<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Olympic-sports News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=13&amp;catid=418</link><description>News Feed for - Olympic-sports</description><item><title>Female ski jumper appeal rejected</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373880&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:24:00</pubDate><description>The International Olympic Committee is pleased with the court decision barring female ski jumpers from the Vancouver Olympics, saying the games can proceed as planned. No more: ski jumping will now only </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Liu Xiang leads Chinese contingent at East Asian Games</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96373629&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:49:00</pubDate><description>Athens Olympic champion Liu Xiang will lead a star-studded Chinese squad in the 5th East Asian Games in Hong Kong, an official said on Tuesday. "China will send a 589-member delegation to enter all 235 </description><source>People's Daily Online</source></item><item><title>Hockey: Brent Burns out with a concussion</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96351367&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T13:06:00</pubDate><description>Brent Burns' chances of making Canada's 2010 Olympic men's hockey team may be in doubt as the Minnesota Wild defenceman has been officially diagnosed with a concussion. Burns missed Friday's game, and </description><source>CTV Olympics</source></item><item><title>Rena 'Rusty' Kanokogi | 'Mother of Judo,' 74</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96227940&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:29:00</pubDate><description>Rena 'Rusty' Kanokogi, 74, known as the 'Mother of Judo' partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, died Saturday at Lutheran Medical Center in New York after a battle with leukemia. </description><source>Philadelphia Inquirer</source></item><item><title>Italian cyclist gets 20-year ban</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96316346&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:15:00</pubDate><description>Italian cyclist Gianni Da Ros has been handed a 20-year ban from the National Anti-doping Tribunal for trafficking in doping substances.  The 23-year-old, who used to ride for Liquigas, was arrested in </description><source>Velo News</source></item><item><title>Games prompt rebirth of Robson Square rink</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369751&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:18:00</pubDate><description>With a finely executed triple jump and audacious spins, former world champion Jeff Buttle signalled that open-air skating in the heart of the city's downtown core is back, just in time for the Winter </description><source>CTV Olympics</source></item><item><title>Canadian crooner Buble to work Olympic hockey games for Australian TV</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96368139&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T03:59:00</pubDate><description>Canadian superstar Michael Bubles got an Olympic gig ' not as a singer, but as a hockey commentator for Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV, cable channel. Its like ballet on ice, except you can punch each </description><source>Canada.com</source></item><item><title>AOC funding 'underplayed' in Crawford Report</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96363563&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:39:00</pubDate><description>Coates was annoyed by the Crawford Report (file photo). (ABC) The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is considering taking legal action against a company involved in producing last week's Crawford Report </description><source>ABC Online</source></item><item><title>Curling: Middaugh keeps things in perspective</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96362653&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:38:00</pubDate><description>The Globe and Mail By his own admission, Wayne Middaugh's team hasn't exactly been grinding it out this year as it prepares for the Canadian curling trials. In fact, as a squad, they've played just 15 </description><source>CTV Olympics</source></item><item><title>New Olympic sporting facilities for Oman</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96298065&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:24:00</pubDate><description>BY Pete Hayman Oman is set to benefit from new Olympic-standard sporting facilities as part of a 100-hectare (247-acre) development currently under construction at Wudam Al Sahil, near Muscat. The scheme, </description><source>Sports Management</source></item><item><title>Rugby Sevens gaining relevance (ABC)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96386694&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:47:00</pubDate><description>Peter Switzer's Property Manifesto outlines what you should know about trying to build your wealth by speculating on bricks and mortar.Read more Â»</description><source>Yahoo! News Australia</source></item><item><title>BMW to supply 4,000 green vehicles to London Olympics</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96401487&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T15:03:00</pubDate><description>London Olympic organisers have announced BMW be the exclusive automotive sponsor of the 2012 games. The company will supply 4,000 low-carbon vehicles, including electric cars, motorcycles and bicycles. </description><source>FiveFWD</source></item><item><title>Olympic Newsdesk -- Australian NOC; YOG Mascots; Mother of Judo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96400336&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T14:54:00</pubDate><description>Australian YOG Mother of Judo Olympic desk -- Australian YOG Mother of Judo 11/23/2009 AOC Prepares Legal Challenge Over Report The Australian Olympic Committee is planning to take legal action against </description><source>Around The Rings</source></item><item><title>Rudman Captures Skeleton Bob World Cup Silver</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96398289&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T13:11:00</pubDate><description>Turin 2006 Olympic silver medallistĂ? Shelley Rudman won her first skeleton bob medal of her 2009/2010 World Cup campaign by taking silver in Lake Placid. Rudman finished just 0.23 seconds behind CanadaĂ˘â?