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Paula Radcliffe pulls out of marathon at worlds

Paula Radcliffe pulls out of marathon at worlds

Paula Radcliffe pulled out of the marathon at the world championships on Thursday because her reconstructed right foot is not yet ready to race the distance. The world-record holder won Sunday's New York City Half-Marathon in her first race [...]

Posted On : Aug, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

For Golfs Health, an Upset Heard Round the World

For Golfs Health, an Upset Heard Round the World

It also provided a fitting focal point for assessing a major championship season that opened at the Masters with Ángel Cabrera of Argentina winning a playoff and closed with Yang holding aloft both his golf bag and the Wanamaker Trop [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Dibaba, Shihine out of 10K at worlds with injuries

Ethiopia's Olympic and world 10,000-meter champion Tirunesh Dibaba has pulled out of Saturday's event at the world championships because of injury. Dibaba was still flying to the German capital for tests and was hoping to compete in the 5,0 [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Frank Lampard eyes World Cup history

"You only have to look at how highly regarded the 1966 team are held, and quite rightly so,'' said Lampard on Monday. "We want to make an imprint as individuals and as a team that goes down in history. We want to win the World Cup [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

World No. 1 Woods captures third Buick Open title

World No. 1 Woods captures third Buick Open title

World number one Tiger Woods fired a three-under 69 to capture the Buick Open by three strokes, claiming his 69th PGA Tour title. Woods, who earned his fourth win of the season, improved to 36-1 when he holds the lead after 54 holes in a to [...]

Posted On : Aug, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Pakistan nears solution to World Cup dispute

Pakistan nears solution to World Cup dispute

Pakistan moved closer to solving its World Cup 2011 dispute and a court Friday extended a stay order on relocating the event's headquarters out of the country, an official said. Pakistan initiated a legal case against the International Cric [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Afridi to lead Pakistan against Sri Lanka in T20

Afridi to lead Pakistan against Sri Lanka in T20

Pakistan have named all-rounder Shahid Afridi to captain their Twenty20 side in a one-off international against Sri Lanka next month. Afridi will be captaining the side for the first time in his 13-year international career. "The cha [...]

Posted On : Jul, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Terry pledges future to Chelsea

Terry pledges future to Chelsea

City have long been linked with the 28-year-old, amid reports that they were considering making a bid of up to £40m. And while Chelsea always insisted they would not sell, the England skipper's silence only increased the speculation. [...]

Posted On : Jul, 27 2009 | Comments : 0

England declare 2018 World Cup bid slogan-free

England declare 2018 World Cup bid slogan-free

England have red-carded the cocky-sounding "Football?s coming home" slogan as they step up their campaign to host the World Cup finals in 2018, the bid chief said on Thursday. Overuse of the catchphrase was partly blamed for Engl [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

American Sam Querry wins at Indy

American Sam Querry wins at Indy

Third-seeded American Sam Querrey was among Monday's first-round winners at the $450,000 Indianapolis Tennis Championships.Querrey, 21, beat Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-4 in one hour, 13 minutes. Querrey, who was making his first appea [...]

Posted On : Jul, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Tour de France 2009: Lance Armstrong happy to support Albert...

The American’s hopes of an eighth Tour victory all but disappeared on yesterday’s mountain stage, when Contador led a solo breakaway to pull out a lead of one minute 37 seconds, and will now put his personal ambitions aside to h [...]

Posted On : Jul, 22 2009 | Comments : 0

No World Cup without Pakistan, claims Bajwa

No World Cup without Pakistan, claims Bajwa

Talking to Dawn exclusively at the Hockey Club of Pakistan (HCP) on Thursday, a day ahead of the vital Executive Board meeting, the former Olympian buoyed by the national team’s fine performance in the Asia Cup and the recently-conc [...]

Posted On : Jul, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Pakistan still wants talks over World Cup

Pakistan still wants talks over World Cup

Pakistan's cricket chief on Wednesday denied boycotting a meeting in India that handed the country's World Cup 2011 matches to co-hosts and called again for talks on winning back the fixtures. The Central Organising Committee (COC) of the [...]

Posted On : Jul, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

England cricket bowlers flayed by Aussie media

England cricket bowlers flayed by Aussie media

England's negative attitude and flat bowling in the first Test are bad signs for the rest of the Ashes series, according to the Australian media. The Aussie press ripped into the England bowlers for their impotency as skipper Ricky Ponting [...]

Posted On : Jul, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

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