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Beijing Olympics Coverage

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1NorwayNOR
16
8
13
37
2ROCROC
6
12
14
32
3GermanyGER
12
10
5
27
4CanadaCAN
4
8
14
26
17AustraliaAUS
1
2
1
4

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  • SportAustralian Associated Press

    Football greats, Olympic champions to join Hall Of Fame

    The new Sport Australia Hall Of Fame inductees feature Johnathan Thurston, Tim Cahill, Lydia Lassila and Kurt Fearnley ahead of the annual function on Oct 16.

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  • SportAustralian Associated Press

    Garside leads Aussie boxers on Olympics hunt

    Harry Garside will get his chance to secure an Olympics return as one of 13 Australian boxers competing at next month's Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands.

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    Olympics a big topic at NBA media days as Kevin Durant, more stars show interest after pledges from LeBron James, Stephen Curry

    Plenty of public commitments were made to Team USA from big names across the league, while other stars had more distinct responses.

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  • SportAssociated Press

    India & Pakistan on track for cricket gold-medal showdown at Asian Games. Could foreshadow Olympics

    India and Pakistan moved closer to a potential Asian Games showdown for the gold medal in cricket after picking up victories on Tuesday in the quarterfinals. Any match between Pakistan and India draws a massive television audience and will be influential as the International Olympic Committee ponders cricket being added to the program for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The cricket final on Saturday, however, could be overshadowed by the start of the Cricket World Cup in India, which opens on T

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    Longtime ESPN, baseball and Olympics writer Jim Caple dies at 61

    Jim Caple worked at ESPN for close to two decades and spent time at The Athletic, the St. Paul Pioneer-Press and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer during his career.

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  • SportAssociated Press

    Warriors star Klay Thompson is open to playing for the Bahamas in the Paris Olympics

    Warriors star Klay Thompson would seriously consider playing for his father's native country of the Bahamas in the Paris Olympics next year. “That'd be cool,” Thompson, 33, said at Monday's media day, “because my dad never got the opportunity.” The Golden State guard won a gold medal with the U.S. team at the 2016 Rio Games and would have to go through several steps to become eligible to play for another country — such as having a passport from the Bahamas, being released by the Americans and

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  • NewsAssociated Press

    Olympic leader Bach explains policy on helping Russians compete to Ukrainians at world athlete event

    Comparing the plight of Ukrainian athletes with those in another war-ravaged country Yemen, IOC president Thomas Bach explained to Olympic athlete groups Monday its policy on helping Russians compete with neutral status before the 2024 Paris Games. The International Olympic Committee invited a global selection of athlete representatives to a two-day meeting while sports bodies work to shape their neutrality rules and assess individual Russians who want to return to international events and qual

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  • SportAssociated Press

    Kevin Durant is in. Steph Curry wants to play. NBA stars have the Paris Olympics already in mind

    Kevin Durant just got done with his summer vacation. Stephen Curry is among them. Durant — along with many other top players, including Curry, the all-time 3-point king — said Monday at media days being held around the league that he plans to play for his country at next summer’s Paris Olympics, when the Americans will try for a fifth consecutive gold medal.

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  • NewsAssociated Press

    Olympic Stadium in Athens closed for urgent repairs after iconic roof found riddled with rust

    A new inspection has been ordered at the stadium that hosted the 2004 Athens Olympics after rust was found along the iconic arched roof, forcing the site to close, government officials said Monday. The 70,000-seat Olympic Stadium, Greece’s largest, and nearby Olympic Velodrome are covered by white-ribbed steel roofs designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava — similar in style to much of his later work, including the Oculus Transportation Hub in downtown New York. The two Greek sports fa

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  • SportAssociated Press

    Forced kiss claim leads to 'helplessness' for accuser who turned to Olympics abuse-fighting agency

    When former elite fencer Kirsten Hawkes reached out to her childhood coach for advice about starting her own fencing club, their meeting immediately turned awkward. Then, as she and the coach were saying good-bye, he forcibly kissed her — “stuck his tongue in my mouth,” Hawkes told investigators. Hawkes filed a complaint against the then-assistant coach with the U.S. Paralympic team to the U.S. Center for SafeSport, which is tasked with combatting sex abuse in Olympic sports.

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