Jamaican sprinter appeals for help for junior athletes
September 10th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), Sep 10 (IANS/CMC) Two-time Olympic 100 metre champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has called on the Jamaican government to provide more support, especially for the country's junior athletes.Fraser-Pryce, also Olympic 200 ... Read more...
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Somali Olympic sprinter dies at sea
August 21st, 2012 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mogadishu, Aug 21 (IANS) A Somali sprinter, who was member of the Olympic team at the 2008 Beijing Games, died during an attempt to reach the Italian shores on a ... Read more...
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World champion Kemboi charged with assault
June 29th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Eldoret (Kenya), June 29 (IANS) A Kenyan court charged world's 3,000-metre champion Ezekiel Kemboi with assault after a woman said he stabbed her after leaving a drinking den here.The charges ... Read more...
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Blake clocks this year’s fastest 100m
April 16th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kingston (Jamaica), April 16 (IANS) Yohan Blake of Jamaica, the reigning world 100-metre champion, clocked 9.90 seconds in cold and rainy conditions at the UTech Classic athletics meet to set ... Read more...
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Bolt, Pearson named IAAF athletes of the year
November 13th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Monaco, Nov 13 (IANS) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Australia's Sally Pearson, the world 100m hurdles champion, were named IAAF athletes of the year here.Bolt, the Olympic 100-metre champion, wins ... Read more...
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No changing false-start rule, says world athletics body
September 5th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by IANS
Daegu (South Korea), Sep 5 (IANS/CMC) Usain Bolt will have to learn quickly how to deal with the nerves that led to his false-start disqualification in the final of the 100 ... Read more...
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Caster Semenya plans to make 1,500m bid in 2012 Olympics
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
Pretoria, Feb 22 (ANI): World 800 metre champion Caster Semenya has said she is planning to of participate in the 1,500 metres race at next year's London Olympics."It is part of my ... Read more...
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Usain Bolt’s barmaid tells of secret year long fling
October 19th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 19 (ANI): Usain Bolt's barmaid from humble West Norwood has spilled the beans on how world's fastest man did a runner - after a secret year-long fling with her.Sexy ... Read more...
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Champion Kiwi runner happy with Delhi security
September 14th, 2010 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Sep 14 (IANS) Defending 1,500 metre champion Nick Willis said he is happy with the security arrangements for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, after the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) decided ... Read more...
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Ramzi stripped of Olympic gold for doping
November 19th, 2009 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
Hamburg, Nov 18 (DPA) Olympic 1,500-metre champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster CERA.
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Olympic attention now swings to London
August 24th, 2008 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 24 (DPA) David Beckham kicked a football and three-time Beijing gold medallist Chris Hoy rode a bicycle past a double-decker bus as London became the centre of Olympic attention Sunday.The ... Read more...
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Veteran Brit athlete says cricket in Olympics will hamper individual disciplines
August 18th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 18 (ANI): In what could be described as a setback for those who are vehemently demanding that cricket should be included in Olympics, veteran British athlete Linford Christie ... Read more...
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Sprinter Gatlin’s Olympic fate will be decided next week
May 30th, 2008 - 4:07 pm ICT by admin
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Lausanne (Switzerland), May 30 (DPA) US sprinter Justin Gatlin will discover next week whether he has a chance of competing this summer at the Olympic Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ... Read more...
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