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Page 1/12 All eyes on Brady and Favre
LOS ANGELES: Tom Brady is back, and New England’s superstar signal-caller is expected to put the Patriots back in the Super Bowl running.
Just how effective two other returning marquee quarterbacks will be — the iconic Brett Favre and the notorious Michael Vick — is a major question as the Nation [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Bolt undecided on Asian trip, says agent
RALEIGH, North Carolina: A fatigued Usain Bolt will wait until this weekend to decide whether or not to compete in China and South Korea later this month, his agent said yesterday, rebuffing media reports the world’s fastest man had canceled his Asian trip.
“I have informed both organisers in [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Ibanez, Utley help Phillies hit homer milestone
WASHINGTON: The latest homers from Raul Ibanez and Chase Utley saw the Philadelphia Phillies become just the 12th team in major league baseball history to have four players to hit 30 home runs in a season.
Ibanez belted his 29th and 30th homers of the season and Utley smacked number 30 in yesterd [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Aybar shines for Angels
ANAHEIM, California: Erick Aybar came up with a 10th-inning RBI single to lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-2 extra-inning victory over the Seattle Mariners yesterday.
Bobby Abreu led off the inning with a single and reached third on a sacrifice bunt and a ground-out before Aybar brought him hom [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Washington Wizards return to Chinese capital after 30 years
beijing: The Washington Wizards have returned to Beijing, 30 years after becoming the first NBA team to visit China and helping to usher in an era of basketball mania in the land of Yao Ming. Only months after then US president Jimmy Carter normalised relations with China in 1979, the late Chinese l [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Speedo extends deal with Phelps
CHICAGO: More than seven months after a photo was published showing Olympian Michael Phelps inhaling from a pipe used for smoking marijuana, swimwear company Speedo said it had extended its sponsorship deal with the gold medal-winning swimmer.
Terms of the four-year deal that runs through 2013 we [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Georgia takes aim at Russia’s Winter Games
TBILISI: Defeated by Russia in war, Georgia says it wants to force a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian resort of Sochi near the Moscow-backed rebel region of Abkhazia.
The ex-Soviet republic, its military routed in five August days last year, hopes to emulate the US-led partial b [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Springboks call up Steyn for All Blacks clash
hamilton: The Springboks have called up Francois Steyn in the sole change to their side to counter the threat from the All Blacks’ Dan Carter in their crucial Tri-Nations rugby clash here on Saturday. Steyn replaces fullback Ruan Pienaar, who has been relegated to the bench after starting in the sid [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 2011 Rugby World Cup on track, say organisers
HAMILTON, New Zealand: Preparations for the 2011 Rugby World Cup are on track despite financial uncertainties arising from the global economic crisis, organisers said yesterday.
New Zealand will be hosting the tournament for the first time since the inaugural event in 1987, and top International [more...]
Posted on:9/10/2009 Nadal wins; Murray exits
NEW YORK: Kim Clijsters penned another heart-warming chapter into her riveting US Open chronicles on Tuesday to set a date with budding writer Serena Williams, while Andy Murray ran out of ideas to prolong his stay in New York.
Murray had been tipped as one of the favourites to win his first majo [more...]
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