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BEIJING — The fastest French relay team ever assembled could not stop Michael Phelps’ assault on Olympic history.
On Monday morning in Beijing, Phelps and his 4×100-meter freestyle relay teammates regained the Olympic title they owned from...
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Manchester United will launch an astonishing £20million bid to land Thierry Henry before next weekend’s Premier League curtain-raiser against Newcastle United.
Sir Alex Ferguson, whose team warm up against FA Cup winners Portsmouth in the FA...
Nicole Cooke claimed Britain’s first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning a thrilling women’s road race.
The 25-year-old from Wales timed her finish to perfection, edging ahead of Emma Johansson and Tatiana Guderzo in the sprint to...
BEIJING — This was supposed to be one of the tough ones?
He didn’t feel so well.
He had “these cold chills” before the race.
So all Michael Phelps did was to go out and set a world record to win his first gold medal of the 2008 Olympic...
BEIJING — China’s Chen Xiexia won the women’s 48kg weightlifting title, the first gold medal for the host at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.
Chen snatched 95kg and jerked 117kg for a winning total of 212kg, a new Olympic...
China got off to a disappointing start in the opening event of the Olympics, as its defending gold medalist in women’s 10-meter air rifle not only failed to defend her title but also finished out of the medals.
Du Li entered the finals only one...
The official medals of the XXIX Olympiad have been unveiled in Beijing.
The medals are designed with inspiration from “bi”, China’s ancient jade symbol, inscribed with a dragon pattern.
The new species, named Leptotyphlops carlae, is smaller than any of the other 3,100 previously known snake species, according to Pennsylvania State University biologist Blair Hedges, who also had helped find the world’s smallest frog and...
When you mention to people in the office you’re off to cover Sexpo they give you a funny look.
And when you get back they laugh and ask if it was a freak show.
And when you look them in the eye and ask if they look at porn on the internet they sort...
A Royal Marine is to receive the highest award for gallantry after jumping on a hand grenade to save the lives of three of his comrades.
L/Cpl Matthew Croucher will become part of a select of group of just 20 living George Cross holders when the Queen...
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