| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 Lemaitre dons cowboy hat for lap of honour
| By Alison Wildey | Barcelona - Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre blazed to 100m gold at the European championships on Wednesday in 10.11 seconds as the next four athletes clocked the same time in a photo finish. | Lemaitre set off on his lap of honour wearing a cowboy hat... | Kasyanov well placed to claim decathlon gold
BARCELONA, July 29 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Oleksiy Kasyanov is in a strong position to claim the men's European decathlon title on Thursday after carving out a 20-point lead over Lithuania's Darius Draudvila following Wednesday's five events. After narrowly missing out on... | Hot Pies a hurdle for Blues
| CARLTON coach Brett Ratten described it as the biggest challenge in football - ladder leader Collingwood at the MCG on a Saturday afternoon. | And that's what awaits the Blues, who are 9-8 and locked in a battle to consolidate a berth in the final eight, this we... | Top athletes stay away from Asian meet
| K.P. Mohan | A trial for the venue and athletes | NEW DELHI: The Asian All-Star athletic meet is supposed to be for the 'cream' of the continent. It rarely turns out to be so in practice. The one to be held at the newly-opened, remodelled Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here... | Lewis-Francis finds silver lining after Lemaitre storms to gold
| So, no European gold for Dwain Chambers this time, then. No cleanly won prize to replace the fool's gold the Briton won in Munich in 2002 - the tainted one he had to send back in a Jiffy bag when it came to light that the Londoner had been fuelled to victory by a tank... | Idowu hopes to lead Tamgho a merry dance in triple jump final
| He is not exactly the last Tamgho in Paris. All of Teddy Tamgho's family live in the French capital where they will be watching on TV as the 21-year-old attempts to be not just the first Tamgho in Barcelona but first in tonight's triple jump final. | A week ago it loo... | Near-blind sprinter ready to face world's best
| Barcelona: Partially-sighted Irish sprinter Jason Smyth is used to being, top dog at the Paralympics but now feels more than ready to mix with elite athletes on the world's biggest stages. | The determined 23-year-old, the first Paralympian to compete at a European ch... | Hot Pies a hurdle for Blues
| CARLTON coach Brett Ratten described it as the biggest challenge in football - ladder leader Collingwood at the MCG on a Saturday afternoon. | And that's what awaits the Blues, who are 9-8 and locked in a battle to consolidate a berth in the final eight, this we... | Best Commonwealth Games games ever ... if athletes show
| INDIA'S ability to keep a lid on security and convince the rest of the Commonwealth that they can participate in safety is vital to what shapes as the greatest athletics tournament in the history of the Friendly Games. | The potential line-up for the track and fi... | Honduras' Marathon downs Panama's Tauro 3-0
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | PANAMA CITY (AP) — Claudio Labarinas scored either side of halftime to lead Honduras side Marathon to a 3-0 victory over Tauro of Panama in qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions' League. | Labarinas opened sc... | Kenyan Sprinters Target Rare Medals After Great Day Out
Gold medals are rare commodities for Kenyan sprinters on the international track. | ... | Pre-Season 2010: Oldham Athletic 3-0 Bolton Wanderers, MK Dons 0-2 West Ham United - Trotters ...
Mixed fortunes for Premier League sides... | By Harry Veal | Share Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United enjoyed mixed fortunes in their pre-season fixtures against lower league opposition as Oldham Athletic pulled off a shock and MK Dons put in a spirited display despit... | Kluft comes 11th out of 12 in Europeans long jump
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Carolina Kluft uncharacteristically ran out of gas in the women's long jump final at the European Championships on Wednesday, the former Olympic heptathlon champion finishing 11th out ... | Lemaitre sprints to 100m gold as Chambers misses on medal
| (CNN) -- Young French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre confirmed his growing reputation as a track star with a confident 100-meters victory at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona on Wednesday night. | The 20-year-old, the first white man to break 10 seconds ... | Lemaitre wins 100m title as Lewis-Francis claims shock silver
| Mark Lewis-Francis tonight upstaged team-mate Dwain Chambers to claim a shock silver medal in the 100 metres at the European Championships in Barcelona. | Chambers had been expected to battle with France's Christophe Lemaitre for gold, but while the young Frenchman du... | Radevica beats Gomes in long jump at Europeans
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ineta Radevica of Latvia beat Naide Gomes of Portugal in a tiebreaker to win the women's long jump at the European Championships on Wednesday. | Radevica and Gomes, the world indoor ch... | Athletics: Lemaitre wins
| Dwain Chambers suffered another crushing disappointment to his career when he finished out of the medals at the European Championships. | The Briton, who claimed 100m gold in Gothenburg four years ago but was forced to hand it back when he failed a drugs test the foll... | |
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