Kevin Kouzmanoff leaves game with back spasms
Kouzmanoff leaves game because of back spasmsThe A's could be without third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff for a period after he left Sunday's 7-4 loss to the Angels with lower back spasms. | ... |
U.S. gymnasts grab another trio of gold medals as Pan American Championships conclude
| U.S. gymnasts won another three gold medals during the second day of event finals at the Pan American Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico. | Newcomer McKayla Maroney won her second individual title of the championship on floor exercise with a 14.225 (5.7/8.525), finis... |
Bosnia present tough hurdle for ailing France
By Mitch Phillips LONDON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - After his campaign to restore pride in the French jersey suffered a first-day setback with a home defeat by Belarus, new France coach Laurent Blanc could have done with an easier task than a trip to Bosnia on Tuesday. Italy s... |
'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 ... |
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 ... |
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.... |
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... |
Tony Stewart takes his first Sprint Cup win of the year
TOTAL ELEMENTS IN ARRAY: 10 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN ARRAY: 1010 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN PAGES: | LAST PAGE CONTAINS: 1010 | -->--> | HAMPTON, Ga. — Tony Stewart raced to his first victory of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off the final restart at Atlanta Motor Spe... |
Tony Stewart grabs first Sprint Cup win of the year in Atlanta
Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Todd Warshaw, Getty Images Tony Stewart beat Carl Edwards by 1.316 seconds in the Emory Healthcare 500 for his first victory since Oct. 4, 2009. HAMPTON, Georgia (AP) — raced to his first vi... |
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's post-track plans include playing pro soccer | Track and field
| LONDON - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt says he will 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 said he believes he has four years left in track, and in that time wants to ... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
