Singapore and Moscow in David v Goliath Youth Games race
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday will announce the host city of its inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics, an event aimed at forging a new generation of Olympians.
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When Phil Mickelson tees off in the first round of the $4 million Singapore Open on Thursday, the American world number two will be fulfilling an ambition he has held since he was a boy.
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As nations jockey for the North Pole, London starts a race for the South, just in case there are minerals to exploit
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Australia&#39;s Stuart Appleby and Briton Lee Westwood set the pace in the second round of the Sun City Golf Challenge as they moved to three under par after eight holes on Friday.
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ATHENS -- Allyson Felix is 18 years old, is missing a week of college classes, and is traveling with parents who are concerned about her diet. Oh, and one other thing: She won the silver medal in the 200-meter dash last night at the Olympic Games.
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The Olympic image could be damaged by allegations that children as young as 12 are being employed to make officially licensed products for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. That's the message Wednesday from Chen Feng, deputy director of marketing for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, who has summoned four manufacturers to Beijing to answer charges of labor-law violations in the making of Olympic goods.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The International Olympic Committee said Monday it has received bids from London, Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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Russia and China - former Cold War foes - will hold an unprecedented military exercise in the second half of 2005. The war game, involving naval ships and aircraft, will take place on Chinese territory, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said.
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Olympic leaders voted yesterday to create a Youth Olympics meant to lure children from computer screens and onto the playing fields. The first such event is planned for 2010 for 3,200 athletes, ages 14-18. It would be the first major global sports festival created by the International Olympic Committee since the advent of the Winter Games in 1924. All Olympic sports would be represented, but with fewer events. Jacques Rogge, the I.O.C. president, said some new, youth-oriented sports might be introduced. Details must be worked out, but the first Youth Olympics would be a summer games, and the site will be chosen in February.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman to qualify for the women&#39;s 100 meters second round at the Olympic Games here on Friday.
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Five cities vying to stage the 2012 Summer Games reveal their hands this week as Olympic chiefs scrutinize their plans for holding the world&#39;s greatest sporting extravaganza.
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MALACCA'S Alia Anin Azwa Bakri proved that age is but a number when she won the Open and Under-14 gold medals - the first of the 2nd National Women Games - at the National Sports Complex in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
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A race for the ages is in prospect at next year&#39;s Helsinki world championships if three of the world&#39;s great runners stay fit, healthy and focused.
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Kelly Holmes holds up her Olympic medals as Britain&#39;s team parades through London. Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images. Thousands of people lined the streets of central London today to pay tribute to Britain&#39;s
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Tatiana Golovin is another marvel from Moscow. She is only 16, already on the verge of the top 20, and even more different than she sounds.
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NEW YORK  - Midway through the race  between Olympics past and present, this year's edition is  outrunning its predecessor from four years ago.
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Windsurfer wins a series of races, and pays homage to Israeli athletes slain in Munich in 1972. By Josh Mitnick | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor.