Read more Olympics stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33188/olympics.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:22:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74412/yoga-gets-competitive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagYoga as an Olympic sport? It could happen, if two leaders in the field have their way. The creators of Bikram yoga brought yoga championships to the US, but many practitioners say the very idea of competition in yoga is antithetical to the core tenets of the practice. After all,...http://www.newser.com/story/74412/yoga-gets-competitive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 11:07:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74313/afghans-revive-goat-carcass-sport.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNot even the Taliban managed to kill it, and now buzkashi, the national sport of Afghanistan, is thriving again, attracting corporate sponsors and emboldening its boosters to contact Olympics officials, with the ambition of building an international following. Did we mention it’s a virtually rule-less polo-like game played by men...http://www.newser.com/story/74313/afghans-revive-goat-carcass-sport.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 11:49:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71337/ioc-oks-golf-rugby-for-rio-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMedals for golf and rugby will be awarded at the 2016 Olympics for the first time in a century or more. The IOC voted today to reinstate the sports for the Rio de Janeiro games and provisionally accepted them for the 2020 Olympiad. Golf has not been played at the...http://www.newser.com/story/71337/ioc-oks-golf-rugby-for-rio-games.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 09 Oct 2009 10:52:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70857/chicagos-loss-casts-light-on-anti-us-sentiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first-round knockout of Chicago’s Olympic bid speaks to an unpleasant fact, writes Mike Lopresti: “A lot of people out there don't like us. They don't care if President Obama is eloquent and the first lady is charming.” If it had come down to just Chicago and Rio, with South...http://www.newser.com/story/70857/chicagos-loss-casts-light-on-anti-us-sentiment.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 15:53:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70850/gop-revels-in-us-setbacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom worse-than-expected unemployment numbers to Chicago’s foiled Olympic bid, today was a lousy day for America, but Republicans reacted as if Christmas had come early. Soon after the jobs numbers hit, Glenn Thrush of Politico got a slew of GOP press releases. “Rep. Mike Pence literally hit the send button...http://www.newser.com/story/70850/gop-revels-in-us-setbacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 14:15:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70818/obamas-pick-chicago-most-american-city.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack and Michelle Obama made an impassioned call today to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, which the president called the "most American of American cities." In his pitch to the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, the president told of how he became "a proud Chicagoan" after a peripatetic childhood...http://www.newser.com/story/70818/obamas-pick-chicago-most-american-city.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 5:11:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69128/prez-may-skip-trip-to-pitch-chicago-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is keeping the team behind Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics guessing on whether he'll head to Copenhagen to personally address the International Olympic Committee before members make their choice next month, the Chicago Tribune reports. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says he isn't aware of any...http://www.newser.com/story/69128/prez-may-skip-trip-to-pitch-chicago-olympics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 1:20:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68527/chicagoans-cool-off-on-olympic-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLocal support for Chicago's bid to play host to the 2016 Olympics has fallen sharply, with public opinion evenly split, the Chicago Tribune reports. Just 47% of Chicagoans in a new poll support the mayor’s initiative—a 14-point slide—while 45% oppose it. The main issue is expense: 84% disapprove...http://www.newser.com/story/68527/chicagoans-cool-off-on-olympic-bid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 10:20:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67541/women-time-to-compete-against-the-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFemale athletes will always be inherently inferior to their male counterparts unless they can directly prove their mettle against them, Dominic Lawson writes in a provocative column for the Times of London. His solution: “Let there be no male or female athletics championships. Instead, let men and women—and all...http://www.newser.com/story/67541/women-time-to-compete-against-the-men.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 23 Aug 2009 12:56:48 CDT