Athletics: GB in the medals
| Britain won six medals on a frenetic evening's action in the European Championships in Barcelona. | Andy Turner struck gold in the 110 metres hurdles, while Christain Malcolm agonisingly missed his own gold in the 200 metres by just one hundredth of a second. | Michae... |
Aziz Zakari Slams Sports Ministry
..Should the sports Ministry be renamed as Ministry of Football? Ghana's sprint king and the only medalist at the on-going 17th African Championships in Athletics in Nairobi, Kenya, Aziz Zakari has slammed the Ministry of Youth And Sports for their disregard for the spo... |
Sprint hope Lemaitre clinches European golden double
| (CNN) -- New French sensation Christophe Lemaitre completed the 100-200 sprint double at the European Championships in Barcelona on Friday but only after a desperately close finish to the longer race. | Lemaitre, who won the 100m title on Wednesday, hit the front in h... |
Lemiatre powers to men's 200 gold to ensure Euro Championships sprint double
| BARCELONA, Spain - Christophe Lemaitre overcame another poor start to win the men's 200 meters on Friday and secure a sprint double at the European Championships. | The Frenchman was running fifth coming out of the bend at Barcelona's Olympic stadium before turning on... |
Athletics: Gold for Turner
| Andy Turner claimed Britain's third gold medal at the European Championships with victory in the 110m hurdles. | Turner, who like sprint silver medalists Mark Lewis-Francis and Christian Malcolm had his lottery funding removed at the end of 2009, came through in a sea... |
Andy Turner takes surprise gold for Britain's third European title
| • 29-year-old accelerates away from field to win 110m hurdles | • Christian Malcolm pipped by 0.01sec to take 200m silver Andy Turner celebrates his 110m hurdles gold medal, won in a season's best time of 13.28sec. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images | Andy Tu... |
Lemaitre completes European sprint double
* Lemaitre first Frenchman to win European sprint double * Beats Britain's Malcolm by 0.01 seconds (Adds quotes, detail) By Alison Wildey BARCELONA, July 30 (Reuters) - Christophe Lemaitre became the first Frenchman to complete a sprint double at the European championsh... |
Andy Turner wins the 110m hurdles gold at the European Championships
| • Andy Turner wins gold in 13.28 seconds | • Petr Svoboda misses out after hitting hurdle Britain's Andy Turner celebrates winning the 110m Hurdles final during the European Athletics Championships. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP | Great Britain's Andy Turner cl... |
SA hold up top spot with Kenya
| South Africa defended three titles on Friday and held on to their lead at the top of the medals table, although the hosts drew level on day three of the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya. | LJ van Zyl, Elizna Naude and the men's 4X100m relay team retai... |
Athletics: Malcolm denied
| Christophe Lemaitre added the 200m title to his 100m gold at the European Championships, denying Britain's Christian Malcolm on the line. | The Frenchman gave himself a lot to do after running a poor bend and it was veteran Malcom who surged ahead on the crown of the ... |
Sprint Cup qualifying order
| The NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying order at Pocono Raceway: | DriverDateTimeSpeed Track Qualifying Record:Kasey Kahne 06/13/0452.1639172.533 #CarDriverTeamTimeSpeedTimeSpeed 11Jamie McMurrayAXE Twist Chevrolet 299Carl EdwardsAflac Ford 36David RaganUPS Ford 4BLANK 55Mar... |
Maheswary leads Indian gold spree in Asian All-Star Athletics
New Delhi: National record holder triple jumper Renjith Maheswary led the Indian gold medal charge as the home athletes faced little challenge from their opponents on the concluding day of the Asian All-Star Athletics Meet which was skipped by top continental athletes. ... |
Suh, Koll named Big 12 athletes of year
| (AP) - IRVING, Texas - Former Nebraska defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh (en-DAHM'-eh-ken SOO') and Iowa State distance runner Lisa Koll have been named the Big 12 athletes of the year. | Suh was the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft by Detroit after being named a finalist fo... |
Athletics: Ennis in charge
| Jessica Ennis opened up a sizeable advantage over her main rivals after the first two events of the heptathlon at the European Championships. | The Sheffield star led from the first event on her way to gold at the World Championships last year and is on course to do s... |
Appeals tribunal upholds ban on Pakistan sprinters
| (AP) - ISLAMABAD - An appeals tribunal has upheld two-year bans on Pakistan sprinters Sadaf Siddique and Javeria Hassan. | The sprinters tested positive while training last month for the New Delhi Commonwealth Games. | Sports ministry spokesman Faik Ali said on Friday... |
Appeals tribunal upholds ban on Pakistan sprinters
7/30/2010, 6:53 a.m. EDT> The Associated Press | (AP) — ISLAMABAD - An appeals tribunal has upheld two-year bans on Pakistan sprinters Sadaf Siddique and Javeria Hassan. | The sprinters tested positive while training last month for the New Delhi Commonwealth ... |
Appeals tribunal upholds ban on Pakistan sprinters
| The sprinters tested positive while training last month for the New Delhi Commonwealth Games. | Sports ministry spokesman Faik Ali said on Friday that a three-member appellate committee found both sprinters guilty again of using banned steroids and upheld the two-year... |
