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(Photo: AP / Tim Hales)ICC tell Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal he is now under investigation
Pakistan's Kamran Akmal, center, reacts after losing his wicket to England's Tim Bresnan during their first international Twenty20 cricket match in Cardiff, Wales, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Marcio Jose Sanchez)Australian swimmers given permission to abandon Commonwealth Games
Meagen Nay, of Australia, competes in the 200-meter freestyle during the Santa Clara International Grand Prix swim meet in Santa Clara, Calif., Saturday, June 13, 2009....Full Story

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Australian swimmers given permission to abandon Commonwealth Games
| AUSTRALIAN swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games if they are worried about security. | Swimming Australia president David Urquhart said yesterday he had told the team any swimmer who felt unsafe after landing in Delhi and wanted to leav...Full Story
NNOC Launches a Scathing Attack on Athletes
In an effort to improve the performance of athletes at international sporting events, the Namibia National Olympic Committee (NNOC) on Tuesday announced a series of measures to ensure the country wins medals at future Olympic games. | ...Full Story
Gill slams dope tainted athletes
New Delhi: Sports Minister M S Gill on Monday slammed dope flunked athletes who have caused a major embarrassment to the country barely a month before the Commonwealth Games saying that India does not want “dope tainted” medals. | “We don’t want dope tainted med...Full Story
Markel Susaeta: Athletic Bilbao Are A Stronger Side This Season
Stopper believes Athletic Bilbao are better one season on. | By Paul Macdonald | Share Share <div style="text-align: center;"><em>Follow Goal.com on<span style="font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href=...Full Story
I would love to come to India: Bolt
New Delhi: A back injury and an unfavourable timing of the event forced Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt to skip the Commonwealth Games but the Olympic gold medalist said he would love to visit India some day. | "Based on the programme my coach has for me, the timing of the...Full Story
Indian athletes aim for best-ever haul in CWG
New Delhi: The missing star power of Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell might have taken some sheen off it but the athletics event of the Delhi Commonwealth Games promises to be enthralling nonetheless with home-grown talents such as PT Usha-protege Tintu Luka gearing up to ma...Full Story
Indian athletes aim for best-ever haul in CWG
New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI): Monday, September 06, 2010 --> | The missing star power of Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell might have taken some sheen off it but the athletics event of the Delhi Commonwealth Games promises to be enthralling nonetheless with home-grown talents such ...Full Story
Tony Stewart collects first Sprint Cup win of year
individual: 10 numChar :2122 | -->TOTAL ELEMENTS IN ARRAY: 13 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN ARRAY: 2503 | TOTAL CHARACTERS IN PAGES: 2122 | LAST PAGE CONTAINS: 381 | -->--> | HAMPTON, Ga. Tony Stewart raced to his first victory of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off ...Full Story
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. | ...Full Story
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...Full Story
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...Full Story
'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 ...Full Story
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 ...Full Story
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
Tony Stewart wins NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event | Auto racing
| HAMPTON, Ga. - Tony Stewart raced to his first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series victory of the year, pulling away from Carl Edwards off the final restart Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway. | Stewart beat Edwards by 1.316 seconds for his first victory since Oct. 4, 2009, ...Full Story
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...Full Story
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Tony Stewart grabs first Sprint Cup win of the year in Atlanta
USA Today 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) —   r...
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt's post-track plans include playing pro soccer | Track and field
Seattle Times | 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...
Paul Ngeny, 31, of Auburn, Calif., Wins Fifth Annual Disneyland Half Marathon
PR Newswire     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 run...
Disneyland Half Marathon results and race recap for 2010
The Examiner | 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 fo...
Williams and Clijsters safely clear first big hurdles
The Guardian 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 impr...
Turner Finds Form In Split
Sporting Life | 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 Da...
Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon results and recap for 2010
The Examiner | 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, ma...
Europe wins Continental Cup athletic meet
USA Today 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 athl...
Welsh speedster Dai Greene setting his sights on Kriss Akabusi's 400m hurdles record
The Daily Mail | 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 bec...
Running London (A Marathon Endeavour): Leg 4 - Kew Gardens to Richmond Park
The Guardian 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, i...
Running London (A Marathon Endeavour): Leg 4 - Kew Gardens to Richmond Park
The Observer 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, i...
Sprint star Usain Bolt aims to become professional soccer player once he quits athletics
Hartford Courant 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 fiel...
Sprint star Usain Bolt aims to become professional soccer player once he quits athletics
Star Tribune | 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...
Top sprinter Usain Bolt wants to be a footballer
Joy Online 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...
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