By Josie Cox LONDON (Reuters) – Even with one of the world's most athletic opera singers at her side and plenty of practice, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato reckons the latest London production of Gioachino Rossini's "La Donna Del Lago" is the challenge of a lifetime. DiDonato and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez told Reuters at [...]
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Vocal acrobatics of “La Donna del Lago” an “Olympic” challenge
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Olympic champions Huynh, Igali will plead wrestling’s case to IOC
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Canadian duo believe in the future of their sport at the Olympics globeandmail – Sports
Read More...Billy Baldwin fights to save Olympic wrestling
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Wrestling has always been part of actor Billy Baldwin’s life. Movies News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Cosmonauts May Carry Olympic Torch and ‘Flame’ on Spacewalk
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Russia may shift its rocket launch and spacewalk schedule to send the torch — and maybe even the flame — for next year's Olympics to the International Space Station (ISS), according to Russia's federal space agency and local media reports. Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Jay-Z, Timberlake perform at first London Olympic park concert
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LONDON (Reuters) – Rapper Jay-Z will return to the London Olympics site this summer where he performed at the 2012 Paralympics as the sporting complex takes on a new life as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z were named on Tuesday by live music promoter Live Nation Entertainment as headline acts for [...]
Read More...Canada to host U.S. in Olympic soccer semi-final rematch later this year
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Two teams face each other in Toronto for the first time since their controversial match globeandmail – Sports
Read More...Olympic City: Part 1
By admin on Monday, February 18th, 2013 | 27 Comments
Everyone who attends the Olympics has an individual experience. Some of us will have this experience more than once; others only once. For some, an Olympic experience is only attainable when the Olympics come to their side of the world. Seven years ago, it was announced that the Olympic Winter Games were coming to my [...]
Read More...Amputee Olympic star Pistorius charged in slaying
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter dubbed the Blade Runner, was charged Thursday in the Valentine's Day slaying of his girlfriend at his upscale home in South Africa, a shocking twist to one of the feel-good stories of last summer's Olympics. Sports News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius charged with murder
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Oscar Pistorius allegedly shoots and kills girlfriend after mistaking her for a robber. USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...Olympic hopefuls’ moms on supporting star athletes- ‘I love my job’
By admin on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | 25 Comments
“It may be the “hardest job in the world,” according to a heartwarming new ad, but it’s also the best, if you ask the moms of some Olympic hopefuls. With 80 days to London 2012, top athletes aiming for the games visited TODAY Tuesday with their biggest cheerleaders — their moms — to talk about [...]
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