Saturday, July 19, 2008
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Divers lose appeal to compete in Olympic synchro
Laura Wilkinson and her diving partner Jessica Livingston lost their appeal Saturday to compete in 10-meter synchronized platform diving at the Beijing Olympics.
Four years later, Memmel, Sacramone make Olympics
Now it's official: Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone and Samantha Peszek are going to the Beijing Olympics. And they're bringing Bridget Sloan with them.
Give Hamm a hand, he's going to Beijing
Give Paul Hamm a hand. And a plane ticket to Beijing.
Pistorius fails to make South African Olympic team
In the end, it was a split second and not a court's decision that kept double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius from competing in the Beijing Olympics.
Foreign-born athletes take Olympic stage for US
As the U.S. struggles with immigration policy, Americans will get a chance next month to see their melting-pot nation through the prism of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms at the Beijing Olympics.
Some foreign-born US Olympians
Some of the foreign-born athletes who will be competing for the United States at the Olympics in Beijing next month, listed by sport with country of birth in parentheses:
Worley out with broken leg
Shayla Worley's trip to the Beijing Olympics ended in rural Texas.
Judge: sprinter Chambers can't compete in Beijing
British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed Friday in his bid to overturn a lifetime Olympic ban because of doping, and will not be able to compete at the Beijing Games.
Evans holds Tour lead on stage 14
Cadel Evans of Australia wore the yellow jersey as riders started Saturday's 14th stage of the Tour de France, the last day before the showcase race hits the high mountains in the Alps.
Sprinter Dwain Chambers fails to overturn ban
British sprinter Dwain Chambers failed Friday in his bid to overturn a lifetime Olympic ban because of doping, and will not be able to compete at the Beijing Games.
Yao Ming returns to action for China
Houston Rockets center Yao Ming played in his first game in almost six months Thursday, joining China's national team in an Olympics warmup against Serbia.
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