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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
• No place for Tony McCoy or Bradley Wiggins on shortlist • Jessica Ennis best placed for female victory from 10 nominees The England cricket captain, Andrew Strauss, is the only member of the victorious Ashes side to be nominated for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. After Stuart Broad's fifth-Test heroics at The Oval many expected him to make the list, but the all-rounder is...
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Vivian Chukwuemeka will today face the Athletics Federation of Nigeria in Abuja, to defend herself in the case of doping levelled against her. This is coming four months after officials of the federation told the world that the former commonwealth champion tested positive to performance enhancing drugs in Berlin during the IAAF World Championship which held in August.Chukwuemeka, Amaka Ogoegbunam and...
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
After Nigeria’s dismal performance at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship in Germany in August, with Nigeria athletes coming home only with drug scandals, we may be in for a repeat at next year’s Commonwealth Games. With less than a year to the games in New Delhi, India, the country is set for perhaps the worst Commonwealth Games performance...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
• South African Runner remains eligible to compete, say IAAF • Organisation meeting to resolve decision on Semenya's future The International Association of Athletics Federationsare conducting final discussions before announcing their decision on Caster Semenya's future as a female athlete. The organisation said progress is being made into world 800m champion's fate and had been expected...
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Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Poor Caster Semenya . Even when she wins, she loses. Semenya will keep her gold medal, but questions about the gender of the South African middle distance runner won't be answered publicly, even though a gender test has been administered. Since easily winning the 800-meter IAAF World Championships in Germany earlier this year, Semenya has been subjected to intense scrutiny by world sports authorities,...
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Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Lightning seems to strike twice in many ways for Usain Bolt. Breaking the 100m world record at a major championship, the Olympics in Beijing, China, in 2008, and doing the same a year later in 2009 at the World Championships in Berlin, Germany. Check...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Donald McRae gained unprecedented access to the world's most controversial athlete to see how her life has changed since the world championships. You can read his full piece in tomorrow's Guardian Caster Semenya has spoken to the Guardian about how her life has changed since her controversial victory in the 800 metres at the world athletics championships in Berlin in August. Her winning run was tainted...
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Physics and Physicists (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I'm a sucker for these type of analysis and article. It is a lot of fun to read when it isn't really connected to "significant" physics research, mainly because for me, it is a pleasant diversion from my work, but still intellectually stimulating. Furthermore, exercise like this can be something fun for a class or a group of students to do, because it is something they have seen or heard...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
• Sprinters left out of World Class Performance Programme • Jenny Meadows and David Greene handed increased funding Two of Britain's one-time bright young sprinters, the former Olympic 100m relay champion Mark Lewis-Francis and the Welsh 200m runner Christian Malcolm, have had their lottery funding withdrawn by UK Athletics. Lewis-Francis, a member of the gold-medal winning quartet in Athens...
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Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Bupa Great South Run 2007 World marathon champion Luke Kibet , after a lean spell, is aiming to regain his BUPA Great South Run title in Portsmouth, UK, on Oct 25th. Kibet who was third last year returns to the English south coast venue next Sunday (25) for the 20th edition of the 10 Miles which he won two years ago. In the Women's race, two-time World Marathon champion and twice Olympic marathon silver...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
• 'Her head is very tired' says athlete's coach • University says she can take exams when she is ready South Africa's Caster Semenya, the athlete at the centre of a controversy over her gender, is too traumatised to take her university examinations, according to her coach. "Her head is very tired," Michael Seme told the Beeld newspaper. Semenya won the 800m gold medal at the World...
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Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
South African gold medalist Caster Semenya is the subject of racist attack on her gender identity. The people of South Africa have expressed outrage over these accusations which surfaced in Berlin during August 2009. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Saturday, October 10, 2009 00:47 Mecca time, 21:47 GMT Semenya fallout continues The joy of victory has been short lived for Caster...
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Tanvir Kazmi: Running without limit (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Organizers of ADHM have lined up some big stars for the 2009 event. This includes the complete podium from the last years event which saw an amazing performance with all the top 3 runners finishing under 1 hour mark, and Deriba Merga of Ethiopia running the fastest time of the year in 59:15. Last years podium finishers, Kenyan runners Wilson Kipsang and Wilson Chebet will also be running. Other big...
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SubmitYOURArticle.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
Article by Ed Bagley. Jamaica's Usain Bolt proved his 2008 Beijing Olympic world-record wins in the 100 and 200-meter dashes were no fluke. Bolt lowered both of his world records by taking the 100 in 9:58 (becoming the first man to ever run under 9.6), and the 200 in 19.19 (becoming the first man to ever run under 19.2) at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. Find out how the Americans did.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
• I'm devastated, says three-times former champion • Michelle Ross-Cope brought in as replacement Paula Radcliffe has been forced to withdraw from this weekend's World Half Marathon Championships in Birmingham because of tonsillitis. The illness is another blow for the three-time former champion after she pulled out of the World Championships in Berlin during August because of doubts about...
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