Sports News from Reuters (Complete list)
Jamaica seek more glory after Bolt double Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:08:05 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - Jamaica celebrated Usain "Lightning" Bolt's double sprint Olympic victory and set their sights on yet more track glory in China on Thursday.	Jamaica and U.S. set to battle it out in sprints Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:25:12 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - The latest round of Jamaica's sprint battle with the United States in the women's 200 meters and Jeremy Wariner's 400m clash with fellow American LaShawn Merrit are the highlights of Thursday's athletics program.
Griffey hits 609th home run Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:11:20 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago White Sox slugger Ken Griffey Jr struck his 609th home run against the Seattle Mariners on Wednesday to tie Sammy Sosa for fifth place in the all-time list.	NASCAR punishes Gibbs team for breaking rules Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:57:02 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW YORK (Reuters) - NASCAR punished Joe Gibbs Racing on Wednesday for rules violations after inspectors found the Nationwide Series cars driven by Tony Stewart and Joey Logano had been tampered with to mask their horsepower.
King Kobe rules "Bling Dynasty" in China Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:20:59 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - There is a story about Kobe Bryant once flying into China in a private jet and being unable to get off the plane for fear of being crushed by fans.	Mauresmo wins again, Karlovic beaten Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:34:32 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Former world number one Amelie Mauresmo saved a match point before beating fifth seed Patty Schnyder 6-4 3-6 7-6 to reach the quarter-finals of the WTA event in New Haven on Wednesday.
Brazil beach volleyball champs out of semis Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:08:35 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - Defending champions Ricardo Santos and Emanuel Rego were knocked out of the Olympic beach volleyball on Wednesday, leaving fellow Brazilians Marcio Araujo and Fabio Luiz Magalhaes to play the U.S. favorites for gold.	U.S. men to face Argentina in basketball semifinals Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:10:52 GMT (more with latitude, longitude) BEIJING (Reuters) - The unbeaten United States continued their relentless quest for gold in the men's Olympic basketball tournament by crushing Australia on Wednesday.