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British Athletes to wear gas masks at the Olympics


Al Gore’s right, pollution is bad and that

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As a result of coal-fired industries, geographical location and a huge amount of cars, Beijing is covered in a thick grey cloud most of the time. In fact, the air quality is so bad that people were told to stay inside their homes a fortnight ago due to ‘hazardous pollution levels.’

As a result, several Olympic events may be delayed or postponed, in light of the health risks to the athletes: in an Olympic biking test event last September, just eight of fifty riders finished, most blaming the

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Posted: January 18th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Punters heap pressure on Hatton with record-breaking bets


‘Hitman’ has weight of nation’s gambling hopes on his shoulders

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As if preparing for the biggest fight of your life thousands of miles from home against an undefeated boxer ranked one of the greatest of all time wasn’t enough pressure in itself, Ricky Hatton will be pleased to know that a record number of

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Posted: December 6th, 2007 by Josh Burt