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The competitions of most of the country's best hopes are still to come. But it is looking increasingly unlikely that the Olympic team will return home with the 16 medals it was said to be shooting for. That is a shame. In 2006, it looked like the nation finally got it when the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the hiring of former Olympic gold medallist Alex Baumann, to put the country's Olympians on a "road to excellence.
Even as a "summer" nation, it took 20 years to turn Australia's summer Olympic team into a regular winner. The Beijing Olympics have shown that the level of competition is rising, and the competition is quickly pulling away from Canada. That, inevitably, will prove true for Canada's winter Olympians, too, who have so far saved face for this "winter" nation. It is ...
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For info, call 571-2050. * * * Weekly meat draws are held at the Royal Canadian Legion No. 3 in the lounge every Friday and Saturday from 4:30-6 p.m. for members and guests. * * * Contract Bridge takes place Fridays at Valleyview Community Centre at 1:15 p.m. For info, call Irene at 727-7961. * * * Friday Night Meat Draws, hosted by Rapid City and Area Lions Club, will take place at the Queens Hotel from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Licence No. 04-2010. * * * Prairie Oasis offers bean bag baseball at 1 p.m.; Scrabble at 1 p.m. For more info, call 727-6641. * * * Weekly meat draws are held at the Army, Navy and Airforce Club No. 10 in the lounge every Friday at 5:30 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. All welcome for members and guests. Events include Horse Shoe Tournament, Ladder Ball, Toonie Toss, Pancake ...
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Never has the [David Beckham] sideshow been as irritating for MLS as this weekend. While the league is doing its best to drum up excitement for the MLS playoffs, nobody is paying attention. Instead, they're all following Beckham's transfer to AC Milan.
After a slow start to last season, the Tottenham Hotspur chairman actively and very publicly interviewed Juande Ramos for the club's managerial position while Martin Jol was still in the job. It was a careless strategy, and it blew up in [Daniel Levy]'s face when word of Jol's sacking spread throughout White Hart Lane during a UEFA Cup match against Getafe.
Today's encounter with Liverpool will be another litmus test. Atop the Premier League after 10 matches, the Reds are undefeated in all competitions and have been getting contributions ...
..., the Galaxy canceled a December tour of Australia and New Zealand. Without the 33-year-old in the te...
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... Janette Hoswell of Wales (6-0) and Australia's Cassie McCall (7-3). Making matters worse, Jones...: "I would like to compete in more competitions but with the cost of travel and no real support it...