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(Photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)Zuma's two bad calls
African National Congress presidential candidate Jacob Zuma reacts as the result board shows the number of parliaments seats the ANC won at the Independent Electoral Commission result center in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 25, 2009. South Africa's long-dominant ANC won overwhelmingly in parliamentary elections, but did not get the two-thirds of the vote it won with ease in the last elections, according to the final tally released Saturday. The victory puts party leader Jacob Zuma in line for the presidency....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi)India's reputation is at risk
Construction material lies scattered outside the newly inaugurated Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, one of the venues renovated for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 27, 2010....Full Story

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Federations should educate athletes on doping: Gill
| PTI | Posted On Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at 02:04:24 AM | Against the backdrop of a series of positive dope tests, Sports Minister M S Gill today said the national federations should introduce educational programmes to make the sportspersons aware of the doping m...Full Story
Milk does a body good, especially athletes
| - AP Medical Writer Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/09/07/2068716/milk-does-a-body-good-especially.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Get more energy Get more energy | You've probably heard the bad news about energ...Full Story
Athlete of the week: Cook wins gold at junior diving worlds
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | Kassidy Cook won a gold medal at the FINA world junior diving championships. The Woodlands, Texas teenager scored 376.85 points to place first in the girls Group B (14-15) 1-meter final. China's Luo Ying finished ...Full Story
Two runners from Colorado in top three at Kauai Marathon
| The second annual Kauai Marathon was Sunday, September 5 and a couple of Colorado runners will be coming home from the Hawaiian island with more than a tan.  | Becki Lynn Lassley, 32, of Littleton, CO won the women's division of the marathon 3:23:46. Lassley came in ...Full Story
Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins retires effectively immediately
Updated  | Comment  | Recommend | | | LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Embattled athletic director Lew Perkins retired 12 months early Tuesday, following a year of controversy and embarrassment for both himself and the school. | Perkins, 65, said in June t...Full Story
Cyclist Daniel Assumes 4th Rank in Mountain Sprint Race At Tour De L' Avenir
Eritrean cyclist Daniel Teklehaimanot who is participating in Tour de l' Avenir race in France scored impressive victory in the mountain sprint race that was conducted yesterday. | ...Full Story
Female Athletes Suffer Sexual Harassment
Talented young girls are silently drifting away from sports because of the sexual harassment they face at the hands of their coaches. | Investigations conducted by the Times newspaper at various junior and senior high schools in Accra over the last five months, revealed...Full Story
Name released of man who died at Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon
| Today police announced the name of the man who died at the Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon on September 5. | Sean McCarthy, 27, of Virginia wasn't feeling well when he finished Sunday's race.  He was brought to the medical tent and later transported to a h...Full Story
Tony Stewart and nine other drivers have secured spots in 2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase
| Tony Stewart, with a win in the Emory Healthcare 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 5, 2010, clinched a spot in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase.  Ten of the twelve Chase spots have been filled with one race left before the field is set. | "Especially with...Full Story
Suspended South African athletics president accused of 'gross misconduct' over Semenya
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A report by South Africa's Olympic committee accused suspended South African athletics president Leonard Chuene of "gross misconduct" and ignoring medical advice after he allowed to compete at the 2009 world championships. | South Af...Full Story
Lew Perkins retires as Kansas athletics director, 1 year ahead of schedule
| LAWRENCE, Kan. - Embattled Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins has retired, a year before he planned to step down. | Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Perkins made the announcement Tuesday. | Perkins is 65. He had said in June he would retire in 2011. | Since Pe...Full Story
Suspended South African athletics president accused of 'gross misconduct' over Semenya
| CAPE TOWN, South Africa - A report by South Africa's Olympic committee accused suspended South African athletics president Leonard Chuene of "gross misconduct" and ignoring medical advice after he allowed Caster Semenya to compete at the 2009 world champions...Full Story
'Athletes not ignorant'
New Delhi, Sep 7, PTI: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 --> | Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Vice-Chairman Randhir Singh on Tuesday dismissed the claims of dope-tainted athletes that they were not aware of the banned substances. | Randhir Singh, also the Indian Olym...Full Story
Milk does a body good, especially athletes
| LONDON — At the end of nearly every training session, Matt Whitmore downs a pint of milk straight from the bottle. | "I do it pretty religiously," said Whitmore, 25, a gym trainer in London. He first started drinking milk after exercise about 10 years ago when h...Full Story
Milk does a body good, especially athletes
| LONDON - At the end of nearly every training session, Matt Whitmore downs a pint of milk straight from the bottle. AC = 1234 | --> | "I do it pretty religiously," said Whitmore, 25, a gym trainer in London. He first started drinking milk after exercise about 10 years ...Full Story
Milk does a body good, especially athletes
| "I do it pretty religiously," said Whitmore, 25, a gym trainer in London. He first started drinking milk after exercise about 10 years ago when he couldn't afford expensive supplements or protein shakes. "Milk helps me recover faster and I feel great afterwards," he s...Full Story
 Chuene accused of 'gross misconduct'
| A report from South Africa's Olympic committee accuses suspended athletics president Leonard Chuene of "gross misconduct" by allowing Caster Semenya to compete in last year's world championships. | The report into the finances of Athletics South Africa and its handlin...Full Story
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Milk does a body good, especially athletes
Yahoo Daily News | LONDON – At the end of nearly every training session, Matt Whitmore downs a pint of milk straight from the bottle. | "I do it pretty religiously," said Whitmore, 25, a gym trainer in London. He first started drinking milk after exercise about...
