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Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede (AP)
Stampeding fans swarmed -- and in some cases scuffled -- in an attempt to reach sales windows Friday to get the final batch of tickets for next month's Olympics. With thousands of fans lined up to buy tickets, some tussled at a site where officials opened additional sales windows, causing some to stampede ahead of others in a bid to buy some of the 250,000 tickets that went on sale throughout the...
Israeli runner out on bail in Ethiopia (Reuters)
A 53-year-old Israeli Olympic athlete arrested in northern Ethiopia on fraud charges was released on bail on Friday, a regional prosecutor said.
Breakdown for Group D (Reuters)
Following is a team-by-team breakdown of Group D.
Breakdown for Group C (Reuters)
Following is a team-by-team breakdown of Group C.
Breakdown for Group B (Reuters)
Following is a team-by-team breakdown of Group B.
Breakdown for Group A (Reuters)
Following is a team-by-team breakdown of Group A.
Club row overshadows Brazil's trophy bid (Reuters)
Uncertainty overshadows the Olympic soccer tournament after European clubs defied soccer's governing body by saying they were not obliged to release players.
Factbox on triathlon (Reuters)
Factbox on triathlon at the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics:
Factbox on tennis (Reuters)
Factbox on tennis at the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics:
Federer seeks golden tonic in Beijing (Reuters)
Roger Federer's crown has lost its lustre and a shiny medal of Olympic gold would be very welcome for the king of men's tennis.
Athletes Village prepares for opening (AP)
Although the Olympics are two weeks away, athletes are already arriving in Beijing. The Athletes Village, a sprawling complex of high-rise apartments that will lodge 16,000 athletes and officials, formally opens Sunday. "We want the village to be a cozy place that makes athletes feel like they are coming home," said Deng Yaping, an Olympic table-tennis gold medalist and deputy director of the...
Barca remain defiant in Messi Olympic dispute (Reuters)
Barcelona will only release Argentine forward Lionel Messi to play in the Olympic Games if they are threatened by FIFA sanctions, according to the club's sporting director Txiki Begiristain.
'Art of the Olympians' shows athletes' other side (AP)
Al Oerter was an abstract artist, who also happened to be pretty good at the discus. So good, in fact, that he won gold medals in four straight Olympics to become one of track and field's biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s. Oerter died in 2007, but his final Olympic effort will be headed to the Beijing Games next month.
Brazil's Jo vows to score plenty of goals for Man City (AFP)
Brazilian striker Jo has vowed to repay Mark Hughes' faith and score a hatful of goals for his new club Manchester City next season.
Beijing organisers regret absence of Iraq (Reuters)
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