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Red Olympic mittens relaunched with new design for fall

Red Olympic mittens relaunched with new design for fall

Feeling nostalgic about the snuggly and warm red mittens everyone seemed to be sporting during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver? Well, you’re in luck because the Canadian Olympic Foundation, in partnership with the Hudson&rsqu [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

What if you went to a film premiere and a hockey musical broke out?

What if you went to a film premiere and a hockey musical bro...

Opening nights at the Toronto International Film Festival tend to the self-serious -- cinematic images of Canadian war heroism and Inuit ethnic pride come rushing back, all efforts to cleanse them from our memory rendered futile.  B [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

Winter Games more dangerous than Summer Games for Olympic at...

Attention Olympic hopefuls: If you want to minimize your risk of injury, you’re better off competing in a Summer Games sport than a Winter Games event. That’s the conclusion of a new study that analyzed 287 injury reports fro [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Olympics 2010; At Least One In Ten Athletes Were Injured In ...

According to research found in the esteemed British Journal of Sports Medicine, at least one in 10 athletes sustained an injury during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. Aside, one in 14 fell ill during the games. These [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Snowboardcross proved hazardous to the health of Olympic competitors

Snowboardcross proved hazardous to the health of Olympic com...

Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with 73 per cent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races, according to a medical study. The report, published in the B [...]

Posted On : Sep, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Youth Olympics to be a test of IT infrastructure

WITH just two days to go before Singapore's first ever global sporting event - the 2010 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) - begins, the information and communication technology (ICT) systems that monitor the Games will be as closely watched [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2010 | Comments : 0

Bolt pulls plug on 2010 season

A problem in his lower back that "restricts his ability to generate power to his stride" has force double world record-holder Usain Bolt to pull the plug on his 2010 season with two European meets to go. A release from Bolt' [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Youth Olympics 2010: Victoria Ohuruogu dreams of taking lead role in sister act

Youth Olympics 2010: Victoria Ohuruogu dreams of taking lead...

People even call me Christine, know me as Christine’s sister, and most don’t even know my name, it’s annoying,” Victoria said on the eve of the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, where she will be one of [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2010 | Comments : 0

European Swimming Championships 2010: Karen Pickering predicts 'erratic' results

European Swimming Championships 2010: Karen Pickering predic...

Pickering, who retired in 2005, says that there will be some "erratic" results in the Hungarian capital compared to the 19 medals won by Britain's athletes - but only because the focus for some will be on October's Comm [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

European Athletics Championships 2010: Andy Turner wins 110m hurdles gold

European Athletics Championships 2010: Andy Turner wins 110m...

While many had been touting the claims of William Sharman as Britain’s big hope in the 110 metres hurdles, it was the less heralded man, another rare British battler, who prevailed after Sharman had been disqualified in his semi-fi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Zara Phillips reveals her game plan for 2010 Olympics

Zara Phillips reveals her game plan for 2010 Olympics

Hoping to make her Olympic debut in 2012, Zara Phillips has revealed that she already has a strategy in place. Rather than just competing with one horse, the 29-year-old royal has said she is looking at "two or three" in he [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Sara Abbott Wins Gold at 2010 Special Olympics

One local woman traveled all the way to Lincoln, NE, to compete in the 2010 Special Olympics hoping to bring back a gold medal to her hometown. KSAX-TV has been following the story of Sara Abbott, a mentally challenged woman, who was goi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2010 | Comments : 0

2010 Special Olympics USA National Games preparing to tee of...

Next week, a roster of 179 golfers from 39 states will compete at the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games in Lincoln, Neb., July 18-23. Golf is one of 13 competitive sports at the USA National Games where nearly 3,000 Special Olympi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Fed spending report on Olympics soon

VANCOUVER  Governments in the host city and host province have reported their spending on the 2010 Winter Olympics, but what about the feds? Treasury Board president Stockwell Day said Wednesday a final report is coming soon, but he [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

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