Stories from CNN International - Olympics
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Yao may quit if foot doesn't heal
CNN International - Olympics &bull Jul 27, 2010
BEIJING (AP) -- Houston Rockets center Yao Ming is considering quitting basketball after next season if he doesn't fully recover from his lingering foot injury. In comments to Chinese state media Monday, Yao sounded far from optimistic about his future… Full Story »
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Record drug tests at London 2012
CNN International - Olympics &bull Apr 7, 2010
The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) said Wednesday they plan to carry out about 5,000 blood and urine tests at the Games and about 1,200 tests at the Paralympics, which are held about two and a half… Full Story »
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London marks 1,000 days to 2012 Olympics
CNN International - Olympics &bull Nov 1, 2009
Saturday marks 1,000 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, and officials promise the event is on track and on budget. Full Story »
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Michael Phelps and London Take the Summer Olympics Baton
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 25, 2008
The record-setting American calls the ceremony a "great start" to the 2012 games Full Story »
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Grand spectacle closes Beijing's Olympics
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 24, 2008
Grand fireworks kicked off the Olympics' Closing Ceremony on Sunday, as China began to bring to a close the 2008 Summer Games and one of the slickest Olympic spectacles in the event's history. Full Story »
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Injury rules out marathon holder Noguchi
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 12, 2008
Defending Olympic women's marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi of Japan has been ruled out of the Beijing Games because of injury. Full Story »
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U.S. women revive Olympic title defense hopes
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 9, 2008
Midfielder Carli Lloyd scored a first-half volley to lead the U.S. women's soccer team to a 1-0 win over Japan and put the Americans' Olympic title defense back on track at the Beijing Games. Full Story »
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Greek runner fails doping test before Games
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 9, 2008
Greek sprinter Tassos Gousis was excluded from the Beijing Olympics on Saturday after failing a doping test in his home country a few days before the games. Full Story »
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Selena Roberts: Do the Olympics still have the same transforming power for women athletes as before?
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 8, 2008
The modern Olympic Games have always been a chick-flick moment for women who finally have the camera long enough to turn America's head. They haven't batted their eyes, but performed flips for enough mass adoration to last Mary Lou Retton's… Full Story »
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China begins Olympic show
CNN International - Olympics &bull Aug 8, 2008
Seven years after winning the 2008 Summer Olympics, China on Friday kicked off what will likely be the biggest and most scrutinized Games in history. Full Story »
