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Month: August 2008
Let The Games Begin
Beijing, Friday: So to the Bird’s Nest Stadium for the long-awaited Opening Ceremony, along with George W Bush and about 80 heads of state, Micr…
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Herald veteran Gillon hits Olympic landmark
Doug Gillon, athletics correspondent of Glasgow’s Herald newspaper and recent double prize-winner at the SJA Sports Journalism Awards, has clock…
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Time for sport to stay out of politics
Yesterday, the Chinese government responded to US President Bush’s speech calling for improved human rights in the country staging the Olympics …
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Federer escapes Village after ‘joke’ conference
The Opening Ceremony starts at 8pm local time (1pm BST) before a capacity stadium audience of 91,000, which includes some 80 world leaders, from US Pr…
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Ex-Reuters man Steve Parry, 64, has died
Steve Parry, Reuters sports editor for nearly two decades, died on Thursday at the age of 64. Parry, who was sports editor from 1982 to 2000 and a mem…
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Guardian coup as they sign Hayward from Mail
Paul Hayward, the award-winning chief sports writer at the Daily Mail, has been signed up to join the Guardian media group, the biggest coup in a rang…
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The heat is on for Olympic reporters
From Barry Newcombe, SJA Chairman Beijing, Wednesday: While the British swimming team was making optimistic noises about its prospects with the action…
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Burgess latest to join Johnson’s England team
Former sports journalist and UK Sport press officer Rob Burgess is among the latest appointments to World Cup-winner Martin Johnson’s English ru…
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President Bush whacked by Olympic camera ban
From Barry Newcombe, SJA Chairman Beijing, Tuesday: Even the US President, George W Bush, it seems, cannot escape the strict rules imposed by the Inte…
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