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| Greek hurdler Fani Halkia is formally expelled from the Beijing Olympics by the International Olympic Committee for doping. |
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| Defending 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang apologises to the Chinese people after injury forced him to pull out of the Olympics. |
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| Jamaica's 100m champion Usain Bolt moves into the 200m semi-finals as British duo Christian Malcolm and Marlon Devonish. |
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| Defending 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang, face of the Beijng Olympics, is out of the Games after pulling out with injury. |
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| Jamaica's 100m champion Usain Bolt jogs home in second place in his heat to progress through to the next round of the 200m. |
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| Christine Ohuruogu qualifies for the 400m final after Jeanette Kwakye becomes the first British woman to reach the Olympic 100m final since 1984. |
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| Paula Radcliffe shows her spirit to finish the Olympic marathon in 23rd place in Beijing as Romania's Constantina Tomescu wins gold. |
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| Britain's Jennifer Meadows and Marilyn Okoro qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 800m but Jemma Simpson is out. |
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| The Jamaican athletics team has had an "extremely unusual" number of doping tests in Beijing, the team's chef de mission claims. |
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| Paula Radcliffe looks set to line up for Sunday's marathon despite admitting she has yet to fully recover from a leg injury. |
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| British long jumper Chris Tomlinson is passed fit to compete at the Olympics after recovering from a calf muscle injury. |
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| Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own pole vault world record as she clears 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco. |
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| British long jumper Chris Tomlinson is confident he will recover from a torn calf muscle in time to compete at the Olympics. |
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| The Jamaica Olympic Association's boss tells BBC Sport a member of its athletics team for the Beijing Games has failed a drugs test. |
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| Former world indoor champion Derval O'Rourke is the Irish team's latest injury doubt for next month's Beijing Olympics. |
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