Olympic boycott has 'no purpose'
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A call for a boycott of this summer's Olympics in Beijing would not serve any purpose, the Olympics minister says.
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The International Olympic Commiteee announced Sunday to expel Greek lifter Leonidas Sampanis out of the Olympic Games and strip him of the bronze medal he won in the men&#39;s 62kg category at the Games after he was tested positive for a banned substance.
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Claims of a "black hole" in Olympic funding are rejected as MPs prepare to debate the plan to use lottery money.
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ATHENS : If they gave out medals for unhappiness and misery, Olympic gymnastics would provide a podium sweep. It seems everyone involved is peeved at someone, feeling slighted or robbed, and not even gold
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The country is cracking down on reporters, activists, Christians and now a filmmaker. Many say the motivation is to silence dissenters in advance of the 2008 Olympics
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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England boycott the media after criticism of the performance against Austria.
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Britain's 400 metres runner Christine Ohuruogu is to appeal the ban that rules her out of future Olympics, but if that fails she will stop running.
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China hit back on Tuesday at critics of its human rights record, saying the world was using the Olympics, which Beijing will host in August, as an excuse to make a villain out of its government.
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Hungarian hammer thrower Adrian Annus has appealed against the removal of his Olympic gold medal. Annus was stripped of his title after failing to submit to a follow-up drugs test in Athens last month.
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HELSINKI, Jun 20 (IPS) - With barely a year to go before the Beijing  Olympics, a long shadow of labour and human rights violations in  the production of games merchandise has been cast over the global  sporting event.
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The Scottish FA reiterates its opposition to taking part in a British football team at the Olympics.
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US gymnast Paul Hamm can keep his gold medal from the all-around event at the Athens Olympics after the highest review panel in international sports rejected a protest from a South Korean competitor.
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Olympic chiefs have ruled out cutting ticket prices despite poor attendances.
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To the outside world, Londoners are cold, brusque and unimpressed at the prospect of millions of people turning up on their doorstep to watch the 2012 Olympics.
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Terming their explanations for missed drug tests on the eve of the 2004 Summer Games in Athens &quot;unacceptable,&quot; the world governing body of track and field (IAAF) yesterday announced that Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou would be banned
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Athens - Olympic Games medal dreams were gunned down, rescued and put on hold in Athens after a series of protests. Nowhere was the sound and fury greatest than out on the athletics track and in the gymnastics arena.