 |
Slick Nigeria crush sorry Belgium
Add : 22:06:48 2008-08-19
View : 437 | Vote : 3 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Football Nigeria Olympic team
Nigeria's Olympic team has powered into the final of the men's competition with a 4-1 win over surprise semi-finalists Belgium in Shanghai.
They will now face Argentina after the reigning champions beat Brazil in the other semi.
Olubayo Adefemi gave Nigeria an early lead, with Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi getting the second after half-time.
Obasi scored his second and Chibuzor Okonkwo hit the fou... |
 |
Ohuruogu storms into 400m final
Add : 05:26:48 2008-08-19
View : 365 | Vote : 1 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Ohuruogu makes Olympic final
Britain's Christine Ohuruogu laid down an impressive marker as she won her 400m semi to reach the Olympic final.
Ohuruogu looked strong in the closing stages as she won in 50.14 seconds, her best time of the season, to qualify.
But her GB team-mates Nicola Sanders and Lee McConnell are both out after struggling in their semi-finals.
Meanwhile Andrew Baddeley produced a fantastic run in a ... |
 |
Fraser leads Jamaica 100m sweep
Add : 05:25:35 2008-08-19
View : 396 | Vote : 4 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Fraser heads Jamaica clean sweep
Shelly-Ann Fraser took Olympic gold in the women's 100m, leading home an unprecedented clean sweep for Jamaica.
Fraser finished in a time of 10.78 seconds, with her compatriots Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart sharing the silver medal after a dead heat.
"I'm so excited. I never dreamed this could happen to me," Fraser said.
Britain's Jeanette Kwakye was the only European athlete to make... |
 |
Greek champion fails drugs test
Add : 05:16:35 2008-08-19
View : 321 | Vote : 1 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Greek champion
Reigning Olympic 400m hurdles champion Fani Halkia has failed a drugs test and will not defend her crown in Beijing.
Halkia, 29, failed a test conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency while she was preparing for the Games in Japan.
The athlete revealed she had tested positive for the banned steroid methyltrienolone but said she did not know how it had got into her sample.
Halkia, surpris... |
 |
Bolt surges to gold in new record
Add : 05:14:56 2008-08-19
View : 538 | Vote : 8 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Bolt surges gold new record
Jamaican Usain Bolt left his rivals trailing to win gold in the Olympic 100m final with a new world record.
Bolt was well clear at 60m and although he eased down and started to celebrate 15 metres from the line, he still set a new mark of 9.69 seconds.
Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago was second while American Walter Dix came third but they were well adrift.
"My one aim was just to... |
 |
Bolt eases into 200m semi-finals
Add : 05:06:25 2008-08-19
View : 360 | Vote : 3 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt
Olympic 100m champion Usain Bolt moved effortlessly into Tuesday's 200m semi-finals to keep his hunt for double sprint gold firmly on track in Beijing.
The Jamaican, who won the 100m in a world record 9.69 seconds, coasted to the line in 20.29 secs to win his heat.
Zimbabwe's Brian Dzingai was the fastest qualifier in 20.22 secs with American defending champion Shawn Crawford also through.
... |
 |
Taylor regains 400m hurdles title
Add : 04:11:05 2008-08-19
View : 498 | Vote : 1 |
Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 World champion Kerron Clement Angelo Taylor Olympic 400m hurdles
Angelo Taylor regained his Olympic 400m hurdles title in Beijing and led home an American cleansweep of medals.
The 29-year-old got off to a lightning start and was uncatchable as he crossed the line in 47.25 seconds.
World champion Kerron Clement was second ahead of 2005 world champion Bershawn Jackson.
Taylor won the event in Sydney eight years ago but failed to make it past the semi-fi... |
 |
China stunned by Liu injury blow
Add : 13:20:27 2008-08-18
View : 333 | Vote : 0 |
Tag : Sport Liu Xiang 110m hurdles champion 110m Olympics
Defending 110m hurdles champion Liu Xiang is out of the Beijing Olympics after pulling up in the opening round.
Liu, considered China's best athletics gold medal hope, clearly in pain due to an Achilles injury during the warm-up.
After a false start, he pulled up and stunned the home crowd in the 91,000-seater Bird's Nest stadium when he was forced to withdraw.
"Liu Xiang has two injur... |
