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• Teens taking over at U.S. Table Tennis Trials POSTED: Feb 11, 10:25a ET | UPDATED: Feb 11, 10:26a ET By Associated Press Ariel Hsing, 16, is back for her second shot at the U.S. Olympic table tennis trials. Her rating of 2,340 was good enough to secure the No. 2 seed in the women's round robin tournament. Despite her age, she's a veteran.
• Vote for Tweet of the Week: Garrett Weber-Gale vs. Misty May-Treanor vs. David Boudia POSTED: Feb 10, 9:03a ET | UPDATED: Feb 10, 9:03a ET By Matt Stroup, Universal Sports Three competing tweets have been nominated, and your vote will decide the winner. Check out the nominated tweets and vote for your favorite in the poll here:
• Australian sailing team quits Olympic bid POSTED: Feb 10, 7:45a ET | UPDATED: Feb 10, 7:45a ET By Associated Press Australia's highest-ranked female match-racing sailors have decided they won't compete at the Olympics.
• Retired Paralympians get 2 free tickets for Games POSTED: Feb 10, 7:37a ET | UPDATED: Feb 10, 7:37a ET By Associated Press Britain's Paralympics association is celebrating the 200 days to go milestone before the Paralympic Games in London by giving tickets to the event to every retired British Paralympics athlete.
• Teenage girl from Afghanistan to box at Olympics POSTED: Feb 10, 7:34a ET | UPDATED: Feb 10, 7:37a ET Besides going after a medal in the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be taking a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women.
• London set for largest tourist push ever POSTED: Feb 9, 2:36p ET | UPDATED: Feb 9, 4:02p ET By Reuters Britain launched on Thursday its biggest ever campaign to attract visitors to its shores, exploiting a unique year in which London will host the Olympics and Queen Elizabeth celebrates 60 years on the throne.
• Salt Lake to consider bid for '22 Winter Olympics POSTED: Feb 9, 9:11a ET | UPDATED: Feb 9, 9:11a ET By Associated Press Ten years after the Salt Lake City Olympics, Utah officials have formed an exploratory committee to consider whether the state should bid for the 2022 Winter Games.
• WADA: 1-in-10 athletes may be doping POSTED: Feb 7, 12:32p ET | UPDATED: Feb 7, 12:32p ET By Associated Press The World Anti-Doping Agency said new research findings expected this spring could suggest as many as 1 in 10 athletes who compete internationally may be doping.
• Coe: My 'dream' to see Africa stage Olympics POSTED: Feb 7, 8:06a ET | UPDATED: Feb 7, 12:33p ET By Associated Press Sebastian Coe says it is his "dream" to see the Olympics held in Africa and he will try to help bring the games to the continent for the first time.
• 2012 Olympics Trials: Live streaming schedule POSTED: Feb 6, 3:09p ET | UPDATED: Feb 11, 2:44a ET Find out when you can watch upcoming USA Olympic trials LIVE on UniversalSports.com.
• UK tests work-from-home to beat Games gridlock POSTED: Feb 6, 10:07a ET | UPDATED: Feb 6, 10:07a ET By Reuters Thousands of Britons swapped the office for the comforts of working from home on Monday as government and businesses tested ways of avoiding transport gridlock during this summer's Olympics in London.