...nation, should be able to handle the Confederations Cup with ease ahead of two massive challenges. Next year it hosts the World Cup in 12 cities across a country similar in size to Europe, and then in 2016 Rio will host the Olympic Games.
...were Ukrainian Olympic pins. Each from a different sport. Mine was synchronized swimming. Having covered the 1996 Olympic Games, I knew how much people coveted these pins. They weren't given away haphazardly. These type of pins are traded...
...to train her four hours a day, aiming for the 1940 Olympic Games at Helsinki. In 1939, she won the Women's Outdoor...was co-host of the event on television at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. She issued a video teaching children...
...said to the executive board that the one big regret in my career is that I have never had the chance to compete in the Olympic Games, but I would happily trade all my seven world titles for the chance of Olympic gold," women's squash No. 1 Nicol...
...saying to myself, 'This is how you'll be at the Olympic Games.'"Simply selecting his musical themes ? "I have...but I think the technique you need to employ at the Olympic Games is to tell yourself, 'I'm here to win.' Simple...
...Greg Norman as an adviser for its national team. China wants to field a competitive team when golf returns to the Olympic Games in 2016 in Brazil.Tianlang isn't alone among budding Chinese stars. Ye Wocheng, 12, qualified for the European...
...so far," she said.Vonn, who won a gold medal in the downhill and a bronze in the Super G in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, underwent surgery several weeks ago to repair two ligaments torn in her right knee during a competition in February...
...out to get them practicing together will require work."I don't expect some of them to become best friends by the Olympic Games, but I'm sure they will grow to respect their teammates," Thibault said.He speaks from experience.Thibault...
...They've won 12 Grand Slam doubles titles, finished No. 1 for eight of the past 10 years and competed in three Olympic Games, winning gold last year in London.But the chance to defend that gold will keep them in the sport for three more...
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