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(Photo: AP / Paul J. Bereswill)Murray squanders flying start to suffer painful exit
Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland, left, is congratulated by Andy Murray of Britain after Wawrinka upset Murray at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Wawrinka won the match 6-7(3), 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Jon Super)Another week, another scandal: Rooney 'devastated' over claims
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney leaves the field during their Champions League quarterfinal second leg soccer match against Bayern Munich at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Wednesday, April 7, 2010...Full Story

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'Tintu a world-class athlete'
| Stan Rayan | - File Photo | BIGGEST GAIN:Tintu Luka's (in pic) coach, P.T. Usha, feels that going under two minutes has given the young athlete a lot of confidence. | KOCHI: Breaking the two-minute barrier in the 800m is like getting a big load off your back. And now ...Full Story
Greene raises sights after beating 29-year-old record
| Not since the days of the great Edwin Moses has there been a faster winner of the 400m hurdles in athletics' quadrennial team competition - formerly known as the World Cup and re-branded as the IAAF Continental Cup in Split over the weekend. In emerging victorious in ...Full Story
Athletics: Adams beats arch-rival Ostapchuk
7:59 AM Monday Sep 6, 2010 Share Email Print | New Zealand's Valerie Adams unleashed a season's best throw at the Continental Cup athletics meet in Split, Croatia, to beat Belarussian shot put arch rival Nadzeya Ostapchuk for the first time in nine encounters this year....Full Story
Racing: Last hurdle cleared in inquiry room
By 5:29 AM Monday Sep 6, 2010 Share Email Print | This was an inquiry no one seemed to want to win. | Saturday's $85,000 Great Northern at Ellerslie was the biggest hurdle race of the year and if someone was keen to win it in the inquiry room it wasn't obvious. It was b...Full Story
Paul Ngeny, 31, of Auburn, Calif., Wins Fifth Annual Disneyland Half Marathon
    Records Set As Thousands Run Through Disneyland Resort, City of Anaheim and Angel Stadium of Anaheim for 'The Happiest Race on Earth' | , Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Ngeny, 31, of , led a record field of more than 14,000 registered runners Sunday at the f...Full Story
Disneyland Half Marathon results and race recap for 2010
| A sell-out crowd of 14,000 runners ran the Disneyland Half Marathon today, and two new course records were set. | Rachel Booth, 29, of Mountain View, CA won the women's division of the race in 1:15:19, smashing the old course record by more than four minutes. | Paul N...Full Story
Williams and Clijsters safely clear first big hurdles
By Julian Linden NEW YORK, Sept 5 - (Reuters) - Venus Williams and Kim Clijsters passed their first real tests at the U.S. Open with flying colours on Sunday to safely book their places in the quarter-finals. The pair could hardly have been more impressive as they swept...Full Story
Turner Finds Form In Split
| Andrew Turner enjoyed the most success of any British athlete on the second day of the IAAF Continental Cup in Split. | Reigning European champion Turner did his bit to help Team Europe to the overall title as he finished second behind America's David Oliver in the 11...Full Story
Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon results and recap for 2010
| With blue skies and temperatures in the upper 60s at the start, the Rock 'n' Virginia Beach Marathon offered it's 18,000 participants ideal running conditions just two days after Hurricane Earl swept through town. | At the beginning of the week, many competitors worri...Full Story
Europe wins Continental Cup athletic meet
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | SPLIT, Croatia (AP) — The combined efforts of Andreas Thorkildsen, Blanka Vlasic and the team's women runners saw Europe overtake the Americas and claim victory in the Continental Cup athletics meet on Sunday...Full Story
Welsh speedster Dai Greene setting his sights on Kriss Akabusi's 400m hurdles record
| Welshman Dai Greene is making a late run towards the remarkable achievement of edging out double European champion Mo Farah as the year’s outstanding British athlete. | It is remarkable not only because of Farah’s successes but also because, only four year...Full Story
Running London (A Marathon Endeavour): Leg 4 - Kew Gardens to Richmond Park
The Palm House at Kew Gardens. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian | I had a plan for this installment of my zig-zag run across the full and fearsome width of Greater London – part of my training programme for next year's London Marathon, if you don't mind my ...Full Story
Running London (A Marathon Endeavour): Leg 4 - Kew Gardens to Richmond Park
The Palm House at Kew Gardens. Photograph: David Sillitoe for the Guardian | I had a plan for this installment of my zig-zag run across the full and fearsome width of Greater London – part of my training programme for next year's London Marathon, if you don't mind my ...Full Story
Sprint star Usain Bolt aims to become professional soccer player once he quits athletics
LONDON (AP) — Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he'll attempt to play professional soccer once he brings his track and field career to an end. | The world and Olympic 100- and 200-meter champion believes he has four years left in track and field, and in that time ...Full Story
Sprint star Usain Bolt aims to become professional soccer player once he quits athletics
| LONDON - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he'll attempt to play professional soccer once he brings his track and field career to an end. | The world and Olympic 100- and 200-meter champion believes he has four years left in track and field, and in that time wants to ...Full Story
Top sprinter Usain Bolt wants to be a footballer
Sprint king Usain Bolt has revealed that he wants to pursue a second sporting career as a footballer. | The 24-year-old first wants to set a 100m record of 9.4 seconds - a time he says will "probably never be beaten". | Then the Jamaican says he will turn his attention ...Full Story
Sprinter Bolt has eyes on soccer
Sprinter Usain Bolt would like to play professional soccer for two years following his athletics career. (Boris Horvat/AFT/Getty Images) | Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he'll attempt to become a professional soccer player once he brings his athletics career to an en...Full Story
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Track And field Phenomenon Usain Bolt Eyeing Football Career
Goal Sprint champion claims he is good at football too... | By Michael Landon | Share Share Usain Bolt has made the startling claim that he fancies a career as a professional footballer once he fulfills his ambitions in athletics. | The 24-year-old Jamaic...
