Category: Other Sports

Athletics: Usain Bolt To Run 100m At Lausanne

| July 8, 2010 | 0 Comments

 Usain Bolt’s Achilles tendon is keeping him out of the 200m longer than expected. On Thursday, at Lausanne, Bolt will try to keep further injury at bay, by taking part only in the 100m. Bolt strained his Achilles tendon in May; this Diamong League meeting at Lausanne is the first event the Jamaican is competing [...]

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Snooker: Neil Robertson First Australian World Champion

| June 2, 2010 | 0 Comments

For the first time ever, the world snooker championship has thrown up a new champion from outside the British Isles. Australia’s Robertson beat Dott of Scotland in a nerve racking final marked by a single century by Dott, and a highest of 90 by his Australian rival, who had 7 century breaks, in earlier rounds, in [...]

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Commonwealth Hockey: India, Pakistan In Same Pool

| June 1, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Commonwealth hockey draw is out. In the men’s section, Pool A comprises Australia, Pakistan, India, Malaysia and Scotland while Pool B has England, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and Trinidad & Tobago. A few decades back, having India and Pakistan in the same pool would have raised eyebrows. Because both teams were potential champions [...]

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Athletics: Bolt Of Lightning

| May 31, 2010 | 0 Comments

Source: Wikipedia Usain Bolt has been described as a freak of nature. Michael Johnson, the World’s 400m champion confirmed this, recently. Johnson who thinks Bolt can break his 400m record says that Bolt is a rare sprinter who will brook no opposition, for two reasons. Firstly, Bolt is very tall and has a longer stride than [...]

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Golf: Tiger To Roar At Ohio Memorial Tournament

| May 29, 2010 | 1 Comment

The US Open Golf Championship is only two weeks away. Golf fans will be looking forward to seeing Tiger Woods at his first major event after his return from exile. More importantly, his fans want to see a fully fit Woods give the competition a run. They will therefore be happy to see him in [...]

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Boxing: WBA Light Welterweight Champ Amir Khan Credits Coach Roach

| May 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

Barely months have passed since Amir Khan chose to leave native Britain for the States, and he already has the local fans rooting for him after the pounding he gave veteran Malignaggi on his US debut. According to Khan, the credit should go to the superior training he has enjoyed in the US. Trainer Freddie [...]

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Formula One: Turkey Grand Prix Preview

| May 27, 2010 | 0 Comments

The Turkey Grand Prix is scheduled to run from May 28 to 30. This is one of the toughest Formula One races with a maximum ambient temperature of 55 degrees Celsius, and an anti-clockwise track; there are only three other anti-clockwise tracks on the F1 calendar — at Singapore, Brazil and Abu Dhabi. The favorites [...]

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F1: The Canadian Grand Prix Beckons

| May 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

Come June 13, and the centre of attraction for F1 fans will be Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The 2010 Canadian Grand Prix, which will complete its golden jubilee next year, has been on the F1 calendar from 1967. Montreal’s Île Notre-Dame has hosted the event for the last 42 years, and given that the event [...]

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