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Perri Shakes-Drayton: 'I'm hoping to be the greatest runner ever'
Do you remember your first ever race? How old were you, and how did you fare? It probably would have been at primary school on sports day or in the playground. I thought I was quite fast but it wasn't until I did a cross-country race and was the first girl in the borough to cross the line that I knew I could run....
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Torch run set for Saturday
The annual Pueblo law enforcement torch run for the Special Olympics will snake its way through town on Saturday.
chieftain.com (2 hours ago)
Special athletes roll on skates
Special Olympics Iowa's Summer Games are bringing 2,700 athletes to Ames this week, organizers said. Des Moines was host for a roller skating competition Thursday.
desmoinesregister.com (2 hours ago)
May 24 Community news
TodayTorch RunThe Greenville leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics will begin at 9 a.m. at Sheetz, 4300 E. 10th St.
reflector.com (4 hours ago)
U.S. Sprinter, Carlin Isles, Aiming for Olympics as a Rugby Player
Sevens rugby, which will debut at the Rio de Janeiro Games, has won over Carlin Isles, a sprinter who has run 100 meters in 10.13 seconds.
nytimes.com (6 hours ago)
VIDEO: Buzz the Fuzz in Gorham
Gorham police officers get their heads shaved to raise money for the Special Olympics; the chief even gets a temporary mohawk.
pressherald.com (6 hours ago)
Torch run tops $1 million in annual fundraising for Special Olympics
Law enforcement officials from across the state watched the lighting of the “Flame of Hope” as the run-up to Special Olympics Virginia’s largest competition began Thursday.
timesdispatch.com (8 hours ago)
Favors, Hayward get USA invites
Derrick Favors and Gordon Hayward will both participate in a Team USA minicamp this summer in Las Vegas, according to their agents. Both third-year players were members of the USA Men’s Basketball Select Team, which practiced against the Team USA before the London Olympics. Among other players known to be attending...
sltrib.com (8 hours ago)
Coach K: On Coming Back
Mike Krzyzewski talks about returning as head coach of the U.S. Men's National Team during the next Olympics.
nba.com (10 hours ago)
Best & Brightest finalist: Holly Rittenberry, Midland Valley High School
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Student athletic trainer, National Honor Society, Academic Honor Roll AWARDS AND HONORS: Student of the Quarter – math, Student of the Quarter – English, Energy Solutions scholarship, Horatio Alger Association scholarship, National Beta Club, USC Aiken junior scholar, Key Club treasurer, Spanish...
chronicle.augusta.com (12 hours ago)
Stores Shut, Schools Close Amid Curfew by Rio Drug Dealers
Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics.
nytimes.com (14 hours ago)
Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics.
reuters.com (15 hours ago)
Stores shut, schools close amid curfew by Rio drug dealers
By Paulo Prada RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics. Shops were shuttered...
yahoo.com (15 hours ago)
Brazil Does Little To Increase Nightclub Safety
BRASILIA, Brazil -- Little has been done to improve the safety of public gathering places since a nightclub fire killed 242 people earlier this year in southern Brazil, relatives of the victims said Wednesday. The relatives met in Brasilia to discuss what safety measures have been adopted in Brazil since the Jan. 27...
huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)
Violence in Russia's North Caucasus kills four
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police killed two suspected Islamic militants on Thursday after one of them threw a grenade at a group of officers and two others died in a separate shootout in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, Interfax reported. Both incidents took place in Dagestan province, which has become the...
yahoo.com (16 hours ago)
British Sea Power on tour: from Helsinki to the FA Cup final
We fly in over frozen lakes and magical islands. Above the entrance to the venue sits a big stone crest, featuring two bears. A good sign – our current tour features our mascot, The Bi-Polar Bear. Each night a friend or audience member climbs inside the bear's big, white, 10ft form, to dance and growl on stage. The...
guardian.co.uk (17 hours ago)
Halfords investors face uphill climb until 2016
So much for the idea that Halfords could soft-pedal in the slipstream created by British cycling triumphs at the London Olympics. The next Olympics in Rio will be in view by the time shareholders know whether new chief executive, Matt Davies, has found a winning formula for the business. His revamp plan – Getting...
guardian.co.uk (17 hours ago)
Halfords eyes three-year turnaround but investors take fright
Halfords' chief executive has outlined a three-year turnaround plan for the struggling bicycles and car parts chain, but it will come at a cost to investors, who have seen the dividend cut by 35%. Matt Davies has set a sales target of £1bn by 2016, but said that profits would remain flat for at least two years as...
guardian.co.uk (17 hours ago)
2,500 doping tests planned for Sochi Olympics
Moscow - Sochi’s anti-doping director says 2,500 drug tests will be conducted at next year’s Winter Olympics, about 350 more than at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. Alexei Slautin, head of Sochi’s anti-doping section, said in a statement Thursday on the Russian Sports Ministry’s web site that another 600 tests are...
sltrib.com (18 hours ago)
More than $750,000 raised for Special Olympics in annual torch run
The Law Enforcement Torch Run raised more than $750,000 this year, organizers said at a kickoff event for one leg of the annual relay race for Special Olympics.
arkansasonline.com (18 hours ago)
Special Olympics torch comes through Halifax County
Months of planning and coordination concluded with the carrying of the Special Olympics torch through Weldon and Roanoke Rapids Wednesday morning.
rrdailyherald.com (19 hours ago)
Special Olympics ceremony joins local law enforcement, special flame carrier
Months of planning and coordination concluded with the carrying of the Special Olympics torch through Weldon and Roanoke Rapids Wednesday morning.
rrdailyherald.com (20 hours ago)
Olympics president says wrestling has chance of retaining place in Games
IOC says wrestling governing body has made changes necessary to remain a part of Olympic Games
nj.com (20 hours ago)
LeBron James makes a statement
Until the closing seconds of game one of the Eastern Conference Finals it was looking like the night belonged to Paul George. His team down by three points to the Miami Heat, the Indiana Pacers All-Star forward hit a logic-defying game-tying three with less than a second left on the clock, quieting American Airlines...
guardian.co.uk (20 hours ago)
Mike Krzyzewski to stick with Team USA through 2016 Olympics
Mike Krzyzewski announced he will remain coach of the U.S. national team through the 2016 Olympics.
usatoday.com (20 hours ago)
AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes
LONDON (AP) - Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said.
yahoo.com (22 hours ago)
AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes
Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said.
miamiherald.com (22 hours ago)
Wrestling rule changes please IOC, but no Olympic guarantees
IOC President Jacques Rogge says wrestling's governing body has made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics.
cbc.ca (22 hours ago)
AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes
LONDON (AP) -- Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge said....
ap.org (23 hours ago)
Ipswich attracts 23,000 more tourists, says Visit Britain...(but no-one's really sure why)
New analysis by Visit Britain found that the Suffolk town enjoyed 23,000 extra visitors in 2012, a figure that locals have put down to everything from an art festival to the Olympics.
dailymail.co.uk (23 hours ago)
