Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 11, 2008 12:25:17 AM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: Olympic Games

Stories

Stories 21 - 40 of 55

<< Prev 1 2 3 Next >>
  • February 2008

    • Brit Olympians Hit With Gag Order on China

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Feb 10, 08 9:04 AM CST

      Brit Olympians Hit With Gag Order on China

      (Newser) - British athletes headed to the Beijing Olympics are being required to sign a controversial document barring them from criticizing the Chinese government, reports Britain's Daily Mail . They must promise "not to comment on any politically sensitive issues," said a spokesman for the British Olympic Association, which wrote the contract. Athletes who refuse to sign won't be allowed to travel to the August games, he told CNN. More »

      Tags

      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games

    • Freeze of Century Grips China

      Reuters  |  Feb 4, 08 4:56 AM CST

      Freeze of Century Grips China

      (Newser) - First it was the snow, now it's the cold wreaking continued havoc in China, leaving millions stranded and millions more without power in the coldest winter in a century. President Hu Jintao chaired an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss rescue efforts in the nation where scores have died, as desperate migrant workers struggled in vain to return home to their families in time for the Lunar New Year. More »

      Tags

      China  • Beijing  • Olympic Games  • Hu Jintao  • Shanghai  • winter storms  • Guangzhou

  • January 2008

    • China Shines Image for Olympics

      Der Spiegel  |  Jan 30, 08 2:29 PM CST

      China Shines Image for Olympics

      (Newser) - With less than 200 days to go before the Summer Olympics, Der Spiegel takes an in-depth look at China’s feverish preparations and finds a sprawling bureaucracy working overtime to project the perfect image to the world. But while Beijing might clean the smog, and even prevent rain, making communist China look like an open and free society won’t be easy. More »

      Tags

      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • human rights  • Olympic Games  • Communist Party  • Chinese athletes  • Olympians

    • Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

      Associated Press  |  Jan 11, 08 12:25 PM CST

      Judge Sends Jones to Slammer

      (Newser) - A federal judge threw the book at Marion Jones today, sentencing the disgraced Olympian to 6 months in prison for lying about steroid use and participating in a check-fraud scam. Jones begged the judge not to separate her from her family, and prosecutors said they were okay with a zero-month sentence. Instead, the judge gave her the maximum sentence recommended in her plea deal. More »

      Tags

      steroids  • Olympic Games  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • BALCO

    • 'Bowman the Showman' Found Dead

      Associated Press  |  Jan 11, 08 2:50 AM CST

      'Bowman the Showman' Found Dead

      (Newser) - Former US figure skating champion Christopher Bowman was found dead yesterday in a Los Angeles motel room, AP reports. Authorities suspect a drug overdose. Bowman, 40, won US figure skating titles in 1988 and 1992 and wowed the crowds at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics. His flamboyant personality and exuberant performances won him the nickname "Bowman the Showman," but his life off the ice was troubled. More »

      Tags

      Olympic Games  • overdose  • skating  • figure skating

    • Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

      Washington Post  |  Jan 1, 08 10:51 PM CST

      Gatlin Gets 4-Year Ban

      (Newser) - Olympic 100-meter champion Justin Gatlin won't be competing this year in Beijing—or in any other track and field meet—after receiving a four-year ban for a failed drug test in 2006. The sprinter had been arguing his case, saying, for one thing, that a prior doping charge shouldn't count as his first offense, reports the Washington Post. More »

      Tags

      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Olympic Games  • track and field  • testosterone  • Justin Gatlin

  • December 2007

    • Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      Der Spiegel  |  Dec 22, 07 6:14 AM CST

      Nazi Architect's Son Has His Own Designs

      (Newser) - It’s hard to make a name for yourself when you share a name with your father, harder when the father was a famous Nazi architect and friend of Hitler. Urban planner Albert Speer constantly battles the association, keeping a low profile, and, though he has made his mark worldwide, avoiding Berlin. Now, he has his sights on bringing the 2018 Winter Olympics to Munich. More »

      Tags

      Germany  • Nazi  • Olympic Games  • architecture  • Adolf Hitler  • urban revitalization  • Munich  • Albert Speer

    • Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40

      Associated Press  |  Dec 16, 07 3:31 PM CST

      Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40

      (Newser) - A plotter in the 1994 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan died this week of natural causes at age 40, the AP reports. Brian Sean Griffith, ex-bodyguard to figure-skating Olympic hopeful Tonya Harding, confessed to helping organize the attack on Kerrigan days after it happened. Griffith served 14 months and later changed his name from Shawn Eckhardt to start a new life. More »

      Tags

      obituary  • scandals  • Olympic Games  • assault  • attack  • skating  • figure skating  • Nancy Kerrigan  • Tonya Harding

  • November 2007

    • Marion Jones Falls Further

      Associated Press  |  Nov 24, 07 2:44 AM CST

      Marion Jones Falls Further

      (Newser) - Disgraced sprinter Marion Jones will have her results in races dating back to September 2000 wiped from the record books, reports the AP, under orders from track and field's world governing body. She's also been ordered to give back $700,000 in prize money. The IAAF council decided to retroactively disqualify Jones from all competitions in the last seven years. More »

      Tags

      steroids  • Olympic Games  • athlete  • performance-enhancing drugs  • track and field  • Marion Jones  • athletics

    • Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

      BBC  |  Nov 11, 07 7:11 PM CST

      Italian Soccer Fans Riot After Shooting

      (Newser) - The police shooting of an Italian soccer fan sparked riots and police clashes across the country today, the BBC reports. Hundreds in Rome torched a bus, smashed cop cars, and attacked a police barracks. In Milan, one game was stopped when angry fans tried to storm the field; more violence erupted in southern Italy at lower league games. "It was a tragic error," a police chief said of the killing. More »

      Tags

      Italy  • protests  • police  • soccer  • Olympic Games  • Rome  • riot  • Milan  • Tuscany

  • October 2007

    • Fading US Sway Leads to Darfur, Burma Inaction

      Time  |  Oct 15, 07 3:25 PM CDT

      Fading US Sway Leads to Darfur, Burma Inaction

      (Newser) - Diminished US influence is allowing human rights violators in Darfur and Burma to get away with murder, Harvard expert Samantha Power writes in Time . America is speaking up louder than ever, but Uncle Sam’s diplomatic nadir makes for “a void in global human rights leadership.” China has most influence over both pariahs, importing Sudanese oil and exporting weapons to Burma. More »

      Tags

      China  • Burma  • Darfur  • human rights  • Olympic Games  • genocide  • US

    • Chinese Prez Rips Corruption

      BBC  |  Oct 15, 07 3:50 AM CDT

      Chinese Prez Rips Corruption

      (Newser) - China's President Hu Jintao blasted the "extravagance and corruption" of some Communist officials at a key party congress today as he warned that the nation's promise has "fallen short" of public expectation. He also cautioned that "independence" forces were growing stronger in Taiwan and that the island must return to Beijing rule. But Chinese leaders will "make every effort to achieve peaceful reunification," he vowed. More »

      Tags

      China  • Olympic Games  • Taiwan  • Hu Jintao  • Communist Party  • Xi Jinping  • Li Keqiang

    • IOC Will Move Quickly to Strip Jones of Medals

      Associated Press  |  Oct 5, 07 2:24 PM CDT

      IOC Will Move Quickly to Strip Jones of Medals

      (Newser) - The International Olympic Committee announced today that it is ready to make a speedy move to strip Marion Jones of the three gold and two bronze medals she took home from the 2000 Sydney Games. Now that Jones has pled guilty, IOC vice-president Thomas Bach intends to "accelerate and speed up the procedures," the AP reports. More »

      Tags

      Olympic Games  •