Topic: SPORT - on October 9, 2013 at 3:51:00 PM CEST
Crazy Red Bull Air Races Returning to the Skies in 2014
After a three year absence, the Red Bull Air Races are coming back to the skies in February.
The series started in 2003, and features pilots who fly through a series of lightweight plastic pylons at speeds well over 200 miles per hour, with several aerobatic maneuvers required to complete the course. Many of the courses have the pilots flying just a few feet above the ground, and one even includes flying under a bridge. The series was put on a hold after the 2010 races as the increasing speeds and high-g maneuvers raised safety concerns.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 26, 2013 at 5:36:00 PM CEST
Verwirrspiel am 16er: Der Freistoß-Trick des Jahrhunderts
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Topic: SPORT - on September 18, 2013 at 2:36:00 PM CEST
6 Insane Sports From Around The World
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Topic: SPORT - on July 17, 2012 at 9:09:00 AM CEST
Welcome to London! Royal Navy's largest warship sails down the Thames as armed forces put on show of strength for Olympics
The British military's largest warship, HMS Ocean, was carefully positioned into its Greenwich dock to prepare for Olympics security Mayor of London has welcomed the 3,500 extra troops brought in to secure Games saying the public will like that they are there The extrovert politician added the armed soldiers will add 'tone' to the event PM David Cameron said G4S should be pursued for money for not delivering on their contract
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Topic: SPORT - on June 28, 2012 at 8:33:00 AM CEST
Urteil im Formel-1-Prozess
Haftstrafe für Gehard Gribkowsky: Das Landgericht München verurteilte den Ex-BayernLB-Manager im Schmiergeldprozess um den Verkauf der Formel-1-Anteile zu achteinhalb Jahren Gefängnis. Der frühere BayernLB-Vorstand Gerhard Gribkowsky muss für achteinhalb Jahre ins Gefängnis. Das Landgericht München verurteilte den Banker wegen Bestechlichkeit, Untreue und Steuerhinterziehung. Gribkowsky hatte vor einer Woche gestanden, 44 Mio. Dollar Schmiergeld von Formel-1-Chef Bernie Ecclestone erhalten und nicht versteuert zu haben. Die Staatsanwaltschaft hatte sogar zehn Jahre und sechs Monate Haft gefordert.
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Topic: SPORT - on May 14, 2012 at 3:00:00 PM CEST
Olympics-Britain to deploy "sonic gun" at Olympics
UK military to have non-lethal sonic weapon at Olympics
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High-powered loudspeaker used against pirates and protesters
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Britain prepares for biggest peacetime security operation
Britain's military will be armed with a sonic device that can be used as a high-volume loudspeaker or a non-lethal weapon to disperse crowds at this summer's Olympic Games in London, the defence ministry said on Friday.
The equipment, which can project a piercing sound over hundreds of metres causing physical pain, has been used during protests at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009 and against pirates operating off the Somali coast.
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Topic: SPORT - on March 31, 2012 at 8:50:00 AM CEST
Insane would be an understatement - Biggest Wave Ever Surfed
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Topic: SPORT - on December 4, 2011 at 9:37:00 AM CET
FEMEN Фемен - Vor EM-Auslosung: Proteste gegen Prostitution
Kurz vor der Gruppenauslosung für die Fußball- Europameisterschaft 2012 hat eine kleine Gruppe ukrainischer Frauen vor dem Olympiastadion in Kiew gegen Prostitution und Frauenhandel im Co-Gastgeberland Ukraine demonstriert.
Begleitet von einem enormen Medienaufgebot zeigten sich vier Frauen der Protestgruppe Femen oben ohne. «Wir wollen auf die Situation der Frauen in der Ukraine aufmerksam machen», sagte Inna Schewtschenko von Femen. Wenn im kommenden Sommer tausende Touristen die Ukraine besuchen, würden Frauenhändler profitieren.
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Topic: SPORT - on July 10, 2011 at 5:38:00 PM CEST
Tour de France 2011 Crash - Flecha & Hoogerland
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Topic: SPORT - on October 28, 2010 at 2:07:00 PM CEST
American Football in Dessous
To the delight of the male audience soccer somewhat modified, and in light of a new league Lingerie Football League, which play a representative of the fair sex. Football fans and female beauty for sure would have liked Lingerie Bowl - a football mini-game in which play only an actress and model, and only in his underwear.Usually women's teams in the league are romantic names like "Dream" or "euphoria". Some teams choose their provocative erotic titles. Contracts athletes individual items indicated that female athletes are not allowed to wear some extra clothes under its own form and is not entitled to claim in cases of accidental exposure. "
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Topic: SPORT - on August 9, 2010 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
Finalist dies at World Sauna event in Finland
The annual World Sauna Championships in Finland have ended in tragedy with the death of one of the finalists.
Russian Vladimir Ladyzhensky and his Finnish rival, Timo Kaukonen, collapsed after suffering severe burns. Mr Ladyzhensky later died in hospital.
The event requires participants to withstand 110C (230F) for as long as possible. The men managed six minutes before judges noticed something amiss.
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Topic: SPORT - on August 9, 2010 at 10:57:00 AM CEST
Tod bei der Sauna-WM
Russischer Teilnehmer stirbt im Finale, finnischer Weltmeister schwer verletzt
Heinola - Bei den jährlichen Sauna-Weltmeisterschaften im südfinnischen Heinola kam es Samstag Abend zu einem tragischen Zwischenfall. Im Finale des Wettbewerbs starb ein Teilnehmer, der Russe Vladimir Ladyzhenski. Sein bis zuletzt in der Sauna verbliebener Konkurrent, der fünffache finnische Weltmeister Timo Kaukonen wurde mit schweren Verbrennungen in ein Krankenhaus eingeliefert.
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