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German women dominate World Cup Luge event
Hamar :: Norway | 9 minutes ago
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Canadian Lucas Makowsky captured a silver medal on the World Cup speedskating circuit Saturday in Hamar, Norway. It was a 1-2 finish for the Americans in the two-man bobsled on Saturday morning, to the delight of the crowd in Lake Placid, N.Y. Germany's...
Tags: world cup, Norway, Hamar, Alexander Resch, Tatjana Hￃﾼfner, Luge, FIL World Luge Championships, Patric Leitner, allnews
Why French Algerians' football celebrations turned into a battle
Algiers :: Algeria | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images As the French nation prepared for the crucial World Cup qualifying match against Ireland on Wednesday evening, the streets of Paris were already in carnival mood long before the kick-off in the Stade de France .
Tags: France-Algeria, Stade de France, French Algeria, Paris, world cup, pied noirs, French Intifada, Algeria, Algiers, Pied-Noir, Albert Camus, Zinedine Zidane, Marseille, allnews, Algerian War, Harki
50,000 England fans to go but are they safe and can South Africa cope?
Cape Town :: South Africa | about 2 hours ago
Credibility On Friday week, 4 December, the 32 teams will be divided into eight groups, with one seed in each. South Africa, as hosts, will be one of the seeded teams; two days before the draw the organising committee will choose the other seven.
Tags: South Africa, Englandfans, world cup, Cape Town, OR Tambo International Airport, Jordaan, FNB Stadium, Danny Jordaan, Johannesburg, Irvin Khoza, allnews
English clubs hold back next generation
Gloucester :: United Kingdom | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Freddie Burns' match-winning performance for Gloucester against Leicester on Friday was not supposed to happen. Burns, 19, was one of a clutch of promising young English fly-halves given a rare first-team chance in the past fortnight's Anglo-Welsh Cup...
Tags: guinness premiership, guinness premiershi, guinn, England, Leicester, world cup, United Kingdom, Gloucester, Lawrence Dallaglio, Richard Hill (flanker), Anglo-Welsh Cup, Leicester Tigers, Saracens F.C., Leeds Carnegie, Derick Hougaard, allnews
Inside Lines: Seconds out! Cornerman gets KO'd as McCracken cracks whip
Belfast :: United Kingdom | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Head coach Kelvyn Travis has left the British Amateur Boxing Association in another major upheaval following the appointment as performance director of top pro trainer Robert McCracken, the former middleweight title contender who mentors world champion...
Tags: Kelvyn Travis, Irish Football Association, world cup, Robert McCracken, United Kingdom, Belfast, Manchester United F.C., Alex Ferguson, FIFA, McCracken, FIFA World Cup, Carl Froch, allnews
Harry Ritchie: Henry didn't handle the ball, he chanced his arm. They all do
London :: United Kingdom | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Fated to end an up-until-Wednesday-night-glorious career in disgrace, just like Zinedine Zidane after his World Cup final head-butt...Instructively, for all the howls of outrage, from the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen to the Dubliner interviewed on...
Tags: Thierry Henry, professional golf, Damien Duff, David Robertson, prize money, world cup, Colin Montgomerie, Paolo di Canio, professional footballers, United Kingdom, London, Try, Penalty, Ball games, Football, allnews
Veteran Amin has unfinished business
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Penalty corner specialist Mohd Amin Rahim will turn 30 on Jan 31. But the Kuala Lumpur defender has no intention to quit, just yet. Amin, who has represented the national team for a decade, felt that he could still play good hockey for Malaysia for another...
Tags: world cup, Kuala Lumpur, KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Mohd Amin Rahim, Veteran Amin, Malaysia Hockey League, allnews
Speed skater Hughes locks up Olympic berth
Hamar :: Norway | about 2 hours ago
Credibility Canadian speed skater Clara Hughes qualified for her fifth Olympic Games on Saturday with a fourth-place finish in a World Cup 5,000-metre event in Hamar, Norway. Shortly thereafter she went looking for teammate Lucas Makowsky. Hughes had a message...
Tags: Clara Hughes, world cup, Lucas Makowsky, speed skater, Norway, Hamar, Long track speed skating, Hughes, Shani Davis, Ed Hughes, allnews
Humphries, Moyse win bobsleigh bronze
Lake Placid :: NY :: USA | about 3 hours ago
Credibility N.Y. — Kaillie Humphries of Calgary and Heather Moyse of Summerside, P.E.I., won the bronze medal Saturday at the women’s bobsleigh World Cup. Humphries earned her fourth World Cup medal after clocking a two-run time of one minute 57.23 seconds on the...
Tags: world cup, Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse, Lascelles Brown of Calgary, Lake Placid, Moyse, Pierre Lueders, Lascelles Brown, Bobsleigh, Helen Upperton, Sandra Kiriasis, allnews
American Napier wins bobsled gold at Lake Placid
Lake Placid :: NY :: USA | about 6 hours ago
Credibility N.Y. — John Napier practically grew up on the bobsled track at Mount Van Hoevenberg...While his mom Betsy rang her giant golden cowbell, the 22-year-old Napier slid the race of his dreams on Saturday, beating U.S. teammate Steven Holcomb to win a World...
Tags: Lake Placid John Napier, AM American Napier, Betsy Napier, Bill Napier, world cup, Lake Placid, Napier, Steven Holcomb, Clan Napier, Bobsleigh, Mount Van Hoevenberg, Pierre Lueders, Human Interest, allnews
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