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Kipruto claims steeplechase gold
Add : 05:35:58 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Kipruto wins 3000m steeplechase gold
Kenyan middle distance runner Brimin Kiprop Kipruto added Olympic gold to his world championship title by winning the men's 3000m steeplechase.
The 23-year-old held off a late charge from Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad of win in eight minutes 10.34 seconds.
Mekhissi-Benabbad took silver for France with Kenyan Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong claiming bronze.
Kipruto, runner-up at Athens 2004, ens... |
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Tomescu wins as Radcliffe toils
Add : 05:23:59 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Plucky Paula digs deep marathon
Paula Radcliffe failed to realise her dream of adding Olympic gold to a glorious marathon career as Romania's Constantina Tomescu won gold.
Radcliffe suffered a leg fracture in May and her lack of preparation showed as she limped across the line in 23rd,
The 34-year-old started well but faded and briefly stopped two miles from home appearing to suffer from cramp.
Tomescu, 38, led from the... |
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Isinbayeva wins with new record
Add : 05:00:00 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Isinbayeva wins new record
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own women's pole vault world record on the way to defending her Olympic title.
The 26-year-old beat the record by a centimetre with a clearance of 5.05 metres, finishing ahead of American Jennifer Stuczynski, who cleared 4.80m.
Russia's Svetlana Feofanova took bronze with a vault of 4.75m.
Isinbayeva, who has also won two world titles, has now broken t... |
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British trio win World Cup bronze
Add : 04:49:32 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery British trio win World Cup bronze
Britain's women have collected their second World Cup medal of the season, earning bronze with a 206-204 victory over China in Boe, France.
Alison Williamson, Naomi Folkard and Charlotte Burgess, who will compete at the Olympics, can add third in Boe to April's gold medal at Santo Domingo.
"I'm very proud of them," said British women's team manager Hilda Gibson.
"They applied themselves s... |
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Folkard wins all-British meeting
Add : 04:17:14 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Folkard wins all-British meeting
Britain's Naomi Folkard progressed into the quarter-finals of the women's individual archery with victory over team-mate Charlotte Burgess.
Folkard kept her composure in the searing Beijing heat with a 110-96 win.
Earlier, Athens bronze medallist Alison Williamson had been knocked out by American veteran Khatuna Lorig.
South Korea's defending champion Park Sung-Hyun advanced into the last... |
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CBI wants more pupils in science
Add : 03:19:53 2008-08-19
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Tag : UK News Education British business leaders CBI pupils science
British business leaders want all brighter teenagers to take three separate science subjects in secondary school.
The Confederation of British Industry wants separate sciences to be the norm, rather than combined science.
England's education ministers say those who do well in tests will now have an entitlement to separate sciences.
In Scotland, a science baccalaureate is being introduced ... |
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UK soldier killed in Afghan blast
Add : 23:44:57 2008-08-18
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Tag : UK News UK soldier killed Afghan blast British soldier southern Afghanistan
A British soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan when insurgents attacked a patrol, Nato's International Security Assistance Force has said.
The serviceman died when an explosion hit a joint UK-Afghan patrol at 0825 local time in Helmand province.
The soldier was from 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland, attached to 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment.
Next of kin hav... |
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British Energy sees profits fall
Add : 15:10:35 2008-08-18
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Tag : Business Companies British Energy sees profits fall British Energy quarterly profits
British Energy has reported a 66% drop in quarterly profits, hit by falls in production from the group's ageing nuclear power stations.
The firm made profit before tax of £101m for the three months to 29 June, compared with £296m a year ago.
British Energy said it had benefited from higher power prices but output fell because of plant closures.
The firm said that "advanced discussions" ... |
