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The British cyclist's feat of three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics received royal recognition Wednesday in the New Year honors list. ...

At the Beijing Olympics in August, US swimmer Michael Phelps made history, collecting eight gold medals and breaking the record set by fellow American ...

LONDON (AP) Call him knight rider — or simply Sir Chris Hoy. The British cyclist's feat of three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics received royal recognition Wednesday in the New Year honors list. Hoy's knighthood topped Queen Elizabeth II's list that gave every British Olympic champion an honor following the country's best medal haul in a century.

Olympics heroes with their Beijing medals were among those chosen for the Queen's New Year's Honours List, which also included Foruma One champion Lewis Hamilton and legendary rock star Led Zeppelin. Spotlight on track cycling star Chris Hoy.

BEIJING (AP) — From a devastating earthquake to the Beijing Olympics, China witnessed a tumultuous year of triumph and tragedy in 2008 that sorely tested the Communist Party's ability to manage.

We wake up this morning in the best of circumstances. Nothing that Tylenol can't remedy has gone horribly wrong yet in 2009. And the year we see immediately behind us is one that won't be missed much, one best acknowledged in a foggy rear view mirror if at all. Oh, there were amazing feats (Tiger Woods and Michael Phelps) and incredible moments (Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies). There was abs

AP, BEIJING Thursday, Jan 01, 2009, Page 5 From a devastating earthquake to the Beijing Olympics, China witnessed a tumultuous year of triumph and tragedy last year that sorely tested the Chinese ...

AP, BEIJING Thursday, Jan 01, 2009, Page 5 From a devastating earthquake to the Beijing Olympics, China witnessed a tumultuous year of triumph and tragedy last year that sorely tested the Chinese ...

The unrest in Tibet ahead of the Beijing Olympics took the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by surprise, its president Jacques Rogge admitted Wednesday.

LONDON (AP) Call him knight rider — or simply Sir Chris Hoy. The British cyclist's feat of three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics received royal recognition Wednesday in the New Year honors list.... Read more . . .

Natasha Danvers, one of Britain's four track and field medallists from last year's Olympics, is considering a long-term change in her career as she builds towards London 2012. The 400m hurdler, left, who won a bronze medal in Beijing, is planning to run indoors for the first time in 13 years this winter when the season begins in Glasgow on 31 January. Her intention is to compete over 800m, and it

The numbers Rebecca Adlington It was strange at the Olympics because all the heats were in the evening and the finals in the morning. I had trained mornings and evenings but the atmosphere was very different there. Sharron DaviesBBC's poolside reporter Before the Games I didn't expect her to do this well. But she is a very good racer. She is always calm and never seems to get flustered in a race

CHICAGO(AP) Watching a young Sudanese girl arrive at her new school this fall, Lopez Lomong felt the same kind of pride he did when he led the U.S. team into the opening ceremony at the Beijing Olympics. ...

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Around 1.7 million people volunteered during the Beijing Olympics, according to Liu Jian, director of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games Volunteer Department. Volunteers’ smiles were the “name card” China presented ...

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With 2008 winding to a close, I want to countdown the top sports business stories of the year. #2 - The Summer Olympics in Beijing Since the Olympics only.