Archive for February, 2010

Beating horrendous conditions, Fujiwara and Biktimirova collect Tokyo Marathon wins

28 February 2010 – Tokyo, Japan – Running in dismal conditions, Masakazu Fujiwara of Japan and Alevtina Biktimirova of Russia won their respective...

 

28 February 2010 – Tokyo, Japan – Running in dismal conditions, Masakazu Fujiwara of Japan and Alevtina Biktimirova of Russia won their respective titles at the 4th edition of the Tokyo Marathon today.

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Live text – Rangers v Celtic

 

Rangers take on Celtic in a crunch match at Ibrox in the Scottish Premier League, with defeat for the visitors likely to end their title hopes.

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Live text – Rangers v Celtic

High jumpers Lowe and Williams impress in Albuquerque – USA Indoor Champs, day 1

 

28 February 2010 – Albuquerque, USA – Chaunte Lowe and Jesse Williams posted U.S.

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High jumpers Lowe and Williams impress in Albuquerque – USA Indoor Champs, day 1

Rangers v Celtic (1230 GMT)

 

Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor is selected to face Celtic, while striker Robbie Keane passes a late fitness test to play for the visitors.

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Cross-Country Skiing : Brian McKeever ‘devastated’ to miss Olympic debut – AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

 

Whistler (AFP) – Paralympian Brian McKeever admitted Saturday he was devastated to miss out on Canada’s four-man team for Sunday’s 50km cross-country, the final ski event of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. “The decision’s been made, it’s out of my hands. I respect the decision, but I don’t have to be happy with it,” he said.

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Ice hockey: Finland battle back to capture bronze – AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

 

Vancouver (AFP) – Finland came back from 3-1 down to defeat Slovakia 5-3 in the bronze medal game of the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament on Saturday, to capture their fourth medal since the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games. Olli Jokinen scored two third period goals, including the game winner, for Finland who are the only repeat medallist in the Vancouver hockey tournament

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Ice hockey: Finland battle back to capture bronze – AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Close contests the prevailing theme in Moscow – Russian Indoor Champs, Day 2

 

28 February 2010 – Moscow, Russia – Heated battles in the women’s 400m and Long Jump were the key highlights on the second day of the Russian Indoor championships on Saturday (27) where 11 titles were decided.

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Close contests the prevailing theme in Moscow – Russian Indoor Champs, Day 2

Ancelotti has no excuses for loss

 

Carlo Ancelotti refuses to blame the hype surrounding John Terry and Wayne Bridge after his team’s 4-2 defeat to Manchester City at Stamford Bridge.

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Ancelotti has no excuses for loss

Koufax joins Torre on stage at fundraiser

 

Sandy Koufax, the quiet, introspective pitching legend who always avoids talking about himself, did so for his old friend Joe Torre at the Nokia Theater on Saturday night to help raise money for Torre’s Safe At Home Foundation.

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Bobsleigh: Holcomb’s USA 1 win’s four-man gold – AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

 

Whistler (AFP) – Steven Holcomb’s USA 1 won the United States’ first Olympic bobsleigh gold in 62 years on Saturday after their ‘Night Train’ sleigh bulleted past the field on the Whistler track. “It’s huge, it’s great,” said Holcomb, who last year became the first American in half a century to win a world title and who arrived at these Games just two years on from sight-saving surgery for a degenerative eye disorder. He drove his quartet to victory in a combined four-heat time of 3min 24.46sec as Andre Lange’s Germany 1 took silver in 3min 24.84sec for a comfortable American winning margin of 0.38sec.

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Bobsleigh: Holcomb’s USA 1 win’s four-man gold – AFP News : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics