Topic: 2000 Summer Olympics

'Isles of Wonder' Olympic opening ceremony

By Jacquelin Magnay, Olympics Editor. 12:15PM GMT 27 Jan 2012. Comments . . The ceremony is the brainchild of Trainspotting and Slumdog Millionaire...

ARMITT: LET'S WELCOME THE WORLD

Olympic Delivery Authority chairman Sir John Armitt has claimed Londoners should be prepared to put up with some inconvenience if the 2012 Games...
Sydney 2000 Olympics gold medallists and one of the coaches of the Wrestling Federation of Nigeria, Daniel Igali has stated that Nigerian wrestlers...

WNBA team cuts Marion Jones

Marion Jones, bidding to resume a sporting career in basketball after her once stellar athletics career ended in drugs disgrace, was waived by the WNBA's Tulsa Shock on Thursday.Jones was stripped of five medals - three gold and two bronze - from ...

Tennis star Kafelnikov eyes Olympic golf glory

Russia's former tennis icon Yevgeny Kafelnikov is targeting competing in the golf tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, local media reported Friday."There are five more years before the start of the Olympic Games at Brazil," said ...

Basically, they're just good at everything

An interesting story in the Sun this weekend about how many former Olympians end up going into the medical field. The story kicks off with a photo...
Dallas, TX, May 23, 2011 -(PR.com)- The first annual Swim Across America event to be held in Texas isn t just a chance for former Olympic swimmers...
A talented Australian water polo player accused of killing her baby daughter to focus on competing at the Sydney Olympics was Friday jailed for 18 years for murdering the infant.Keli Lane, 35, was found guilty in December of killing newborn Tegan ...

China skating body denies age cheating

Chinese figure skating officials have denied that 2006 Winter Olympic pairs silver medalists Zhang Dan and Zhang Hao violated age restrictions, but said further investigations were under way."The Chinese Skating Association (CSA) opposes all kinds of age cheating," the association said ...

Summer Olympics 2000

The 2000 Summer Olympics were held in Sydney , Australia . The games were also known as the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millenium and the Games of the XXVII Olympiad.The first medal of the games was awarded in the women's ...