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LONDON – The British Olympic Association says it has received a submission from Glasgow to be the candidate city if the BOA bids for the 2018 Youth Olympics. The BOA says the 2014 Commonwealth Games host was the only city to meet Monday’s deadline for British cities to declare their interest. The BOA and officials from the Scottish city will now meet over the next four weeks to decide whether a viable bid can be made. The International Olympic Committee’s deadline for submissions is March 1. The IOC will publish its shortlist in January 2013 and announce the host city [...]

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Three competing tweets have been nominated, and your vote will decide the winner. Check out the nominated tweets and vote for your favorite in the poll here: Dave Zabriskie finds smart phone interaction ominous“After having a conversation with my phone I feel an all out war with machines is inevitable.” -Dave ZabriskieMaia Shibutani has #not been productive lately “I got 1,031,268 points while escaping from demon monkeys in Temple Run. Beat that! #yay #timewellspent #not” -Maia ShibutaniNathan Adrian would like this class to end soon “Dear twitter, sry for tweeting so much recently but this class is too boring to [...]

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Three competing tweets have been nominated, and your vote will decide the winner. Check out the nominated tweets and vote for your favorite in the poll here: Dave Zabriskie finds smart phone interaction ominous“After having a conversation with my phone I feel an all out war with machines is inevitable.” -Dave ZabriskieMaia Shibutani has #not been productive lately “I got 1,031,268 points while escaping from demon monkeys in Temple Run. Beat that! #yay #timewellspent #not” -Maia ShibutaniNathan Adrian would like this class to end soon “Dear twitter, sry for tweeting so much recently but this class is too boring to [...]

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ROME – One of Italy’s greatest athletes is questioning Rome’s plan to bid for the 2020 Olympics amid the country’s ongoing economic crisis. Former 200-meter world record holder Pietro Mennea tells Corriere della Sera that it’s “unthinkable” to go forward with the candidacy. Mennea, also a former member of the European Parliament, adds that “we’re a nation devastated by a scary economic crisis. How could we think about proposing something like this now?” Mennea’s view comes during a week rife with speculation that Italy’s new government is considering delaying the bid to aim for the 2024 Games instead. Rome Mayor [...]

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BERLIN – Two groups of researchers claim that the West German government accepted doping as a necessary evil for the country’s athletes to achieve Olympic success in the 1970s and 1980s. The research was done at Humboldt University in Berlin and at the University of Muenster, in North Rhine-Westphalia state. “Doping was not done by the state itself, but we found out that people from the Ministry of the Interior, (where) the interior minister is also the sport minister, were guests at important sessions where decisions on the use of anabolic steroids were made,” Humboldt University Professor Giselher Spitzer told The [...]

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TOKYO – A nationwide poll has shown that 65.7 percent of respondents support Tokyo’s bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. “These results indicate that some 80 million people across the whole of Japan are behind our bid,” Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda said Monday. “This is wonderful news for Tokyo 2020.” The Japanese capital is up against Doha, Qatar; Baku, Azerbaijan; Istanbul; Madrid and Rome. The candidate cities will submit their plans for the games to the International Olympic Committee by February. The IOC will select the host city in September 2013. Tokyo is promoting its 2020 bid [...]

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CLEVELAND – Kyrie Irving wasn’t one of the 20 finalists selected to play for the U.S. team this summer. That’s OK, he’s got another Olympic option. Cleveland’s sensational rookie point guard may play for Australia in the London Games. Irving was born in Australia while his father, Drederick, was playing there professionally. Irving has dual citizenship, creating quite a dilemma for the 19-year-old. His choice of country to represent in the OIympics could have a long-term impact on his international playing career. If he plays for the Aussies, Irving would not be eligible to play for the Americans. However, suiting [...]

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INNSBRUCK, Austria – An aerial bomb from World War II was found at a construction site Thursday, forcing the postponement of the daily medals ceremony at the Winter Youth Olympics. The 550-pound bomb was discovered by workers nearby. The bomb was being disposed at the time the downtown ceremony was scheduled to start. The ceremony will be held Friday. The Austria Press Agency says about 10 similar bombs have been found over the past 20 years in the same area near Innsbruck’s main train station. 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or [...]

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