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World Cup 2010 South Africa introduces mascot Zakumi
Add : 08:26:02 2008-09-23
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Tag : Zakumi mascot World Cup 2010 World Cup 2010 South Africa
South Africa introduces mascot Zakumi
A cute leopard will be the official mascot of the next 2010 World Cup held at South Africa, according to a local TV channel; the major soccer events starts in 626 days.
Zakumi, the official mascot of the next 2010 South Africa FIFA World Cup, was introduced on the TV show "Coca-Cola Soccer Zone" televised on SABC.
The official mascot is a leopard, and i... |
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Brazil & US reach women's final
Add : 22:09:53 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Football Brazil beat Germany
Brazil booked their place in the Olympic women's football final with a 4-1 win over Germany, before defending champions the US saw off Japan 4-2.
Birgit Prinz became the first player to score in four Games when she gave the Germans the lead, before Brazil's Formiga equalised from 20 yards.
Cristiane scored her first from short range and Marta made it 3-1 after easing past two tackles and fir... |
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Brazil face champions Argentina
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Football Argentina progress past Holland
Brazil and reigning champions Argentina will meet in the last four of the Olympic Games - but both required extra-time to win their quarter-finals.
Lionel Messi set up one goal and scored the other as Argentina beat the Netherlands 2-1 while Brazil defeated Cameroon 2-0 in an ill-tempered game.
Rafael Sobis and Marcelo scored for the Brazilians in a game marred by 12 yellow cards and one sen... |
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Slick Nigeria crush sorry Belgium
Add : 22:06:48 2008-08-19
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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... |
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Argentina knock out rivals Brazil
Add : 22:05:24 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Football Argentina beat Brazil
Argentina beat Brazil 3-0 to set up an Olympic final against Nigeria in the men's football competition.
Sergio Aguero put Argentina ahead when he chested in a low cross before his glanced side foot added a second.
Ronaldinho's free-kick hit the post for Brazil and Alexandre Pato was dubiously ruled offside when he touched in a Marcelo cross in the aftermath.
Juan Riquelme's penalty finish... |
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Rutherford into long jump final
Add : 05:38:30 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Mixed fortunes GB long jumpers
Britain's Greg Rutherford made life easy for himself by reaching the Olympic long jump final with his first qualifying effort.
Rutherford jumped 8.16m, one centemetre better than the automatic qualifying mark, but Chris Tomlinson went out.
Sprinter Jeanette Kwayke reached the semi-finals of the 100m but Montell Douglas missed out.
And Christine Ohuruogu, Nicola Sanders and Lee McConnell a... |
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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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Jelimo claims landmark 800m gold
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Jelimo storms 800m gold
Pamela Jelimo powered to a brilliant 800m victory to become the first Kenyan woman to win an Olympic title.
The 18-year-old, who only began running the event in April, set a devastating pace to win in one minute 54.87 seconds at the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing.
Janeth Jepkosgei could not match her compatriot and took silver ahead of Morocco's Hasna Benhassi.
Veteran Maria Mutola, who w... |
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Confident Idowu books final spot
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Confident Idowu books final spot
Gold medal favourite Phillips Idowu needed just one attempt to book his place in Thursday's triple jump final.
Idowu, 29, looked confident as he leapt 17.44m while fellow Briton Larry Achike also went through with a jump of 17.18m but Nathan Douglas failed to qualify.
Hurdlers Sarah Claxton and Tasha Danvers produced their best when it counted to reach the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles final... |
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In-form Saladino lands long jump
Add : 05:29:16 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Saladino claims long jump gold
Red-hot favourite Irving Saladino captured long jump gold at the Beijing Games and Panama's first Olympic track and field title.
The 25-year-old, who jumped 8.73 metres to leap to the world number one spot earlier this season, landed just 8.34m in his fourth attempt to take gold.
South African Khotso Mokoenaak clinched silver with 8.24m while Cuba's Ibrahim Camejo's leap of 8.20m earned bron... |
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Ohuruogu storms into 400m final
Add : 05:26:48 2008-08-19
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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 ... |
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Fraser leads Jamaica 100m sweep
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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... |
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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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Bekele storms to 10,000m victory
Add : 05:22:01 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Bekele storms 10,000m victory
Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele won the men's 10,000m gold, creating an Olympic record of 27 minutes 1.17 seconds, as compatriot Sileshi Sihine took silver.
Micah Kogo of Kenya secured bronze, but Ethiopian veteran Haile Gebrselassie could only finish sixth, ending his dream of a third Olympic gold medal.
Bekele, 26, controlled the last lap before powering home by a distance to clinch his second ... |
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Mbango Etone retains jump crown
Add : 05:18:22 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Athletics Mbango Etone retains jump crown
Francoise Mbango Etone successfully defended her Olympic triple jump title with a new Games record leap.
An effort of 15.39 metres on her second attempt secured victory at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium on Sunday.
