Fijilive (Free subscription) | 20/09/2008
Isinbayeva thrills Shanghai, fails own recordRussian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva thrilled an adoring crowd with her winning jump at Saturday’s Shanghai Golden Grand Prix despite failing in her bid to beat her own world record. She was one of several Olympic champions who returned to China after winning gold in Beijing for the one-day International Association of Athletics Federation's post-season...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
Russia's 2004 and 2008 Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been nominated for the 2008 Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Trophy.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
STUTTGART, Germany - Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic set a world record in the women's javelin Saturday with a throw of 237 feet, 2 inches (72.28 meters) at the World Athletics Final.The Olympic champion set the record in her first throw, breaking the previous mark of 235-3 (71.70) set by Osleidys Menendez of Cuba at the 2005 world championships in Helsinki, Finland.In other early events, Olympic...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
STUTTGART, Germany -- Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic set a world record in the women's javelin Saturday with a throw of 237 feet, 2 inches (72.28 meters) at the World Athletics Final.
SI.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Zurich - Usain Bolt is back on the track at Zurich's Golden League meeting on Friday with the carrot of a big cash prize for another world record. The Jamaican, who set world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres and was part of a third in the 4x1...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist and world-record holder Usain Bolt could have run the 100 metres in 9.52 seconds if he had not slowed to celebrate, according to his coach.
Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Triple Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Usain Bolt could have run the 100 meters in 9.52 seconds if he had not slowed to celebrate,......
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Triple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Usain Bolt could have run the 100 metres in 9.52 seconds if he had not slowed to celebrate, his coach said on Wednesday.
IOL (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008
A fake singer, smashed records, tears, drama, Afghan's first medal... the 2008 Beijing Olympics had it all.
Watchingpolitics (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
August 24, 2008 1. Japan Times………………U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is an intelligent woman. [SG: How’s that for getting an editorial off to a bad start'] So how can she possibly want to tell the world that Russia’s response to the Georgian attack on South Ossetia resembled the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. [...]
EuroInvestor.co.uk (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Beijing, August 25th, 2008 - "The Olympic Games in Beijing were a huge success for adidas - both in China and around the world," said Erich Stamminger, President of the adidas brand in Beijing.. - Read more
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
Beijing - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt torched the track with three golden world record runs in one of the most awesome athletics displays at the Olympics. The 22-year-old won the 100m in 9.69 seconds, the 200m in 19.30 seconds and helped the 4x100 r...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 23/08/2008
Russia's gold-medal winning pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has two burning ambitions -- to compete in the 2012 London Olympics before retiring and to launch her own perfume for strong, determined women.
Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has hailed the victories of Russian athletes at the ongoing Beijing Olympic Games and sent congratulatory letters to the champions. "In the hard, uncompromising ...
