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Beijing RSS feedSkater switches from blades to bike for 2012
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Speed skater Sarah Lindsay is to swap her blades for a bike in a bid for Olympic glory in her home city in 20122009-11-23T07:58:50ZHome of cricket gets a £400m refit but, thank the Lord’s, keeps its name
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Plans unveiled for the £400 million redevelopment of Lord’s cricket ground, as owners deny selling its name2009-11-18T08:43:57ZChina’s growing economic might is good for UK
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<strong>Analysis:</strong> As Barack Obama visits Beijing, Goldman Sachs' expert on emerging markets argues London - rather than New York - is uniquely poised to benefit from China's boom2009-11-17T08:30:07ZChina censors Obama's call for freedom on the internet
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The Chinese snubbed Barack Obama after his message about censorship and free speech, made during a visit to the country yesterday, was censored2009-11-17T09:03:25ZI won’t flag before 2012, says new champ Phillips Idowu
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Phillips Idowu is determined not to rest on his laurels after becoming Britain's first male world champion since 20012009-08-19T07:04:34ZI've grown up since Beijing and am now ready to win gold, says Phillips Idowu
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Almost a year on from the heartache of finishing second in the Olympic Games, Phillips Idowu claims to have moved on from his disappointment in Beijing2009-08-12T07:34:14ZLondon schoolboy quarantined in Beijing to be released
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A London schoolboy quarantined in a Beijing hospital with suspected swine flu spoke of his joy today as he prepared to be released2009-07-23T09:41:23ZSwine flu boy left behind as China frees his classmates
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London schoolboy tells how he is quarantined in a Chinese hospital while his classmates have been released to get on with their holiday2009-07-21T08:20:21ZOlympic hero Chris Hoy collects knighthood
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<b>Cycling:</b> Triple Beijing Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy is set to collect his knighthood2009-06-11T08:25:10ZBOA confident athletes are clean
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<b>Athletics:</b> British Olympic chiefs believe no members of Team GB are among the six athletes who have tested positive for a new blood-boosting hormone following fresh tests of samples from the Beijing Games2009-04-29T08:44:32ZWembley loses top race
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<b>Motor Sport:</b> The Race of Champions, which saw Wembley transformed into a racetrack, is leaving Europe for the first time in its 22-year history2009-04-16T14:15:31ZDuck blood sir? Beijing food in town for 2012
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A Beijing restaurant chain is planning the ultimate Chinese takeaway for the 2012 Olympics2009-03-19T08:51:26ZHopes taking hold of a revival in China
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<strong>Economics:</strong> Economists say there is a glimmer of hope that China's giant stimulus package is already showing signs of success, and that its economy could be one of the first out of recession2009-02-13T08:57:47ZBoris’s Beijing talks attract Chinese firms to the capital
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Almost 100 Chinese companies are considering opening offices in London as a result of a trade mission at the Beijing Olympics funded by Mayor Boris Johnson2009-01-26T11:30:41ZSebastian Coe: I absolutely think we were right to bid
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Sebastian Coe says preparing London for the Olympics is the biggest challenge for the city outside wartime2009-01-16T09:01:08ZA pawn cracker as China slows down
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<strong>Finance:</strong> Pawn shops, banned in China from 1956 to 1987 are a booming business as credit dries up in the rapidly slowing economy2008-12-24T09:13:22ZEight sports hit by Olympics shortfall
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Eight of Britain's Olympic sports faced an uncertain future following a shake-up of funding arrangements ahead of the 2012 Games2008-12-03T13:48:31ZAthletes to feel the pain of Olympic cash cuts
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Athletics has emerged as one of the big losers among Olympic sports following a shake-up of funding in the build-up to London 20122008-12-03T10:39:12ZOlympic gold medallists dominate BBC Sports Personality shortlist
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Seven of Team GB's Olympic gold medallists have been included on the shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2008 award2008-12-02T12:37:02ZNo10 hosts summit of 2012's sponsors
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Sponsors of the London Olympics today attended a Downing Street summit to discuss concerns that their interests had been overlooked during the Beijing Games2008-12-02T10:06:02ZOlympics summit to learn from Beijing
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THE high command of the Olympic movement is to meet in London to discuss what lessons can be learned from the Beijing Games2008-11-14T09:02:32ZTriple-gold Hoy hopes to lift City gloom
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The parade of Britain's Olympic heroes is just what we need to lift the doom and gloom, says Chris Hoy, the champion cyclist who won three gold medals in Beijing2008-10-15T09:12:50ZNow China feels the pain as property crisis bites
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New data suggests the property crisis is spreading to China, adding to concerns that commodities prices will come under greater pressure2008-09-11T11:19:00ZClean, graceful and very effective... let's call it The Pringle
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The Velo Park has the look that will define London 2012: simple, unfussy and, hopefully, practical2008-09-08T07:48:12ZEleanor, 13, strikes gold
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<strong>Paralympics: </strong>Eleanor Simmons, Britain's youngest competitor at the Paralympic Games, has claimed a shock gold medal in Beijing2008-09-08T12:41:07ZWe love the medals - but now focus on the legacy
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Even the biggest cynic cannot fail to have been impressed by our success in Beijing — more gold medals than ever, won by dedicated, articulate sportsmen and women2008-09-02T09:25:33ZI had to leap stadium fence to train for free reveals Idowu
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Olympic medallist Phillips Idowu told how he was forced to jump over the fence to get into an athletics track as a child because he could not afford the entrance fee2008-09-01T08:46:14ZClegg plays down great expectation
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British Olympic team manager Simon Clegg is wary of heightening expectations for London 2012 after the successes of Beijing2008-08-26T10:16:04ZTriumph for China, boost for 2012: our champion Olympo-sceptic admits defeat
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"Come on," said Boris Johnson to his jetlagged staff, "let's go and see a man from Hackney win a gold medal."2008-08-22T09:51:58ZComment: Now the torch comes to London
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As the Olympic Games wind down to their final, triumphant finale this weekend, the British team can congratulate itself on an extraordinary achievement2008-08-22T08:51:18Z