Russian Tatyana Lebedeva (15.32m) won silver, and Greece's Hrysopiyi Devetzi (15.23m), the 2004 Olympic silver medallist, took bronze.
Mbango Etone, 32, became Cameroon's first i... |
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Greek champion fails drugs test
Add : 05:16:35 2008-08-19
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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... |
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Bolt surges to gold in new record
Add : 05:14:56 2008-08-19
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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... |
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Bolt eases into 200m semi-finals
Add : 05:06:25 2008-08-19
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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.
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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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Simpson secures World Cup silver
Add : 04:48:07 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Simpson secures World Cup silver
Britain's Nichola Simpson has won the women's compound silver medal at the World Championships event in France.
Shooting under the floodlights at Boe rugby union club, Simpson was beaten by just one point (111-110) in the final by Venezuela's Luzmary Guedez.
But Simpson's performance has earned her a place at the World Cup Grand Final in Lausanne in September.
"This has been a fantastic w... |
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GB Paralympic archery team named
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery GB Paralympic archery team named
A squad of 11 archers will represent Great Britain at the Paralympic Games, which start in Beijing on 6 September.
The most experienced member is 59-year-old Kathy Smith, who has won one gold, two silvers and a bronze medal at her previous four Games.
John Cavanagh is looking to replicate his W1 category victory four years ago.
Among the nine debutants is John Stubbs, who was twice given ... |
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Beijing smog concerns Williamson
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Beijing smog concerns Williamson
Alison Williamson is worried that the smog in Beijing may hinder her chances of winning another Olympic medal.
"I suffer from asthma, and I'm having to take supplements to protect my lung lining," she told BBC Radio Shropshire.
"Our competition lasts 6-8 hours a day for a whole week, so the build-up could have a bearing.
"There's pollution in any huge city, but I think we're more sceptica... |
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Gold is tough target - Williamson
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Gold tough target Williamson
Shropshire archer Alison Williamson is expecting tough competition for the gold medal in Beijing.
Williamson, who won bronze in Athens in 2004, told BBC Radio Shropshire: "It's very nice to think of a gold, but the competition there will be very fierce.
"The Chinese will be determined to put on a very good show, and the Koreans and the Italians are also very strong."
Williamson has compet... |
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Team-mate motivated Terry return
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Team-mate motivated Terry return
British Olympic hopeful Simon Terry says watching team-mate Alison Williamson at the Athens Games inspired him to return to archery.
Terry won double bronze at Barcelona 1992 and will make his return to Olympic competition in Beijing later this month.
"I watched Alison's Athens on television and it tickled the nerves a little bit," he told BBC Sport.
"It wasn't until the winter of that ye... |
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Paralympic squad adds two archers
Add : 04:38:03 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Paralympic squad adds two archers
Kate Murray and Paul Brown have been added to the GB archery squad for the Paralympic Games.
Scot Murray, 59, was first reserve and wins her opportunity after Lynne Burton pulled out on medical advice.
Brown, from Hertford, takes the 12th and final place after impressing over the past six months.
"We are delighted to have both Kate and Paul on board, and are confident both of them will be... |
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Record for Park as Brits impress
Add : 04:34:10 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Record Park Brits impress
Defending champion Park Sung-hyun of Korea equalled the Olympic record of 673 points to finish top in the women's 70m individual archery ranking round.
Britain's Alison Williamson was seventh, a place ahead but level on 651 points with compatriot Naomi Folkard.
Mexico's Juan Rene Serrano headed the men's individual rankings with 679 points, while Briton Simon Terry was just nine points behin... |
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Brits miss out on archery bronze
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 Archery Brits miss archery bronze
Great Britain's women archers had to settle for fourth place in the team event after losing out to France in the bronze medal play-off.
The team of Alison Williamson, Naomi Folkard and Charlotte Burgess narrowly lost 203-201 to the French trio.
France claimed eight points on the final arrow for a two-point win.
The competition was delayed because of thunderstorms, but the interruption did... |
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South Korea claim archery double
Add : 04:27:41 2008-08-19
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 South Korea claim archery double
South Korea have clinched the gold medal in the Olympic men's team archery competition, matching the feat of their women a day earlier.
Im Dong-hyun, Lee Chang-hwan and Park Kyung-mo defeated Italians Mauro Nespoli, Ilario Di Buo' and Marco Galiazzo by 227 points to 225.
It means South Korea have won the gold in three consecutive Olympics.
China created a huge upset to beat Ukraine for th... |
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GB men defeated in archery event
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Tag : Sport Olympics Olympics 2008 GB men defeated archery event
Britain's archery woes continued when the men's team bowed out of the Olympics after a opening loss to China.
The team, consisting of Simon Terry, Alan Wills and Laurence Godfrey, went down 214-210 to the host nation.
China made their way through to the semi-finals where they will face Korea who beat Poland by scoring an Olympic record 224 points.
Italy beat Malaysia 218-213 to face Ukrai... |
