Fall of sports superstars - Xinhua

Fall of sports superstars

English.news.cn | 2013-02-18 14:23:36 | Editor: Tang Danlu

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South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, also known as the "Blade Runner" because of his carbon fibre prosthetic blades, was detained by local police for the Valentine's Day murder of his glamorous model girlfriend. Just as Tiger Woods' sexual scandal and Lance Armstrong's doping scheme, the murder charge to Pistorius has triggered a global uproar as well. Let's retrospect the fall of those sports superstars.

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Investigators have found a bloodied cricket bat in the the home of paralympian Oscar Pristorius who was charged with murdering his girl friend Reeva Steenkamp, it was reported on Sunday.Full story

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