2009
28
Jun
Olympic 100-metre champions Shelly-Ann Fraser and Usain Bolt confirmed their readiness for this summer’s 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin by posting world leading times in the blue riband event on day two of the Supreme Ventures National Senior Championships at the National Stadium last night.
Running in lane three, Fraser exploded from the blocks to [...]
2009
18
Jun
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) – Olympic champion and world-record holder Usain Bolt won the 100 metres in 9.77 seconds at the Golden Spike meet yesterday.
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic – Jamaican Usain Bolt (2nd right) crosses the line to win the men’s 100m at the IAAF World Athletics Tour Golden Spike meeting yesterday. From left are Ryan [...]
2009
7
Jun
Track Events :
2009 Prefontaine Classic Grand Prix – 6/7/2009
Eugene, OR
Event 4 Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
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World: W 7:53.63 2004 [...]
2008
11
Oct
Renault’s Fernando Alonso recorded his second- consecutive victory Sunday by taking the Japanese Grand Prix. The Spaniard crossed the finish line 5.2 seconds ahead of Robert Kubica.
The victory was Alonso’s 21st career in Formula One competition.
Kimi Raikkonen, Nelson Piquet and Jarno Trulli completed the top-five.
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton finished 12th and saw his World Championship points [...]
2008
11
Sep
The Montreal Canadiens will roll out the red carpet to welcome goaltending great Patrick Roy back to the club.
The NHL team announced Thursday that it will retire Roy’s jersey No. 33 at a Bell Centre ceremony before a game against the Boston Bruins on Nov. 22.
BEIJING – Canada’s Michelle Stilwell captured her second Paralympic [...]
2008
21
Aug
The United States and China lead the medal count thus far in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, according to reports on Thursday.
The U.S. is second to China with 29 gold medals. The U.S. has also earned 34 silver medals and 32 bronze medals to bring their medal count to 82 overall, the highest [...]
2008
14
Aug
Some interesting change on this Beijing Olympic games 2008 in Beijing?
Four years ago at the Athens Olympics 2004 the United States of America won most medals. This year it seems China will win the rankings.
You Think the US will still win more gold medals as China?
Rank
Country
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
United States
35
39
29
103
2
China
32
17
14
63
3
Russia
27
27
38
92
4
Australia
17
16
16
49
5
Japan
16
9
12
37
6
Germany
14
16
18
48
7
France
11
9
13
33
8
Italy
10
11
11
32
9
South Korea
9
12
9
30
10
Great Britain
9
9
12
30
11
Cuba
9
7
11
27
12
Ukraine
9
5
9
23
13
Hungary
8
6
3
17
14
Romania
8
5
6
19
15
Greece
6
6
4
16
16
Norway
5
0
1
6
17
Netherlands
4
9
9
22
18
Brazil
4
3
3
10
19
Sweden
4
1
2
7
20
Spain
3
11
5
19
21
Canada
3
6
3
12
22
Turkey
3
3
4
10
23
Poland
3
2
5
10
24
New Zealand
3
2
0
5
25
Thailand
3
1
4
8
26
Belarus
2
6
7
15
27
Austria
2
4
1
7
28
Ethiopia
2
3
2
7
29
Iran
2
2
2
6
29
Slovakia
2
2
2
6
31
Taiwan
2
2
1
5
32
Georgia
2
2
0
4
33
Bulgaria
2
1
9
12
34
Jamaica
2
1
2
5
34
Uzbekistan
2
1
2
5
36
Morocco
2
1
0
3
37
Denmark
2
0
6
8
38
Argentina
2
0
4
6
39
Chile
2
0
1
3
40
Kazakhstan
1
4
3
8
41
Kenya
1
4
2
7
42
Czech Republic
1
3
4
8
43
South Africa
1
3
2
6
44
Croatia
1
2
2
5
45
Lithuania
1
2
0
3
46
Egypt
1
1
3
5
46
Switzerland
1
1
3
5
48
Indonesia
1
1
2
4
49
Zimbabwe
1
1
1
3
50
Azerbaijan
1
0
4
5
51
Belgium
1
0
2
3
52
Bahamas
1
0
1
2
52
Israel
1
0
1
2
54
Cameroon
1
0
0
1
54
Dominican Republic
1
0
0
1
54
Ireland
1
0
0
1
54
United Arab [...]
2008
13
Aug
Irakli Tsirekidze of Georgia, gold medalist of the 2007 World Championships, won gold in his Olympic debut, winning Judo Men’s -90kg by beating Amar Benikhlef of Algeria with a shido.
In his second Olympic Games, Hesham Mesbah of Egypt defeated Yves-Matthieu Dafreville of France with an ippon to take the first bronze in Judo Men -90kg. [...]
2008
13
Aug
World champions Wang Feng and Qin Kai won the men’s synchronized 3m springboard title here on Wednesday to continue China’s diving domination with the hosts’ fourth straight gold in Beijing’s diving pool.
While US star Michael Phelps is dominating the Water Cube’s pool, China are sweeping aside all rivals next door in the diving and [...]
2008
13
Aug
Michael Phelps spent less than 24 hours in the exclusive group of Olympians with nine gold medals. On Wednesday he proved he didn’t like crowds as he won his 10th gold medal in the 200m butterfly and then came back less than an hour later and swam the opening leg of the men’s 4 x [...]