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                    [Title] => Fleeting Bolt visit could be key to Glasgow Games
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Competing in just one event, Usain Bolt is likely to race in Glasgow for less than 20 seconds. Just convincing the sprint star to come to the Commonwealth Games, though, should go a long way to elevating the status of a sporting spectacle that might seem anachronistic.

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A former World Cup player from Germany came out as gay Wednesday, rebuking the Russian anti-gay law that threatens to tarnish next month's Sochi Olympics and challenging the longstanding stigma against homosexuality in soccer.

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Two months after facing each other in court, John Terry and Anton Ferdinand are set to meet again on the football pitch as English Premier League leader Chelsea visits fierce local rival Queens Park Rangers in the weekend's standout match.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about the recent arrest of an unnamed 17-year-old who heckled and threatened 18-year-old British Olympic diver Tom Daley on Twitter.

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A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, U.K. police said yesterday.

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The British government has rejected advice from the British Olympic team's top doctor that athletes should not shake hands at the London Games to avoid germs that could make them sick.

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In a dramatic shift, British Olympic officials doubled the funding yesterday to protect venues at the 2012 London Games, raising overall security costs to more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion).

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RICHMOND, British Columbia – International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge predicted an “extraordinary and memorable” Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics as the one-year countdown to the games began Thursday.

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                    [Title] => Fleeting Bolt visit could be key to Glasgow Games
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Competing in just one event, Usain Bolt is likely to race in Glasgow for less than 20 seconds. Just convincing the sprint star to come to the Commonwealth Games, though, should go a long way to elevating the status of a sporting spectacle that might seem anachronistic.

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A former World Cup player from Germany came out as gay Wednesday, rebuking the Russian anti-gay law that threatens to tarnish next month's Sochi Olympics and challenging the longstanding stigma against homosexuality in soccer.

[DatePublished] => 2014-01-09 19:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1233015 [AuthorName] => Ciaran Fahey [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 848946 [Title] => Terry, Ferdinand to face off in west London derby [Summary] =>

Two months after facing each other in court, John Terry and Anton Ferdinand are set to meet again on the football pitch as English Premier League leader Chelsea visits fierce local rival Queens Park Rangers in the weekend's standout match.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-14 10:17:26 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 836957 [Title] => Twitter twats [Summary] =>

I’ve been thinking a lot about the recent arrest of an unnamed 17-year-old who heckled and threatened 18-year-old British Olympic diver Tom Daley on Twitter.

[DatePublished] => 2012-08-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133515 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Supreme [SectionUrl] => supreme [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 833784 [Title] => UK police arrest teen over Olympic tweets [Summary] =>

A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of posting malicious Twitter messages directed at British Olympic diver Tom Daley, U.K. police said yesterday.

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The British government has rejected advice from the British Olympic team's top doctor that athletes should not shake hands at the London Games to avoid germs that could make them sick.

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In a dramatic shift, British Olympic officials doubled the funding yesterday to protect venues at the 2012 London Games, raising overall security costs to more than 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion).

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-06 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 439908 [Title] => One-year countdown to Vancouver begins [Summary] =>

RICHMOND, British Columbia – International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge predicted an “extraordinary and memorable” Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics as the one-year countdown to the games began Thursday.

[DatePublished] => 2009-02-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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