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Bolt headlines athletes lined up for Diamond League 21 Nov 2009 20:51 GMT
... MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Jamaican triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt headlines a ... with the most points in each of athletics' 32 disciplines at the end of the season will ...
Play It Again: Big 12 vs. S.E.C. 21 Nov 2009 20:36 GMT
... take readers inside the world of collegiate athletics with interviews, insights and analysis from the tailgates to ... the AP, he covered the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, and the 2006 World ...
Hall of Fame's class of '09 21 Nov 2009 20:36 GMT
... Wakeham have a Super Bowl ring, two Olympic gold medals and a title-laden golf career ... Boys Club, London Boxing Club and Victoria Athletic Association. "I've always believed boxing brings out character ...
Former Irish soccer manager says French replay unrealistic 21 Nov 2009 19:51 GMT
... and the Republic of Ireland. At the Olympics, a person from Northern Ireland can choose ... people compete in different disciplines such as athletics, swimming, cycling etc., in the first half of ...
Semenya 'will keep gold medal' despite athlete's gender test fallout 21 Nov 2009 18:53 GMT
... ministry claims that the International Association of Athletics Federations had reached total agreement that she will ... board have been suspended by South Africa's Olympic governing body pending an investigation after Chuene ...

Kelly Sotherton targets great rival Jessica Ennis to complete her comeback 21 Nov 2009 18:53 GMT
... not see a minute of the World Athletics Championships in Berlin last August. Looking on as ... in Berlin and Sotherton, a world and Olympic bronze medal winner, claims this year has ...
Hooda announces to set up a State Sports Fund 21 Nov 2009 17:12 GMT
... games are being organized by the Haryana Olympic Association. About 6000 players from all over ... acres of land in Rohtak. A synthetic athletic track was being laid at Panchkula at a cost ...
Chaos erupts after Sascoc meeting 21 Nov 2009 16:11 GMT
... after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) named an interim Athletics South Africa (ASA) board on Saturday. Members ... deal a year early last month and track and field sponsor Yellow Pages has not yet renewed ...
Mali upbeat after elections 21 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT
... after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) named an interim Athletics South Africa (ASA) board on Saturday. Members ... deal a year early last month and track and field sponsor Yellow Pages has not yet renewed ...
West dance team wins 110-percent trophy at Wake Forest 21 Nov 2009 15:15 GMT
... round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-AA playoffs. The West Brunswick Trojans were ... 3-A football playoffs Friday. The first Special Olympics adult bowling series of the season took ...

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ASA finances 'bleak' - Mali 21 Nov 2009 14:37 GMT
... who are prepared to come and assist Athletics SA (ASA) is in a bleak financial state, the ... suspended by the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc). "We'll share that information with ...
Chaos after ASA elections 21 Nov 2009 14:11 GMT
... Chaos errupted after the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) named an interim Athletics South Africa (ASA) board on Saturday. Members of Central Gauteng Athletics who were not allowed ...
Intellectual disability ban ends 21 Nov 2009 13:58 GMT
... simple decision Tessa Jowell Minister for the Olympic and Paralympic Games "I wish all intellectual ... Paralympians." A limited number of sports, including athletics and swimming, will now be included in the 2012 ...
O'Rourke offers some perspective on cheating 21 Nov 2009 13:58 GMT
... just kills me, I tell her, how athletics still gets this bad rap, this everyone-is-on-drugs mentality, ... in the 1,500 metres in the Beijing Olympics. That was 15 months ago, but the ...
Bjorgen wins opening women's cross-country race of World Cup season 21 Nov 2009 13:31 GMT
... will miss Saturday's Liga match away to Athletic Bilbao. ... Sydney - Thierry Henry's self-confessed handball ... had outplayed s... Lausanne, Switzerland - Five-time Olympic speed skating champion Claudia Pechstein will not ...
New ASA board named 21 Nov 2009 13:14 GMT
... Nine Athletic South Africa members have been elected to an interim ... this week, chaired a special meeting at Olympic House in Johannesburg. ASA members demanded a ...
Still no board at ASA 21 Nov 2009 13:11 GMT
... A meeting between the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) and Athletics South Africa (ASA) members has adjourned for lunch on Saturday afternoon with no interim board ...
Aliann Pompey: 'Balancing track and school has ensured my success' 21 Nov 2009 10:11 GMT
... yet agreed to participate in the London Olympics she remains committed to representing Guyana at ... represented Guyana at the Olympics, the World Athletics Championships and World Indoor Championships. She has ... time of 50.71 seconds at the World Track and Field Championships held in Berlin, Germany in August. ...
GABA set to fill vacant posts 21 Nov 2009 10:11 GMT
... said the meeting will be held at Olympic House at 5pm and the intention is ... select a team to represent Gu The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has reportedly decided to ...
We want a voice in ASA, say athletes 21 Nov 2009 09:57 GMT
... take their proper place in South African athletics following the recent chaos that has characterised Athletics ... notable example of the problems. Said 800m Olympic silver medallist Sepeng: "As athletes we are ...

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Joe Frazier attending gala Dec. 11-13 "World's Greatest Ever Boxer" weekend in Las Vegas 21 Nov 2009 09:56 GMT
... capturing a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, he made his pro debut ... he captured the vacant New York State Athletic Commission heavyweight title, recognized as the world title ...
University of Northern Colorado wrestling coach Ben Cherrington wants his wrestlers to get out of their comfort zone this season.');" onmouseout="return hideTextPreview(this);" class="listed">Cherrington attempts to push UNC wre 21 Nov 2009 09:35 GMT
... strike. An agreement was reached between UNC athletic director Jay Hinrichs, senior associate athletic director Sherri ... wrestling to try to qualify for the Olympics in judo. Hashimoto said he believes the ...
Ward restores excitement in Oakland 21 Nov 2009 08:53 GMT
... America's only gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. He said this scenario ... - were from California, the California State Athletic Commission acquiesced and replaced English with Sweden's Michael ...
MORALES: Ward restores excitement in Oakland 21 Nov 2009 07:53 GMT
... America's only gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. He said this ... - were from California, the California State Athletic Commission acquiesced and replaced English with Sweden's Michael ...
WNBA Monarchs fold From news services 21 Nov 2009 06:50 GMT
... body says it is "unacceptable" for Iraq's Olympic committee to disband the federation this week ... No. 6 Boise State (11-0, 6-0 Western Athletic Conference) remained unbeaten and in BCS contention with ...