Good play of words, eh?
I just found it and wanted to share.
ANTaR, Indigenous rights group, claims that they merely want to get a share of the Commonwealth Games spotlight as they present to the rest of the population their cause, not because that they’re against the Games.
Watch the video clip here.

Ian Thorpe hasn’t been beaten in the 400m freestyle for the past two Commonwealth Games, and even in the Sydney and Athens Olympics. He was forced to withdraw from the Games due to illness, Tuesday of last week.
The 2 notable absentees in the Australian Team for the Swimming event are Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett. It is such a shame to lose the country’s best bet however, it’s also an avenue for some potential stars to rise up and create a huge splash in the sport.
This puts pressure on the Women’s team to perform really well to bring home the …read more

Curling fans were “treated” to an unexpected visitor…visitors?…during Friday’s bronze medal match. John MacDougall/Getty Images
I was watching this game live on TV (and Live Blogging) and there was no mention of this streaker. Around the ‘net .. sites are reporting the initial “sighting” from the AP news item… but I kept wondering … was this guy .. Mark Roberts?
It is now confirmed – Yes it was

Streaker interrupts bronze medal curling game
Updated Fri. Feb. 24 2006 4:53 PM ET
Associated Press
PINEROLO, Italy — Notorious British streaker Mark Roberts has apparently struck again.
A man wearing running shoes, a rubber chicken …read more

It will be an exciting day for Canada because by the end of the day .. Canada will have reached a historic 20 Medals here at the 2006 Winter Olympics, thanks to Brad Gushue and the rest of Team Canada Men’s Curling Team.
I thought I would refresh the Canadians out there reading this post, on past Olympic medal accomplishments. Lately, I keep hearing (even though it probably is true most times), that there have been a lot of disappointing moments so far by Canadian Athletes during these Olympics … 4th place, disqualifications, upsets, illnesses, and there’s no reason to mention …read more

Follow up #4 to a previous post ..

The president of the Austrian ski federation revealed that two athletes “may have used illegal methods” at the Torino Olympic Winter Games.
Federation president Peter Schroecksnadel told reporters Tuesday that Wolfgang Perner and Wolfgang Rottman, both of whom fled Italy when the team’s Olympic residences were raided by local police last Sunday evening, confessed to sports director Markus Gandler.
Schroecksnadel did not elaborate, noting only that the skiers have been kicked off the national team and that a commission is being set up to investigate.
“Team Austria is a small group and …read more

Official News from Torino Website .. for those of you actually following the scheduled timetable of events ..

Feb 20 2006
SESTRIERE, Feb 20 (Reuters) – The start times of Monday’s two Alpine ski races at the Turin Olympics have been put back to allow workers to clear snow from the pistes, organisers said.
Heavy snow had fallen all day on Sunday, forcing a postponement of the women’s super-G by 24 hours.
Monday dawned clear and bright but organisers said they needed time to clear the men’s giant slalom piste in Sestriere and the women’s super-G course in nearby San Sicario.
The two …read more

Another Follow up ==> to my second post HERE …

Last Updated: Sun Feb 19 19:58:21 EST 2006
CBC Sports
Walter Mayer, the man whose appearance at the Torino Winter Olympic Games set off a raid by Italian police on the Austrian nordic ski team, has been taken into custody by Italian police after he allegedly took them on a chase through the mountains that ended with a crash into a police barrier.
Italian police took Mayer into protective custody after he allegedly tried to run a one-car road block while heading for the Austrian border.
Police earlier in the evening …read more

Follow up => to my previous post … Blame the police?
Italian law enforcement authorities raided the Olympic residences of Austria’s biathlon and cross-country teams early Sunday, but found no evidence of doping. It marked the first anti-doping police raid on athletes in Olympic history.
…….”They checked every drink, every food, and they took a lot of stuff with them,” Austrian spokesman Eric Wagner claimed. “They came around 9 and stayed until 12 and then took the athletes away to be tested.” Austria finished dead last in Sunday’s 4×10-kilometre relay. “They absolutely ruined the race,” Austrian skier Martin …read more

The result is in from Canada’s protest file on Thursday .. here’s the full news report about the decision :(
A formal complaint filed by the Canadian Olympic Committee over the finish of the women’s 500-metre short-track speed skating final has been denied.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the protest following a hearing held Friday.
Anouk Leblanc-Boucher of Prevost, Que., won the bronze medal in Wednesday’s sprint, but the COC claimed that silver medallist Evgenia Radanova of Bulgaria crossed the finish line with her front skate tilted upward.
Rules require skaters to cross with both skates on the ice. …read more

According to the news …
Italian law enforcement authorities raided the residences of some staff members of the Austrian biathlon and cross-country teams early Sunday morning, apparently searching for banned substances, said two separate news reports.
The International Olympic Committee also confirmed it has conducted out-of-competition doping tests on “a number of Austrian cross-country and biathlon athletes,” according to Reuters and Associated Press.
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