Paul Kelso
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/ 11 April 2008

IOC officials deny backing off on Tibet

Senior Olympic officials denied bowing to Chinese government pressure this week after an influential International Olympic Committee (IOC) body watered down calls for Beijing to find a negotiated solution to the conflict in Tibet. Beijing is determined to press ahead despite the disastrous reception the torch has received so far.

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/ 23 February 2007

Will Wembley be ready for the Cup?

Fresh concerns over Wembley’s readiness for the FA Cup final emerged this week after Brent council revealed it has been unable to confirm the dates for two ramp-up events planned for next month, adding to fears that the timetable for completing the stadium is slipping.

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/ 17 June 2005

Top players on serious charges

Arsenal footballer Robin van Persie was arrested and held in the Netherlands on Monday on suspicion of rape, Dutch prosecutors said this week. Van Persie (21) was held in Rotterdam following an incident at the weekend, according to a prosecution spokesperson, Jei Chen de Graaf.

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/ 17 June 2005

‘Murky’ football transfers

Gary Lineker this week attacked the ”murky” world of the football transfer business, telling a high court jury in London that Harry Kewell’s transfer from Leeds United to Liverpool was a deal that had tarnished the game’s reputation. The former
English captain says comments from a player’s agent irked him.

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/ 22 October 2004

Coke doesn’t make you a drugs cheat

It is hard to feel sympathy for a footballer on £60 000 a week whose all-round fondness for fast living and aversion to training has brought his career to the brink of disaster. In one respect, however, Adrian Mutu, the Chelsea striker who admitted this week that he tested positive for cocaine, can consider himself unfortunate.

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/ 30 August 2004

Grand prix intruder strikes again

The final event of the Athens Olympics was marred on Sunday when a former Irish priest leapt from the crowd on the marathon route and attacked the race leader.
Cornelius ”Neil” Horan, who ran on to the track during the 2003 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, burst on to the road near the 35km mark and forced the leader, the Brazilian Vanderlei de Lima, into the crowd.

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/ 7 May 2004

Olympic security confidence dented

It was the news Giorgos Voulgarakis did not want to hear. Eight hours before the Greek public order minister was due to begin briefing FBI and CIA officials in Washington on security arrangements for the Olympics, three bombs exploded outside a police station in an Athens suburb. The blasts blamed on anarchists have drawn attention to fears and delays dogging the games.