PT Usha asks athletes to report sexual harassments immediately
| PTI | Posted On Friday, July 30, 2010 at 02:08:50 AM | Legendary athlete PT Usha yesterday described the sex | Times Wellness | http://www.timeswellness.com scandal that rocked hockey and weightlifting as “bad for Indian sports” but said victims should com... |
European Athletics Championships: Table-Topping Russia
| Tuesday July 27, the opening day, started well for Russia, when 19-year-old Stanislav Emelyanov won the Men's 20 km Walk (1.20.10) ahead of Italy’s Alex Schwazer (1.20.38) and Portugal’s João Vieira (1.20.49). Emelyanov complained about the slippery conditions: &... |
Phillips Idowu produces leap of gold to soar to triple jump title
| • Idowu sets personal best of 17.81m in triple jump final | • Briton now holds world, European and Commonwealth titles Phillips Idowu celebrates after winning the triple jump gold medal at the European Championships in Barcelona. Photograph: Ian Walton/Getty Image... |
Stahl leads German 1-2 in women's javelin at Euros
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Linda Stahl of Germany has managed a personal best throw of 66.81 meters to win the women's javelin at the European Championships. | Stahl used a nice gust of tail wind to take gold an... |
Athletics: Idowu strikes gold
| Great Britain's Phillips Idowu won the triple jump gold medal at the European Championships in Barcelona on Thursday night with a new personal best. | The 31-year-old Londoner hit a mark of 17.81 metres in the final at the Olympic Stadium to finish ahead of Romania's ... |
Barras ekes out decathlon win at Europeans
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — France's Romain Barras has won the decathlon at the European Championships after edging his closest challenger in the final event. | Leading by only five points going into the 1,500-me... |
Athletics: Bronze for Bernard
| Great Britain's Martyn Bernard earned a bronze medal in the high jump at the European Championships in Barcelona on Thursday. | In heavy rain, Bernard passed the opening height of 2.19 metres and almost paid the price with two failures before clearing 2.23m. | After a... |
Video: Felix's javelin snaps in half in flight
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On-fire Lemaitre looks strong for sprint double
| France's Christophe Lemaitre looks on after taking the first place in the f... | Newly-crowned European 100m champion Christophe Lemaitre has now turned his focus to the 200m and made light work of first round qualifying here on Thursday. | The Frenchman came through ... |
PT Usha asks athletes to report sexual harassments immediately
New Delhi: Legendary athlete PT Usha described the sex scandal that rocked hockey and weightlifting as "bad for Indian sports" but said victims should come out immediately instead of waiting for opportune moment like Karnam Malleswari. | "It is bad for Indian sports and... |
Usha asks athletes to report sexual harassments immediately
New Delhi: Legendary athlete PT Usha on Thursday described the sex scandal that rocked hockey and weightlifting as "bad for Indian sports" but said victims should come out immediately instead of waiting for opportune moment like Karnam Malleswari. | "It is bad for India... |
Athletes Toil in Nairobi
THERE was little to brag about as far as Rwanda's performance on the opening day of the 17th African championship in Nairobi is concerned. | ... |
Indian athletes to lose on home advantage: CGF CEO Hooper
New Delhi: Delay in the completion of the Commonwealth Games venues will rob the Indian athletes of the vital home advantage, Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike Hooper said. | Hooper, who visited the Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium, venue for Games' opening and closing ce... |
The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and LA PALESTRA Partner to Train for ING New York City Marathon
| Team Reeve athletes begin exclusive 24-week training program | , June 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and LA PALESTRA Center for Preventative Medicine, an elite based exercise facility, are coming together to provide an ... |
Junior athletes showing some real promise
| While Tazmin Brits wasn't at her best under trying circumstances, and Luvo Manyonga had the rest of the team on the edge of their seats in the final of his event, South Africa's two medallists face bright futures after returning from the World Junior Championships in ... |
Border bags Goodwood sprint
| Veteran sprinter Borderlescott added another big win to his CV when taking the Audi King George Stakes at Glorious Goodwood. | Scoring for the first time this following a series of placed efforts, the eight-year-old came with his customary late run to land some hefty ... |
Retired marathoner banned over doping offense
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | VIENNA (AP) — Austria's national anti-doping agency has given retired marathoner Eva-Maria Gradwohl a two-year ban for refusing a doping test in April. | NADA said Thursday that Gradwohl declined to cooperate... |
