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Northern lights: Manchester the ideal blueprint for London's 2012 Olympic aspirations

by Carly Baldwin

April 01, 2009

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Which country REALLY won the Olympics - Bahamas, Jamaica or Iceland?

The main way of evaluating the winning nation is the number of gold medals won. In this analysis, the author has evaluated the medal haul according to population size.

August 26, 2008 | Minter Dial | (2) Comments

Beijing 2008: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...

Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, tears of the winners against all odds and the sheer joy of taking part will live long in the memory. So let's forget the cheats, the taekwondo nutter who KOd the ref and one poor Aussie's Technicolor yawn.

August 25, 2008 | Craig Hackney | (2) Comments

The Redeem Team played like a dream in the Olympic basketball final

Team USA marched into Beijing as the favourites and, for the first time since 2000, came away with gold after destroying a valiant Spanish outfit.

Basketball | August 25, 2008 | Greg Varkonyi | (4) Comments

After Usain Bolt, is there ANY limit when it comes to world-record times?

The double Olympic sprint champion demonstrated in Beijing that there is no ultimate in human sporting achievement.

August 24, 2008 | Mark Hauser | (2) Comments

The Juan and Jorge show: Time for Spanish basketball's golden boys to show their world class in Beijing

Juan Carlos Navarro and Jorge Garbajosa know what it takes to win world gold and European silver medals - now can the due add to their collection in the Olympics?

Basketball | August 22, 2008 | Vicente Llamas | (0) Comments

Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian but NOT the greatest sportsman

The American can make it a staggering 20 golds at London 2012 – but he has to bow to a fellow countryman as the finest athlete ever...

August 21, 2008 | Mark Hauser | (2) Comments

Becky Hammon, the American girl who is key to Russia's Olympic basketball dream

When she wasn't selected for the US team for Beijing, Hammon accepted an invitation from the Russians - and now faces a test of patriotism.

Basketball | August 21, 2008 | Vicente Llamas | (0) Comments

Usain Bolt's greatest achievement... putting Michael Phelps in the shade

He might not have won eight golds but the fastest man in the world has proved the true sensation of the Beijing Olympics.

August 21, 2008 | Craig Hackney | (4) Comments

Beijing belongs to Usain Bolt as 'Lightning' strikes twice with world record No.2

The amazing Jamaican in the golden spikes has ensured that these Games will be long remembered for his astonishing performances on the track.

August 20, 2008 | Bevan Bolland | (0) Comments

The lightning Bolt that lit up Beijing

Suddenly the smaller countries can believe again after the Jamaican sprinted to two gold medals in style.

August 21, 2008 | Larry Kwirirayi | (0) Comments

What nationality are you? The new world of Olympic gold-hunting

When Chinese table-tennis stars win a silver medal for Singapore, Americans compete for Russia, Brazilians become Georgians and the Gulf states rope in Africans, what is the world of sport coming to?

Table Tennis | August 20, 2008 | Orion Assante | (1) Comments

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