Pole vault champ Hooker hurts leg ahead of worlds

Australian Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker is uncertain for the world championships because of a leg injury.

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Ex-Olympic kayaker gets 5 years over drug charges

Australian Olympic silver medalist and former world kayaking champion Nathan Baggaley was sentenced to at least five years in prison on Friday on charges of supplying and manufacturing ecstasy pills.

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World champion Jana Rawlinson out of Olympics

A toe injury and related problems knocked 400-meter hurdles world champion Jana Rawlinson out of the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday, the day she officially was selected as part of her third Australian Summer Games team.

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Beijing podium protests possible

Australian Olympic chief John Coates said Saturday that he believes there's a good chance some athletes will protest on the medal podium at the Beijing Olympics.

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Sources close to Iranian president tell London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper he did not hide discontent, amazement after being informed of negotiations between Damascus, Jerusalem.

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