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London mayor appeals for cricket, music for kids
London :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
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He said this would allow some 75,000 students over six years to get coaching and experience in playing cricket with experts from the Cricket Foundation, and to learn about music and instruments from members of the London Symphony Orchestra. "When you...
Tags: London Symphony Orchestra, London Marathon, Nick Anstee, England, lord mayor, United Kingdom, London, Lord Mayor of the City of London, Mark Ramprakash, Mike Gatting, allnews, Entertainment Culture, Wisden Cricketers of the Year, Valery Gergiev
Running the Big Apple
New York City :: NY :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility She did not realize it would yield one of the greatest experiences of her life. “About three years ago, Heather Grant and I were doing a fitness program at church,” Cobb said. “We started running as part of that. We thought we were really doing something...
Tags: New York City Marathon, Darrell Cobb, Kim Cobb, New York City, London Marathon, Chicago Marathon, Culture of New York City, Marathon, Human Interest
Top Texas runners head for Showdown
Universal City :: TX :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility So that idea should work for anyone looking for a familiar name in the Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon on Sunday. There are more than 30,000 people entered in the races (the marathon and half-marathon). Race organizers expect more than 60 to compete...
Tags: Texas Showdown, Universal City, Hong Kong Marathon, Boston Marathon, Marathon, Marine Corps Marathon, Marathons, London Marathon, allnews
Wanjiru, Shobukhova win Chicago Marathon
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The 2008 Olympic gold medalist and London Marathon winner was trying for the world record...With temperatures in the low- to mid-30s, Wanjiru turned in the best time in the U.S. and beat by one second the mark set by Khalid Khannouchi in Chicago in 1999.
Tags: Kenyan Sammy Wanjiru, Chicago Marathon, Samuel Wanjiru, wins chicago, Liliya Shobukhova, course records, London Marathon, Fearnley, wanjiru wins, marathon title
Katie Price and Peter Andre announce split
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility Peter Andre and Katie Price at last month's Flora London Marathon. Glamour model Katie Price and her singer husband Peter Andre have separated after four-and-a-half years of marriage, their publicist said today. No explanation was given for the split...
Tags: Peter Andre, Katie Price, Jonathan Ross, Jordan, daily mail, London Marathon
Injured ex-soldier completes London Marathon on crutches
London :: United Kingdom | 6 months ago
Credibility The 36-year-old former soldier was told that he would never be able to walk again after he was injured in an attack in the southern Iraqi city of Basara in February 2008. "I have walked 52,400 steps and somebody has walked with me every step of the way,...
Tags: London Marathon
Disabled soldier finishes London marathon
Basra :: Iraq | 6 months ago
Credibility Major Phil Packer completed the 42 kilometre course on crutches, defying doctors who told him he would never walk again. After crossing the finish line to a rousing welcome, the 36-year-old said this was an important victory for him. "It makes you want...
Tags: London Marathon, Maj Phil Packer, major phil, finishing line, Iraq, rocket attack, finishing london, Basra, soldier finishing
Disabled soldier to finally finish marathon
London :: CA :: USA | 6 months ago
Credibility Major Phil Packer, who is walking the marathon on crutches, will cross the line on Saturday after completing two miles per day. Major Packer, 36, suffered catastrophic injures during a rocket attack in Basra, Iraq, last year in which he lost the use of...
Tags: London Marathon, Major Phil Packer
Couple marry while taking part in London Marathon
Marathon :: FL :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Now, a couple has tied the knot while taking part in the London Marathon. 37-year-old Rachel Pitt ran up the aisle with fiancee 44-year-old Garry Keates after taking a half-mile detour from the route to become the first couple to get into wedlock in...
Tags: Rachel Pitt, christian ceremony, London Marathon, mile detour, Garry Keates
Daily Mail, UK: A Marathon rule change – so grieving Army widow can take husband's place on charity run
London :: United Kingdom | 7 months ago
Credibility In an unprecedented gesture, race organisers have allowed Liz Hussell to run in memory of her late husband Vince, an Army Air Corps instructor who was due to take part in his second London Marathon...Liz, who is hoping to raise £1,500 for the British...
Tags: London Marathon
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