¬â?˘s </description><source>British Olympic Association</source></item><item><title>GRFU fetes regional champions at Olympic House</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96395418&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T12:47:00</pubDate><description>Rugby reception: caption- National Captain Theodore Henry (white jersey sitting) and fellow members of the squad pose for Kaieteur Sport last Friday evening, at Olympic House. The Guyana Rugby Football </description><source>Kaieteur News</source></item><item><title>El Clasico Inquisition: Real Madrid &amp; Barcelona's Unsung Heroes (Goal.com)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96317875&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T12:11:00</pubDate><description>Goal.comâ??s Cyrus C. Malek analyses El Clasico through a lens not typically highlighted: sifting through the superstarsâ?? limelight to instead credit the players who do the dirty work that rarely gets </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>Queens woman, 95, gets Olympic record back after '36 Nazi team replaced her with </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96391250&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:56:00</pubDate><description>Olympic record back after '36 Nazi team replaced her with man // yld_mgr yld_mgr.slots yld_mgr.slots.x42 yld_mgr.content_type_list 'undefined') yld_mgr.cstm_content_cat_list 'undefined') yld_mgr.slots.x46 </description><source>New York Daily News</source></item><item><title>Short term lender set to launch the Usain Bolt bridge</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96388969&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:32:00</pubDate><description>Athlete Usain Bolt may have already broken the record to become the fastest man in the world, but now Manchester-based bridging lender, Lowry Capital, has unveiled plans to launch a new bridge that aims </description><source>Bridging And Commercial</source></item><item><title>Armstrong's new team lineup confirmed</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96346212&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:02:00</pubDate><description>Team RadioShack finalises lineup for 2010 Lance Armstrong's new Team RadioShack has confirmed its lineup ahead of the upcoming 2010 season. Seven-time Tour de France winner Armstrong will be joined by </description><source>RoadCyclingUK</source></item><item><title>INTERVIEW-Olympics-Cohen seeks another chance on Olympic ice (Reuters)</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96352152&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:38:00</pubDate><description>(Repeats item first moved at 0002 GMT) By Larry Fine NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Figure skater Sasha Cohen yearns for one last turn at the Olympics. To get the chance, the Turin Games silver medallist </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>Magnificent Seven Special: Emily Pidgeon gives it lots of welly 2012 hopeful clocks </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96345751&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:28:00</pubDate><description>Emily Pidgeon has completed the first timed lap inside London's Olympic Stadium. She was clocked at 4min 29sec - in her wellies. Pidgeon, one of Sportsmail's Magnificent Seven golden prospects for 2012, </description><source>Mail Online UK</source></item><item><title>Bolt runs away with top award - Endorses IAAF move to reduce rounds at major championships</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96286175&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:49:00</pubDate><description>Anthony Foster, Gleaner Writer MONTE-CARLO: Two of the world's fastest men, world sprint double record holder Usain Bolt and fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell endorsed the move by the International Assiociation </description><source>Sports Jamaica</source></item><item><title>Ex-IOC chief Samaranch had close ties with KGB: Book</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96374591&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T07:33:00</pubDate><description>Former chief, , had close ties with the KGB, and his election for the top Olympic job was also influenced by the spy network, a new book has claimed. Written by Yuri Felshtinsky, a Russian-American historian, </description><source>Indian Express</source></item><item><title>Covered outdoor skating rink in downtown Vancouver has been upgraded (The Canadian </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96370474&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:24:00</pubDate><description>VANCOUVER - A covered outdoor skating rink in downtown Vancouver has been upgraded for the 2010 Olympics and is now open to the public. The rink at Robson Square opened 30 years ago, but has been closed </description><source>Yahoo! Canada</source></item><item><title>the-case-for-keeping-the-individual-pursuit-in-the-olympics</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96361958&amp;Channel_ID=13&amp;Category_ID=418</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:28:00</pubDate><description>Home Â» Top Stories Â» Track Â» Olympic Games A week ago, I wrote an open letter to the Union Cycliste Internationale and International Olympic Committee regarding potential changes in the track-racing </description><source>Velo News</source></item></channel></rss>