Archive for the 'General' Category
Friday, December 28th, 2007
By: Cindy Ferguson
John Stevens just signed for one more year after he and the Philadelphia Flyers signed a contract extension on Friday, which will be the second year for the 41-year-old with the Flyers.
The team’s general manager, Paul Holmgren, is very pleased with Stevens’ work and what he has accomplished as well as the relationships […]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
By: Jane Richy
There are three main cities competing to host the Winter Games in 2014, Salzburg in Austria, Pyeongchang in South Korea and Sochi in Russia. Each country has done a campaign to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Russia is a strong contender with a very interesting proposal.
Sochi with an extension of 147 […]
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
By Stephen Lars
New Zealand Rugby Union chief Chris Moller says some innovative ideas have already been discussed regarding the format of the 2011 event which include the reduction of the number of participating teams from 20 to 16.
Since 1999 the World Cup has featured 20 teams - there were 16 in the 1987, 1991 and […]
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Monday, April 30th, 2007
By Julie Smith
First round of the Snooker World Championship ensured that a first time winner has never come back to hold the title, the defending champion Graemme had a terrible start with a 10-7 defeat against Preston’s Ian McCulloch.
The Preston potter defeated Graeme Dott in 2005 and he didn’t have to go far to do […]
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
By: Stephen Larsen.
During this summer Las Vegas will host more than one major poker tournament. The Bellagio Cup III, which takes place simultaneously with this summer’s World Series of Poker.
The Bellagio Cup III will take part between June 11 and July 13. It contains 28 events with buy-ins ranging from $1,590 to the $10,300 championship […]
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
By Stephen Larsen.
Former England captain and all-rounder Ian Botham on Wednesday sought for coach Duncan Fletcher’s resignation following the team’s poor performance at the World Cup, which saw them crashing out from the Super 8s.
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman David Morgan is due to talk to reporters in Barbados on Thursday after the […]
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Friday, March 9th, 2007
Per Camilla Mancini
La 16ma edizione de la corsa cliclistica internazionale più importante di Sud Africa, il Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Giro del Capo, inizierà il prossimo marzo e trova qualchei variazione nel formato. Per di più promette essere il migliore evento nella sua storia.
Una variazione è il numero di squadre partecipanti, che anteriormente erano […]
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Tuesday, February 27th, 2007
By Audrey Nolan
A lot of fans welcome back Duke for the 2007 season. They didn’t play last season because of the rape charges against three players. After a year of criticism, the players went out the field with a lot of enthusiasm and optimism for this 2007 season.
“We hadn’t been out there as a team […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
By Ally White
Oisin McConville the shooter for Crossmanglen Rangers had a great boost on Sunday’s AIB All Ireland Club football semi-final than a coveted Provincial Player Award. McConville was awarded with the outstanding player in the recent Ulster Club Championship, a well due honor given his vast displays with his team while aiming for their […]
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Friday, February 16th, 2007
By Ally White
Mitt Romney became the latest Republican to declare his ambitions for the 2008 presidency. He has set out his optimistic vision of a “New American Dream” in a speech laden with 50 references to “America”, as he became the latest Republican to officially declare his ambitions for the 2008 presidency.
He launched his bid […]
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