Preview: Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire

The International Figure Skating Union’s Grand Prix Series enters its 15th season this weekend with its first event: The Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire, in Paris. Competition starts Friday in competition, the first of six that will lead up to the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo in December and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It will [...]

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Formula One teams angered by decision to drop Canadian Grand Prix

Angered by the decision to drop the Canadian Grand Prix from the Formula One calendar, teams said Friday that they wanted not one but up to three races in North America each season.
The dropping of the Montreal race left the manufacturing teams – which invest in F1 as a marketing tool to sell road [...]

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Ken Wallace of Australia wins gold in men’s K1 500m

Ken Wallace from Australia has won the gold medal in the men’s K1 500 meters.
Adam van Koeverden from Canada won the silver medal and Tim Brabants from Great Britain won the bronze.


Kyungseon Hwang wins gold medal in women’s 67kg taekwondo

Kyungseon Hwang from South Korea has won the gold medal in the women’s 67kg taekwondo.
Karine Sergerie from Canada won the silver medal. Sandra Saric from Croatia won the bronze medal together with Gwladys Patience Epangue from France.


Attila Sandor Vajda wins gold in the men’s C1 1000m

Attila Sandor Vajda from Hungary has won the gold medal in the men’s C1 1000 meter event.
David Cal from Spain won the silver medal and the bronze went to Thomas Hall from Canada.

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Eric Lamaze wins mixed equestrian jumping

Eric Lamaze from Canada has won the mixed equestrian jumping at the Beijing Olympics.
Rolf-Goran Bengtsson from Sweden won the silver medal and Beezie Madden from the United States won the bronze medal.


China wins gold in women’s 10m platform

China continues to dominate the diving with Ruolin Chen winning the gold medal in the women’s 10m platform.

Emilie Heymans from Canada won the silver medal and Xin Wang, Chen’s partner in the synchronized diving event won the bronze medal.
China has now one all seven gold medals in the diving and has just one more [...]

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Dawn Harper wins the gold in women’s 100m hurdles

Dawn Harper from the United States has won the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles.
Australia’s Sally McLellan won the silver medal and Priscilla Lopes-Schilep from Canada won the bronze.


China continues its gold run in diving winning the men’s 3m springboard

China continues to dominate the diving at the Beijing Olympics, this time in the men’s 3m springboard. He Chong won the gold medal for China.
Alexandre Despatie of Canada won the silver medal and He Chong’s team mate, Qin Kai, won bronze.

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China wins gold in men’s trampoline

Following on from China success last night in the trampoline Chumlong Lu has won the gold medal in the men’s division.
Jason Burnett from Canada won the silver medal and China’s Dong Dong won the bronze medal.

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