SportsGeezer (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
The tricky thing about triathlons, Geezer has noticed, is that they all involve three athletic skills: swimming, biking and running. That triplexity makes it hard for those of us with biplex skillsets. What if we can't swim (well), or bike...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Vienna - Ten athletes and officials of Austria's nordic ski team could face trial in Italy for alleged doping at the 2006 winter Olympics in Turin, Austrian news agency APA reported Tuesday. State prosecutors in Turin have finished their investigatio...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Vienna - Ten athletes and officials of Austria's nordic ski team face trial in Italy for alleged doping at the 2006 winter Olympics in Turin, Austrian news agency APA reported Tuesday. State prosecutors in Turin have finished their investigation into...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Moscow - The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday approved venue and transportation changes for the Sochi Winter Games in 2014. The changes were given the nod during a visit of IOC coordination commission chairman Jean-Claude Killy and Olympic ...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
The Soldier Hollow cross country skiing and biathlon facility in Midway will host the U.S. Biathlon team in a dryland altitude training camp that begins Tuesday and runs through Oct.
Joe (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Tickets to the 2010 Winter Olympics just went on sale a few hours ago: http://www.cosport.com/ I bought tickets for Snowboarding, Biathlon, and Short-track Speed Skating. The latter sport I didn’t even know about until today. It’s like roller derby on ice, with a relay-race component built in. I was surprised at how expensive the tickets for more popular sports are. $200 for figure skating? $400 for...
Nubricks.com - Overseas Property (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
An investment in German property may not have been considered by UK real estate investors until recently. The German property hotspot of Ruhpolding is a lovely, charming village set against the Bavarian Alps. With local traditions and a wonderful display of nature, it’s no surprise that this quaint place is renowned for its wellness wonders.
Spike, Peanut & Me (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Helloooo from Lillooet, British Columbia. Don't know where that is? Don't worry, neither did I until this evening when we decided we were done driving after 150+ km of winding, bumpy mountain roads. Our intended stop for the night was Kamloops, which we didn't quite make. But that's ok, because... Go to the House of Peanut to read the rest of this entry ;)
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Seventeen-year-old runner Jakub Zivec, who holds some extraordinary personal-best times, is limited to the Grand Rapids JV cross-country team.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Darjeeling, Sept. 18: A team of the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, which last month scaled Mt Gangotri, has created a record in its own rights with one of its members having skied down from the 6,672m-high peak to the summit camp at 5,900m.
Nintendo Wii Zone (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
These are some new images of the Nintendo Wii game RTL Biathlon 2009 Tags: Nintendo, Wii, RTL Biathlon 2009
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Want good tickets to the 2010 Winter Olympics, held in Canada's Far West? There's no time to waste: They go on sale this October.
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Football Canada's charitable status has been revoked
Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Involvement with tax-shelter program causes football association to lose charitable status
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
One third of the German athletes competing at the Beijing Olympics are soldiers in the Bundeswehr. These soldier-athletes have won their country countless medals over the years, but they are not quite ordinary soldiers.
