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(Photo: AP / Sergei Grits)Wayne Rooney rocked by new sex scandal
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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
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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Watch Sport news bulletin Sport Homepage Athletics World Results UK Results Calendar Archive Skills Get Involved A-Z of Sports Related BBC sites | News Weather Sport Relief Page last updated at 13:35 GMT, Sunday, 5 September 2010 14:35 UK E-mail this to a friend Printab...Full Story
Track And field Phenomenon Usain Bolt Eyeing Football Career
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 Jamaican holds the world r...Full Story
IAAF Continental Cup 2010: GB's David Greene dismisses fatigue fears to win 400m hurdles
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. | No looking back: D...Full Story
Casual Conquest May Go Hurdling
| 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 since been gelded and is...Full Story
Mottram Edges Out Thompson
| 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 streets of Sheffield...Full Story
Hurdling option for Casual Conquest
| 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 since been gelded and is...Full Story
Athletic Bilbao Defender Mikel San Jose Challenges Teammates To Defeat Atletico Madrid
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 on matchday one and ...Full Story
Dai Greene smashes through 48 second barrier to beat Bershawn Jackson and win 400m hurdles ...
| 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 clattered into the final h...Full Story
Bolt Eyes Second Career As Footballer
| 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 he has achieved what...Full Story
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After a quarter of a century, Koch remains untouchable
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Net Gains: Marathon men Isner and Mahut are now the best of friends
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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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Texas dove hunters are No. 1
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Outdoors notebook
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Denny Hamlin Wins Pole For Sunday Night's Atlanta Sprint Cup Race
FanHouse HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) -- Denny Hamlin started chasing the championship during qualifying Saturday at Atlanta Motor Speedway. | Mired in a bit of a midseason slump, Hamlin showed signs of turning things around by claiming the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Spri...
Kevin Anderson Named Athletic Director at Maryland
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Denny Hamlin edges field for Sprint Cup pole at Atlanta
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Former Olympic 100m champion Linford Christie set for place in England Athletics Hall of Fame
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Army's Anderson to become Maryland's next athletic director
Star Tribune | COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Kevin Anderson is the new athletic director at the University of Maryland. | Anderson has been Army's athletic director since 2004. He is the first African-American to hold that position at West Point. | Senior associate athleti...
Duo Show Form In Split
Sporting Life | Great Britain's Dai Greene and Mark Lewis-Francis built on their impressive European Championships performances in the IAAF Continental Cup in Split today. | Greene emulated his 400 metres hurdles victory from Barcelona by clocking a personal best ...
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