Topic: SPORT - on June 25, 2010 at 12:41:00 PM CEST
Olympics 2012: Fans must use Visa for tickets
Visa is the only payment choice for UK based London Olympics 2012 fans
Sports fans who want to buy tickets by card for the London 2012 Olympics will only be able to use the Visa payments system.
The restrictions are part of the sponsorship deal struck between Visa and the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Visa credit and debit cards will be the only ones accepted at shops or cash machines at Olympic venues.
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Topic: SPORT - on June 22, 2010 at 10:26:00 AM CEST
Tonnes of radioactive waste casts doubt over London's Olympic stadium legacy
The development of the Olympic site in east London after the Games have finished could be in jeopardy because of radioactive waste buried beneath the site, experts have warned.
According to a Guardian investigation, any development of the site risks unearthing a hundred tonnes of radioactive waste dumped at the former landfill site decades ago. Documents obtained under Freedom of Information (FOI) rules reveal that, contrary to government guidelines, waste from thorium and radium has been mixed with very low-level waste and buried in a so-called disposal cell close to the Olympic stadium - about 500m to the north.
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Topic: SPORT - on June 15, 2010 at 9:59:00 AM CEST
USA wins 1-1
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Topic: SPORT - on May 26, 2010 at 12:35:00 PM CEST
Berlusconi Seen Sellling AC Milan Majority Stake To Gazprom
AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi is preparing to sell his 25–30% stake of the football club to Russian gas giants Gazprom.
The Italian Prime Minister will pocket around €180 million from the deal, but will lose the status of majority owner after 24 years in charge.
Italian Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Berlusconi has discussed the transaction with none other than his close friend – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Topic: SPORT - on February 24, 2010 at 11:50:00 AM CET
Topless Sled Race, Anyone?
Here’s some pics from the 2nd annual International Nude Sledge Race in Braunlage, Germany, in which topless ladies race each other down a hill for reasons which may or may not extend beyond just causing these photos to exist:
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Topic: SPORT - on January 29, 2010 at 2:15:00 PM CET
Swiss court upholds basketball headscarf ban
A Muslim woman has failed to overturn a ban stopping her from wearing a headscarf during league basketball matches in Switzerland.
Sura al-Shawk, 19, was told she could not wear a headscarf by the basketball association (ProBasket) in August 2009.
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Topic: SPORT - on January 26, 2010 at 2:03:00 PM CET
F1 on ice is really cool [w/video]
The Red Bull team decided to celebrate the return of the Canadian Grand Prix to this year's Formula One calendar by heading for a test run in Canada — in mid-winter!
They let Sebastien Buemi — driver for Red Bull's junior team Toro Rosso — loose on an ice-covered lake in northern Quebec.
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Topic: SPORT - on November 17, 2009 at 5:32:00 PM CET
New Zealand's champion rabbit thrower is a 19-year-old female German tourist.
New Zealand's champion rabbit thrower is a 19-year-old female German tourist.
Lisa Lutz could not believe her luck when she out-threw a Waitomo local by the name of "Butch" at the world rabbit throwing championship in Waitomo yesterday.
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Topic: SPORT - on November 7, 2009 at 11:59:00 AM CET
Albiquerque Balloon Fiesta
This amazing shot by Mike Jones, capturing the scene from this year’s Albiquerque Balloon Fiesta.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 18, 2009 at 11:21:00 AM CEST
Totalschaden für die Formel 1
Ein inszenierter Unfall, ein dubioser Sieg und ein geschasster Playboy: Der Skandal um den vorsätzlichen Crash von Ex-Renault-Pilot Nelson Piquet hat das Image der Formel 1 schwer beschädigt. Daran ändert auch der Rauswurf von Teamchef Briatore nichts.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 15, 2009 at 11:50:00 AM CEST
World Dog Surfing championships draw crowds
Record crowds for the event were drawn in to watch the contest at Del Mar beach in San Diego.
Different breeds, from pugs to Burmese mountain dogs, competed against each other for the coveted prize.
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Topic: SPORT - on August 10, 2009 at 11:35:00 AM CEST
8 Awesome Skateboard Images: No Fisheye Lens Needed
In photography, a fisheye lens is a wide-angle lens that takes an extremely wide hemispherical image. The fisheye lens was originally developed for use in meteorology and astronomy and called "whole-sky lenses", fisheye lenses quickly became popular in general photography for their unique, distorted appearance. Photographers and videographers use fisheye lenses so they can get the camera as close as possible for action shots, for example in skateboarding. Here are some examples of skateboarding action shots taken without the use of the fisheye lens so it its possible to get a great quality skateboarding image without using a fisheye and getting that distorted effect.
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