Athlete of the Week: Riley Macon
Post-Bulletin Tweet | 9/7/2010 9:24:07 AM Riley Macon • Rochester Mayo • Cross Country | • Macon had the best race of his career on Friday, winning the 18-team Irish Invitational at Rosemount. Macon finished with a time of 10:05. That was 35 seconds faster than he...
Athletic Bilbao Fear Chelsea & Liverpool Offers For Starlet Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta - Report
Goal | Share Share Athletic Bilbao are bracing themselves from an offer to arrive for Liverpool and Chelsea target Inigo Ruiz de Galarreta, according to Tutto Mercato Web. | De Galarreta, 17, is understood to be the jewel in the Basque side's youth set-up...
Sprinter Gay happy despite absence of Bolt
Turkish Press | After spending the last two years in Usain Bolt's shadow, Tyson Gay has emerged with the right to be called the best sprinter over the blue riband event of the 100m in the 2010 season. | Gay finished atop the standings for the shortest event in the...
The gymnastics week in review: U.S. best at Pan Am Championships, and the scoop on ...
The Examiner | Sandra Izbasa cleared to compete: The Olympic floor champion, who tore her Achilles tendon right before the 2009 Worlds, is set to compete at the Ghent World Cup next weekend. (ProSport) | Imagine being nine years of age and training for 37 hours a...
Use of vuvuzela in CWG will disturb athletes: Malhotra
Deccan Chronicle --> Use of vuvuzela in CWG will disturb athletes: Malhotra | Share ARTICLEURL Duffer's Guide Commonwealth Games Vuvuzela more | Indian Olympic Association vice-president Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Tuesday said the idea to let the spectators use vuvuzela...
Gymnastics: OU's Dalton, USA claim gold
Tulsa World Oklahoma All-American sophomore Jacob Dalton helped the U.S. National Team claim the gold medal at 2010 Pan-American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday. | The U.S. team score was 352.150, besting Brazil and Canada, which tied for second....
Aziz Disqualified In IAAF Continental Cup
Peace FM Online Aziz Zakari failed to replicate his silver medal winning performance in Kenya this year as he was disqualified for a false start in the 100m finals of IAAF Continental Cup in Croatia at the weekend. | Africa's best performance in the 100m was a fifth...
Hakizimana Paces Up for Delhi Games
All Africa Rwanda's 3000m steeple chase athlete Gervais Hakizimana is well on track as far as his preparations for next month's Commonwealth Games in Delhi are concerned. The athlete, who is based in France, told Times Sport yesterday that he has intensified hi...
Cranes Plot Next Hurdle Against Stars
All Africa The Cranes will regroup on September 27 for their next Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Kenya's Harambee Stars. | ...
Ex-TU athletes volunteer time to peewee team
Tulsa World COWETA - Former University of Tulsa football players Mike Bryan and Curt Puckett missed football. But not for long. | Bryan and Puckett, whose TU careers ended last November, are back on the field as volunteer assistant coaches for a second-grade tea...
Matt Carson makes the most out of a chance to play
Contra Costa Times Carson makes most of playing opportunityMatt Carson's opportunities have been few, and he admitted it's been a tough adjustment being a part-time player. | ...
Beaver Island Marathon results and race recap for 2010
The Examiner | Close to 250 runners looking for a truly unique marathon experience hopped on boats and planes to attend the Beaver Island Marathon on September 4. | Beaver Island, MI is the most remote inhabited island in the Great Lake region and according to ra...
Man dies after completing Sunday's Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon
The Examiner | A 27-year-old Virginia man died after completing the Rock 'n' Roll Virginia Beach Half Marathon on Sunday, September 5.  | The man's name and a cause of death have not yet been released. | According to the Virginia Pilot, the man went to the medic...
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