2009
24
Sep
First Lady Michelle Obama will ‘pitch hit’ for her husband the president and fly to Copenhagen to pitch the bid for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics. Some say that signals defeat for the city, and the bid. However, the Chicago Tribune notes that the city’s mayor, Richard Daley, says he’s “honored” Chicago [...]
2009
24
Sep
Russia has broken a national drought in women’s water polo by claiming the gold medal at the 8th FINA World Women’s Junior Water Polo Championships which took place in Khanty-Mansiysk (RUS) from August 9-15, 2009. The score of the final against the Netherlands was 14-9 (3-2, 0-4, 3-3, 3-5). Team Netherlands, which also played [...]
2009
30
Aug
A stunning 30-yard strike from Italy’s Alessia Tuttino consigned 10-woman England to defeat in their opening match of Group C in Euro 2009.
The midfielder smashed the winner nine minutes from time as England suffered only their second defeat in 12 games.
England lost Casey Stoney when she was sent off on 28 minutes, but soon [...]
2009
15
Jul
NBC plans on bidding for rights to televise the 2014 and 2016 Olympics despite the U.S. Olympic Committee’s decision to build a competing Olympic network.
NBC spokesman Brian Walker said Sunday that nothing had changed in the network’s intentions to bid for the games.
Because of the rough economy, the International Olympic Committee has postponed the [...]
2009
11
Jun
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), is an Olympic-level swimmer and model from the United States of America. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. She [...]
2009
11
Jun
Maria Sharapova’s bid to reach the third round of the Aegon Classic was delayed by rain on Wednesday, with the former Wimbledon champion leading American teenager Alexa Glatch 6-3, 5-4 before a downpour halted play.
Sharapova twice held match point but was unable to close out and play was suspended for the day with [...]
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2009
9
Jun
Amanda Ray Beard (born October 29, 1981 in Newport Beach, California), is an Olympic-level swimmer and model from the United States of America. Beard participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2008 Summer Olympics, capturing a total of seven medals, the most recent in the 2004 games. She [...]
2009
6
Jun
It took Svetlana Kuznetsova just 74 minutes to clinch the women’s French Open title on Saturday, but this was a triumph that was more than a year in the making.
The Russian seventh seed blew away world No.1 Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 on Court Philippe Chatrier to secure a triumph that owes everything to her [...]
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2009
4
Jun
Alison Stokke, who normally rises over the pole-vaulting bar, rose to Internet Fame when a picture of her when she was 17 at a track meet was posted on the Internet.
Soon, more pictures would surface, millions of new fans would stare at her gazingly, and this future California Bear Field Star, would find unexpected, [...]
2009
4
Jun
Nigeria’s 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Blessing Okagbare of University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP) is one of four track and field women athletes nominated for the Collegiate Women Sports Award presented by Honda to the top NCAA Division I female athletes in their sport.
Okagbare becomes the first UTEP athlete to be nominated for the [...]