Warning: include(/inc/left.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/www/virtual/usdbet/www.sportsunit.com/article/IN_03.php on line 42 Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/inc/left.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /usr/www/virtual/usdbet/www.sportsunit.com/article/IN_03.php on line 42 Beijing halts construction to clear air April 14 2008 Beijing is ordering a stoppage at construction sites and plans to shut down some heavy industries in temporary actions aimed at shut cutting air pollutionion for the 2008 Olympic period. Builders are to cease digging and pouring of concrete from July 20-Sept. 20, the city's Environmental Protection Bureau told the Associated Press. Nineteen heavy-polluting companies also have been told to cut their emissions by 30 per cent in the same period. The International Olympic Committee showed increasing concern over air pollution as criticism by athletes escalated in recent weeks. The world's top marathon runner, Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, opted out of the classic distance... Speedo suit could rewrite record book April 10 2008 The Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit is making such a splash in the pool that U.S. coach Mark Schubert believes every record in the sport could fall at the Beijing Olympics. Since the suit was unveiled in February, 19 long-course world records have been set and four short-course marks. The new Speedo suit has been worn in all but one of the 23 records. At this point in 2004 ? the last Olympic year ? five world records had been set. Swimming's world governing body decided last weekend not to ban the new high-tech suit, despite claims of buoyancy and "technological doping" by some critics. "I wouldn't be surprised to see every world record broken at the games... Scientists use pig bladder to help man regrow his fingertip April 08 2008 When Lee Spievack cried out in pain after slicing off his fingertip he had no idea he was about to find himself at the centre of a medical mystery that appeared to have more in common with Harry Potter than the British Medical Journal. Rather than follow his doctor's advice and have a skin graft to cover what was left of his finger, the 68-year-old shopkeeper sprinkled the wound with a powdered extract of pig bladder. Within four weeks, his finger had regained its original length and by the end of four months it was almost back to normal. Now scientists in America believe the pig bladder "potion" may lead to an extraordinary breakthrough in regenerative medicine... Pound loses bid to become CAS president April 03 2008 Italian lawyer Mino Auletta has been elected president of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, beating out former World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound. Auletta, who has been acting president of CAS, said by telephone from Monaco that he received a majority of the votes at a meeting of the 19 members of the court's governing body. At least 10 votes were needed to win. Auletta, who will oversee the appointment of arbitrators for the sports world's top appeals body, also defeated Swiss lawyer Robert Briner and Sweden's Gunnar Werner to get the job. Ultimate fighting expands to include kids March 29 2008 Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV. But the sport often derided as "human cockfighting" is branching out. The bare-knuckle fights are now attracting competitors as young as 6 whose parents treat the sport as casually as wrestling, Little League or soccer. The changes were evident on a recent evening in southwest Missouri, where a team of several young boys and one girl grappled on gym mats in a converted garage. Two members of the group called the "Garage Boys Fight Crew" touched their thin martial-arts gloves in a flash of sportsmanship before beginning a relentless exchange of sucker punches, body blows and swift kicks... US Congressman calls for release of WTO GATS Settlement terms March 14 2008 U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) has written a letter to other members of Congress urging them to join him in demanding that the US Trade Representative office make public the terms of the agreements it reached with other countries in its recent World Trade Organization settlements regarding Internet gambling. The letter from DeFazio, dated March 6, 2008, follows the discovery by Michigan Messenger contributing writer Ed Brayton that the USTR would not release specifics of the settlements... Bodog Overcomes Domain Issues, Makes New Home At BodogLife.com September 19 2007 The results are in from the great "Man vs. Machine" computer poker showdown in Vancouver, with the humans coming out on top by a narrow margin. But the main result of the exercise was mutual respect, on the part of the computer programmers as well as the poker pros. The final 500-hand playoff went until past 11 p.m. PT Tuesday, and when the takes were totaled up, high-ranked poker players Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Ali Eslami came out $570 ahead. Those results were combined with a too-close-to-call draw and a win for the University of Alberta's Polaris... HUMANS BEAT POKER BOT ... BARELY July 27 2007 The results are in from the great "Man vs. Machine" computer poker showdown in Vancouver, with the humans coming out on top by a narrow margin. But the main result of the exercise was mutual respect, on the part of the computer programmers as well as the poker pros. The final 500-hand playoff went until past 11 p.m. PT Tuesday, and when the takes were totaled up, high-ranked poker players Phil "The Unabomber" Laak and Ali Eslami came out $570 ahead. Those results were combined with a too-close-to-call draw and a win for the University of Alberta's Polaris... Google Expands Ban On Internet Gambling Advertising June 06 2007 Google have announced a change in their advertising policy for gambling websites, due to be implemented immediately. Until today, an advertiser would be able to run an advertisement on the search engine advertising free-to-play gambling websites. Now, that policy extends to cover all online gambling sites, including those where no money is needed to play games. Google and Yahoo! have both recently banned advertisements on pay-to-play online gambling websites in the UK, but Google are the first major engine to ban all forms of online gambling advertising from their service. U.S. Disavows Own Trade Agreements, Plans to Ignore WTO Judgment May 08 2007 The United States has announced that its way of complying with a recent online gambling trade decision rendered by the World Trade Organization will be to ignore its own trade compacts. The U.S. announcement, the latest move in the long complaint brought by the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, is a rare ploy that not only amounts to a rewrite of history, but has the potential to threaten the very framework of the WTO itself. In the announcement, Deputy U.S. Trade Secretary John K. Veroneau conceded defeat in the narrow online dispute centering on accessibility to Internet-based horseracing wagering. 1 | 2 | 3 | 4  Copyright © Sportsunit. All Rights Reserved. Contact webmaster for more information. Website designed by ITBoss - The IT Authority.