Topic: SPORT - on September 29, 2006 at 11:31:00 AM CEST
Viva Border Volleyball!
California’s most desolate and unknown beach is desolate and unknown for a reason. It has no name, no facilities, no parking lot. There are no signs for it inside Borderfield State Park. There are no signs for the park either. To get there, you depart the 5 freeway 10 miles south of San Diego, follow the roads to where the gas stations give way to horse stables, get lost in the overgrowth and streams of the Tijuana River delta, and from there walk the dirt road two miles through coastal dunes to emerge at the Pacific.
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Topic: SPORT - on June 10, 2005 at 9:11:00 AM CEST
German city to install "sex garages" for World Cup
A German city is rushing to install a series of drive-in wooden "sex garages" in time for next year's Soccer World Cup and an expected boom in the local sex trade, a city official said Wednesday.
Dortmund, one of 12 cities to host World Cup matches, is anxious to keep prostitutes and their clients off the streets by providing them with discreet places to do business.
Experts estimate as many as 40,000 prostitutes may travel to Germany to offer their services to fans during the tournament.
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Topic: SPORT - on March 6, 2005 at 11:24:00 AM CET
All's swell that ends well Surfing's biggest names, waves crest at right time
The eroded bone of a half moon hung low in the western sky, a big blue swell jutted up out of the Pacific. As Brock Little and Peter Mel paddled furiously for the swell, Little got the inside edge on Mel, and dropped smoothly onto a 30-foot-high wave face. The fourth running of Maverick's Surf contest was on.
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Topic: SPORT - on March 4, 2005 at 10:16:00 AM CET
Hockey night on Mt. Everest
A 17-member Canadian expedition to Mt. Everest this month will attempt to set two records. Team members will play hockey on the Khumbu glacier, on the world's highest mountain, in honour of the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the U.S.S.R. And team leader, Dr. Sean Egan, 62, of Almonte, Ont. will attempt to be the oldest Canadian to scale the famous Himalayan peak.
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Topic: SPORT - on February 27, 2005 at 9:38:00 AM CET
Nike's Stand Up Speak Up
Nike's response the the rise in racist chanting at soccer matches around Europe. Famous players encourage fans to drown out the sounds of the racists.
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Topic: SPORT - on February 6, 2005 at 5:54:00 PM CET
Superbowl XXXIX
Patriots vs. Eagles
Do shut up!
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Topic: SPORT - on November 8, 2004 at 6:32:00 AM CET
EXPLODIERTER BALL - Schlappschuss zählt trotzdem
Einer der kuriosesten Treffer der belgischen Fußball-Geschichte erhitzt die Gemüter. Im Spitzenspiel des RSC Anderlecht gegen AA La Louviere platzte das Spielgerät, flog aber dennoch ins Tor und blieb dort schlaff liegen. Gegen den Treffer wurde Protest eingelegt.
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Topic: SPORT - on October 28, 2004 at 10:54:00 AM CEST
Chelsea Footballer Hit In Head With Bottle During Game
Bitter fans dampened UK football club Chelsea’s 3-0 win over West Ham when they hit Mateja Kezman in the head with a bottle. The footballer was cut over his left eye from the attack and needed treatment.
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Topic: SPORT - on October 1, 2004 at 1:43:00 PM CEST
Indians Pitcher Shot Wearing Cheerleader Outfit
The winning pitcher in Wednesday night's Tribe game against Kansas City was shot after the game. Kyle Denney, 27 was hospitalized after being shot in the leg while riding on the team bus.
Team officials said the bullet also grazed outfielder Ryan Ludwick, but he wasn't hurt.
The shooting happened while the team was headed to the Kansas City International Airport, Cleveland television station WEWS reported.
Police said the shot was fired into the side of the team's second bus while it was on a ramp between Interstate 435 and I-70.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 27, 2004 at 11:22:00 AM CEST
Girls team attacks rivals after loss
The Crane High School girls volleyball team refused to shake hands with Juarez High's players after losing a close match.
In minutes, the unsportsmanlike snub escalated into violence when Crane players followed the Juarez girls into the locker room and pummeled them, officials said. Two of the Juarez players went to the hospital after they were punched and kicked in the Wednesday melee.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 24, 2004 at 4:00:00 PM CEST
Prostitute soccer girls banned
A GUATEMALA soccer team made up of prostitutes cried foul after being ejected from a tournament because of their profession.
"Just for being prostitutes, society marginalises us, and we want to exercise our rights as women and as mothers," said the team captain, Valeria, who did not give her last name.
Her team, the Stars of the Line, lost 5-2 to the Blue Devils, fielded by an exclusive girls' school in the Guatemalan capital, and were ejected from the tournament after Monday's game.
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Topic: SPORT - on September 24, 2004 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
French 'Spiderman' climbs 59-storey office building with bare hands
A French urban climber who calls himself "Spiderman" scaled a 59-storey Paris office building Wednesday with his bare hands and without using any ropes.
Alain Robert took less than 45 minutes to climb the 213-metre-tall Montparnasse Tower building, gripping the metal girders on his way up. At the top, he waved to a small crowd that gathered on the ground, some shouting "Allez, Alain!", or "Go, Alain!"
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