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DOHA: Some of world’s top gymnasts will be seen in action at the second Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Cup to be held at the Aspire Dome from September 28 to 30.
After the success of World Cup here in March 2008, this category A event returns to Doha and is expected to witness some high-quality pe [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Jeter ties Yankees hit record in victory
NEW YORK: Derek Jeter tied the New York Yankees all-time career hit mark as his Major League-best team rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 yesterday.
The Yankees captain made three hits to join Lou Gehrig with 2,721 for his career, a record that stood for more than 70 years.
Catcher Jor [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Diamondbacks down Dodgers
PHOENIX: Mark Reynolds drew a bases-loaded walk in the ninth and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat Los Angeles 4-3 yesterday to slice the Dodgers’ NL West lead to 2 1/2 games over the surging Colorado Rockies.
The winning rally began when Ramon Troncoso (4-3) threw away Gerardo Parra’s roller to the [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Bolt pulls out of Korea event
SEOUL: Triple Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt has pulled out of the Daegu Pre-Championship Meeting in South Korea this month citing fatigue, organisers say.
The Jamaican superstar’s withdrawal means he is also likely to miss the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix which takes place five days [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Australia’s Cooke holds advantage
Macau: Australia’s Peter Cooke seized the first round lead after firing an impressive five-under-par 66 at the Macau Open 2009 yesterday.
The 24-year-old posted seven birdies against two bogeys to take a one-stroke lead over compatriot Andrew Dodt, South Africa’s Keith Horne and 10-time Asian Tou [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Woods faces the unfamiliar at Cog Hill
LEMONT, Illinois: Tiger Woods has won four times at Cog Hill but he will have to tame a very different course to make it number five. The Dubsdread layout, one of four courses at Cog Hill, has been given a facelift by course architect Rees Jones since Woods last won here two years ago and players wi [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Five tied for lead at Korea Open
Chunann, South Korea: Japanese teen star Ryo Ishikawa shot a 70 in the opening round of the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open here yesteday but was three strokes off the five joint leaders.
Koreans Kim Dae-Sub, Kang Kyung-Sool, Kim Dae-Hyun, Park Boo-Won, and Australian Michael Wright finished the day i [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Isinbayeva aims to break Bubka’s record
Moscow: Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva said she was hoping to brush aside bitter memories of her failure at the world championships with a successful performance at the remaining top events this year.
“I feel dissatisfaction at my failure at the world championships,” Isinbayeva told r [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Scrum is Springboks weakest link, says All Blacks’ Franks
WELLINGTON: The Springboks slipped quietly into New Zealand yesterday, leaving their hosts to do the trash-talking this time as they finish their preparations for tomorrow’s Tri-Nations clash at Hamilton.
Relations between the two teams have always been strained at best but the South Africans ups [more...]
Posted on:9/11/2009 Formula One reeling after leaked Piquet transcript
Monza: Formula One was left reeling yesterday after a leaked transcript of Brazilian Nelson Piquet’s evidence in the latest ‘race-fixing’ controversy revealed that, according to him, he was asked by his Renault team to crash deliberately at last year’s Singapore Grand Prix. The sport, already strugg [more...]
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