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U.S. officials welcome women’s boxing into 2012 Olympics
By Eugene Boyko at 14 August, 2009, 10:43 pm
U.S. sports officials on Thursday welcomed a decision by the IOC Executive Board to include women’s boxing, canoe sprint and modern pentathlon for 2012 Olympic Games in London. «We are thrilled that the IOC Executive Committee has voted to add
Read More >>Boycott: 1968 vs. 2008
By Eugene Boyko at 6 May, 2008, 9:37 am
In 1968 I was a twenty-year-old college junior whose basketball success had been made famous. I’d been honored as Player of the Year, Most Outstanding Player in the NCAA Tournament, named the USBWA Player of the Year, and played the “game of the century” against the Houston Cougars at the Houston Astrodome.
Read More >>Record ticket demands for 2008 Olympics
By Eugene Boyko at 6 May, 2008, 9:26 am
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) is reporting record demand for tickets to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China by Jamaicans around the world. According to first vice-president of the JOA, Donald Anderson, the demand for tickets is shaping up to be the most on record.
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