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Andre Ward wins WBA Super Middleweight title
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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Andre Ward captured the WBA Super Middleweight title Saturday night by being too fast and too skilled for Denmark's Mikkel Kessler. Ward won on points when the bout was stopped at 1:42 of the 11th round because of a cut inflicted on a head butt three...
Tags: Mikkel Kessler, Andre Ward, WBA Super Middleweight, 11th round, Denmark, gold medal, pound title, technical decision, ward claims, Oakland, Forrest Griffin, Ken Shamrock, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Josh Koscheck, Tito Ortiz, allnews, Librado Andrade, Super Six World Boxing Classic, Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler, Super middleweight, Joe Calzaghe, Antonio Tarver, Jermain Taylor
Phillips Idowu: Hang on to your hats... here comes Idowu
Birmingham :: United Kingdom | 2 days ago
Credibility Phillips Idowu is sitting deep in thought in a Birmingham city-centre hotel. "Which would I ask her to give me?" he enquires after a few moments. The scenario which has just been suggested to the world champion triple jumper is that of a fairy godmother...
Tags: Idowu, Jonathan Edwards (theologian), triple jumper, gold medal, world record, Hackney, Birmingham, olympic champion, olympic gold, London, United Kingdom, Triple jump, Christian Olsson, World Championships in Athletics ￢ﾀﾓ Men's triple jump, Weird MC, Phillips Idowu, Nelson ￃﾉvora, Aston Moore, allnews
Dennis finally hauls in his gold medal
Dennis :: MA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Dunbar was on cloud nine yesterday after winning his first gold medal on his third attempt. Dunbar of Maramarua District School in Bua/Macuata, won the Under-13 boy's shot put event with a distance of 12.61 metres. He first competed at the FMF Chow Games...
Tags: DENNIS Dunbar, gold medal, Dennis, Qamea, Dunbar, allnews
The shameful case of Caster Semenya (AP)
Cape Town :: South Africa | 2 days ago
Credibility This Aug. 20, 2009 file photo shows South Africa's Caster Semenya displaying her gold medal after … Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin ...That will stay...
Tags: Caster Semenya, Berlin, genders tests, gold medal, south african, South Africa, Cape Town, Gender, World Championships in Athletics ￢ﾀﾓ Women's 800 metres
Canada hoping to avoid goalie ghosts of Olympics past
Ottawa :: Canada | 2 days ago
Credibility Some of Canada’s most excruciating Olympic hockey losses are forever linked to the enemy Michelin Man — international goaltenders. A painful reflection: • At the Lillehammer Olympics of 1994, Sweden’s Tommy Salo made four shootout stops, the last one...
Tags: Canada, Sweden, save percentage, Dominik Hašek, Florida Panthers Ondrej Pavelec, gold medal, Tampa Bay Lightning Finland, Coyotes Nikolai Khabibulin, Antero Niittymaki, Atlanta, Ottawa, Antero Niittymￃﾤki, Johan Hedberg, Miikka Kiprusoff, Goaltender, Dominik Haￅﾡek, Henrik Lundqvist, Nikolai Khabibulin, Britney Spears, allnews
Ariel Levy: Sports, sex, and the case of Caster Semenya.
When people in South Africa say “Limpopo,” they mean the middle of nowhere. They are referring to the northernmost province of the country, along the border with Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, where few people have cars or running water...
Tags: Jarmila Kratochv, As Semenya&, Zola Budd, Phineas Sako, Jacob, Moletjie Athletics Club, gold medal, Jeremiah Mokaba, world championships, Limpopo, Zimbabwe, world champion, Masvingo, allnews, South, Caster Semenya, Ariel Levy
'Game over for Chuene'
Cape Town :: South Africa | 4 days ago
Credibility Chuene has been under fire since September, after it became clear that he had lied about gender verification tests conducted locally on the 18-year-old 800m world champion before the race in Berlin...Semenya from all competitions, recommend that she undergoes...
Tags: Caster Semenya, prize money, gold medal, governing body, South African Ministry, world title, sport ministry, world championships, world champion, Nick Davies, South Africa, Cape Town, MC Hammer, Track and field athletics, allnews, World Championships in Athletics ￢ﾀﾓ Women's 800 metres, International Association of Athletics Federations, Gender verification in sports, African Junior Athletics Championships, Gender
S. Africa says Semenya can keep gold medal
Eldoret :: Kenya | 4 days ago
Credibility South Africa's Ministry of Sport says 800-metre world champion runner Caster Semenya will keep her gold medal, and that the results of her gender tests will be kept confidential. Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown Halifax on Wednesday...
Tags: Caster Semenya, gold medal, Kenya, Eldoret, International Olympic Committee, Brimin Kipruto, Asbel Kiprop, Rashid Ramzi, Kiprop, allnews, Gender verification in sports, Gender role, Gender identity, Gender, Intersexuality, Olympic Flame, Sidney Crosby
Hup Wei looks forward to soar again after ATF flop
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | 4 days ago
Credibility High jumper Lee Hup Wei is under pressure to defend his gold medal in the Laos SEA Games after failing to retain the Asian Track and Field (ATF) championship title in Guangzhou last week. The 22-year-old Selangor athlete, who bagged the gold medal in...
Tags: Lee Hup Wei, gold medal, ATF, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, allnews
Semenya agony set to continue
Berlin :: Germany | 5 days ago
Credibility Leaked test results said Semenya was a hermaphrodite, sparking anger from the South African public and government, who have rallied behind the athlete. Athletics South Africa (ASA) was suspended by the country's national Olympic committee this month over...
Tags: Caster Semenya, south african, gold medal, gender test, public announced, Germany, Berlin, World Championships in Athletics ￢ﾀﾓ Women's 800 metres, African Junior Athletics Championships
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