BEIJING, (Reuters) – Teenager Ghirmay Ghebreselassie claimed the first title of the Beijing world championships for Eritrea last night, easing clear of his rivals over the final six kilometres to win the men’s marathon.
Several topics were discussed during the two-day Inter Guiana Games (IGG) meeting in Suriname last week.
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods roared back after over a year in the wilderness to tie for the Wyndham Championship lead on Friday and then said he didn’t expect it would take so long to return to a position that used to be second nature.
(Reuters) – Roger Federer and Andy Murray advanced to the semi-finals of the Western & Southern Open in contrasting fashion yesterday to set up a rematch of their Wimbledon clash.
(Trinidad Guardian) West Indies coach Phil Simmons has not turned his back on the senior players and has been negotiating with them to return to the Test team. West
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Retiring home hero Kumar Sangakkara featured in a brief rebuilding act in his final test as Sri Lanka reached 140-3 in reply to India’s first innings total of 393 on day two of the second test yesterday.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – In-form American Justin Gatlin should beat Usain Bolt to win both the sprints at the world championships but it would be foolhardy to write off the Jamaican, three-times world 100 metres world champion Maurice Greene said yesterday.
BEIJING, China, CMC- Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has brushed aside suggestions reported to be coming from their American rivals that they can outrun Jamaica in the relays at the 15th edition of the IAAF World Championship in Beijing this weekend.
BEIJING, China, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago’s already weakened men’s 4x 100 metres relay team has been dealt a double blow on the eve of the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England fast bowler Chris Tremlett has retired from all forms of cricket due to injury problems, he said yesterday.
LONDON/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A Swiss criminal investigation into corruption at the world soccer body FIFA has hit some roadblocks, according to U.S.
The Kashif and Shanghai Organisation is tipped to be awarded the management contract for the recently established Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League following a tendering process.
Guyana got the defence of their female team title off to the perfect start, sweeping hosts the Cayman Islands 5-0 in their opening group encounter when the Caribbean Squash Association Championships Team Tourney continued yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) CONCACAF has given the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) a bailout loan to cover its administration expenses, following notification on Monday from world football’s governing body FIFA, that it had halted funding to the local body until yearly audited accounts are presented.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Football’s world governing body, FIFA, has confirmed that it has halted funding to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) over its failure to produce audited statements.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA discussed reforms with some of its leading commercial partners yesterday during a secretive meeting at the headquarters of world soccer’s scandal-plagued governing body.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Senators conducting a special inquiry into possible corruption inside the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) agreed on Thursday to probe the private financial records of its president Marco Polo Del Nero.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Legendary U.S. boxer Roy Jones Jr. has filed for Russian citizenship, state TV reported yesterday, a day after the multiple champion met President Vladimir Putin and said he wanted to build bridges between Russia and the United States.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s parole review board has up to four months to conclude its decision on when Oscar Pistorius can be released from prison, a Justice Ministry spokesman said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Steve Smith made a brave unbeaten 78 to lift Australia to 287 for three on the first day of the fifth and final test against England at The Oval yesterday.
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