
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ATHENS, 21 August - Following his apology to the IOC&#39;s Disciplinary Commission, the Greek lifter Leonidas SAMPANIS, bronze medallist in the 62kg category, issued a statement.
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A Chinese regulator defends one of its country's tyre-makers embroiled in a US row.
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Olympics: The Prince of Wales' decision not to go to Beijing is being used in a campaign to boycott the games
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OLYMPIC 1500m champion Grant Hackett clashed twice yesterday with Australian IOC member Kevan Gosper after the swimmer called for lifetime bans for drug cheats.
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The British Olympic Association has defended an athletes' contract curbing political activity at the Beijing games.
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Sport: Athletics:  Gold winner urges BOA to lift Olympic ban.
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ELEANOR HALL: To China now, and authorities in Beijing have released an Australian man arrested for unfurling a banner that read &quot;No Olympics In China Until Tibet Is Free&quot;.
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Britain have aimed to better their performances in Olympics by enhancing cooperation with China, the host to the next Games. Craig Reedie, Chairman of the British Olympic Association
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Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics say they are looking into reports of child labour and worker abuse.
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British riders will compete in Olympic events in Hong Kong in August despite mounting concerns over heat and humidity that are prompting withdrawals from some events by other nations, a senior official of the British Equestrian Federation said Thursday.
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China has urged Britain to refrain from making &quot;random comments&quot; on Hong Kong, reacting to a report from London saying little democratic progress was being made in the former British colony.
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British Olympic officials insist there is no intention to gag athletes from making political comment in China during the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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London sent off its bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today, calling it a &quot;winning formula&quot; towards snaring the world&#39;s biggest sporting event.
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Britain's swimming coach Bill Sweetenham defends his team's record in Athens.
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China finished sixth in the synchronized swimming team event last week, which is not usually good news. But when your country is using an entire Olympics as a tuneup, sixth is perfectly acceptable.
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The furious coach of Malaysia's world amateur bodybuilding champion Sazali Abdul Samad branded the Asian Games competition a disgrace on Saturday.