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Emotions high as Olympic torch scales Everest
EVEREST BASE CAMP, China - The Olympic flame reached the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, an emotional moment for China and the crowning of the Beijing Olympics torch relay that was dogged by anti-Chinese protests on its world tour. "Long live Tibet!" and "Long live Beijing!", the climbers, all wearing red, shouted joyously into a TV camera... more
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An all English Champions League Final
Paul Scholes's stunning first-half strike earned Manchester United a nervy 1-0 win over Barcelona at Old Trafford that sent them through to the Champions League final. Scholes put United ahead with a superb long-range effort after a quarter of an hour before Ji-sung Park, Nani and Carlos Tevez all went close. Lionel Messi proved a constant... more
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"Ultramarathon Man"
SANTIAGO - Fresh from winning a 155 mile (250 km) endurance run across Chile's arid Atacama desert, Dean Karnazes has come a long way since he hit a midlife crisis and had an epiphany at the bottom of a tequila bottle. The equivalent of four times around the earth, to be precise -- running. The self-styled 'Ultramarathon Man' estimates he... more
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Olympic Chief Vows Free Speech Defense
BEIJING - Calling freedom of expression an absolute human right, the president of the International Olympic Committee said that athletes at the Summer Games in Beijing would be allowed to speak without restriction at some Olympic sites and that he had insisted that Chinese officials begin fully enforcing a new media law that promises journalists... more
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Euro-Files: Spain
At the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland this summer, Spain coach Luis Aragones will be hoping his side can break their tag of perennial underachievers. Since winning the European Championships in 1964, La Furia Roja have failed to progress further than the quarter-finals in six European Championships and 12 World Cups. And... more
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Beckham targets 100th cap
WATFORD - David Beckham, who is set to win his 100th England cap on Wednesday, said he thought his international career was all over when former coach Steve McClaren dropped him after 2006 World Cup finals. Beckham will become only the fifth England player to reach the 100th cap landmark if he plays as expected in Wednesday's friendly... more
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Europe, Australia oppose games boycott
BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia - Amid escalating violence in and around Tibet, the message from around the world was clear: "Let the games begin." European nations and Olympic committees said Monday they opposed a boycott of the Beijing Games over China's handling of the unrest in Tibet. And most everyone else who spoke out, from Russia to the... more
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English clubs suffer in UEFA Cup football
PARIS - England's night of UEFA Cup action ended in penalty shootout defeats for both Tottenham and Everton while Marseille's elimination ended France's participation in European club action this season. Competition favourites Bayern sailed through at the expense of Belgian club Anderlecht but English hopes must now bank on Bolton winning at... more
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Don’t call us…
They may be big names whose presence at UEFA Euro 2008TM is widely expected, but here are four stars whose coaches may have other ideas... Deco (Portugal) This might sound absurd but some Portuguese fans say Luis Felipe Scolari shouldn’t take Deco to Euro 2008. His technique and industry drove Portugal to the Euro 2004 final and the... more
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Opposition stalls plans for global English Premier League
LONDON - Opponents of the English Premier League's global expansion plans have won a major victory in their fight to prevent regular season matches being played in cities around the world. Faced with fierce opposition from FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation as well as misgivings from England's own Football Association, the EPL bowed to... more
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