IAAF Continental Cup 2010: GB's David Greene dismisses fatigue fears to win 400m hurdles
The Daily Telegraph Welshman David Greene dismissed any notion that fatigue at the end of a long season can prevent quality performances by smashing his way through the 48-second barrier en route to a superb win in the 400m hurdles in the IAAF Continental Cup at Split. ...
Casual Conquest May Go Hurdling
Sporting Life | Dermot Weld has raised the exciting possibility of 2008 Derby third Casual Conquest racing over hurdles. | The five-year-old has not been seen since picking up an injury in the Irish Champion Stakes behind Sea The Stars 12 months ago. | He has sinc...
Mottram Edges Out Thompson
Sporting Life | Australian Craig Mottram pipped European 10,000 metres silver medallist Chris Thompson in a sprint finish to the Bupa Great Yorkshire Run on Sunday. | Thompson lost out by a second to Mottram who clinched victory in their 10-kilometre clash on the ...
Hurdling option for Casual Conquest
Orange News | Dermot Weld has raised the exciting possibility of 2008 Derby third Casual Conquest racing over hurdles. | The five-year-old has not been seen since picking up an injury in the Irish Champion Stakes behind Sea The Stars 12 months ago. | He has sinc...
Athletic Bilbao Defender Mikel San Jose Challenges Teammates To Defeat Atletico Madrid
Goal Athletic Bilbao defender Mikel San Jose urges teammates to replicate Hercules performance versus Atletico Madrid. | By Paul Macdonald | Share Share Athletic Bilbao defender Mikel San Jose has urged his teammates to build on their win versus Hercules ...
Dai Greene smashes through 48 second barrier to beat Bershawn Jackson and win 400m hurdles ...
The Daily Mail | Dai Greene brilliantly dipped below 48 seconds for the first time in the 400m hurdles - and beat Bershawn Jackson in the process. | The European champion clocked 47.88sec at the IAAF Continental Cup in Split, and claimed victory when Jackson clatte...
Bolt Eyes Second Career As Footballer
Sporting Life | Usain Bolt is plotting a career as a professional footballer once he has fulfilled his ambitions in athletics. | The 24-year-old Jamaican is hoping to clock 9.4secs in the 100m after setting the world record of 9.58secs in Berlin last year. | Once ...
Denny Hamlin earns Sprint Cup pole at Atlanta
Nashville Tennessean individual: 12 numChar :2115 | -->TOTAL ELEMENTS IN ARRAY: 18 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN ARRAY: 2986 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN PAGES: 2115 | LAST PAGE CONTAINS: 871 | -->--> | Denny Hamlin started chasing the championship during qualifying Saturday at Atlanta...
Blue-winged teal profile
The Dallas Morning News | The facts | What: Among the smallest of the common North American ducks. Blue-winged teal average about 16-inches long for a male, 14 inches for a female. The male weighs about 1 pound; the female about 20 percent less. | Distinguishing characteris...
After a quarter of a century, Koch remains untouchable
The Independent | There was no chance of the Lightning Bolt striking at the Spaladium Arena in Split yesterday. Track and field's most prolific record-breaker of recent times has been undergoing running repairs since his sudden acquaintance with defeat in Stockholm ...
Net Gains: Marathon men Isner and Mahut are now the best of friends
The Independent | By Paul Newman | No prizes for guessing the first person John Isner bumped into when he walked into the US Open locker room this week. The American might have been expected to be sick and tired of seeing Nicolas Mahut, the Frenchman with whom he cr...
Ultra-Running: A marathon is no longer good enough
The Independent | If you thought marathons were tough, think again. A new breed of extreme runner is spurning the 26 miles that did for the Ancient Greek messenger Pheidippides, opting instead to run anything up to four times that distance - across deserts, up mount...
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