Sports Briefing | Running: Marathon Champions Return
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Jelena Prokopcuka of Latvia, who won the womenâs race at the New York City Marathon the past two years, and Marilson Gomes dos Santos of Brazil, the menâs upset winner last year, will compete in this yearâs marathon, which is Nov. 4. Last yearâs wheelchair champions, Kurt Fearnley of Australia and Amanda McGrory of Champaign, Ill., will also return. The 30-year-old Prokopcuka could become the second woman to win the race three consecutive years. Grete Waitz of Norway won from 1978 to 1980 and 1982 to 1986. A victory would probably assure Prokopcuka, who was second in the Boston Marathon in April, of the $500,000 first prize in the World Marathon Majorsâ first two-year series.
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LONDON (Ticker) - A new route for a London marathon is expected to be unveiled later this week, when details of the city&#39;s bid for the 2012 Olympics are announced.
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Kenya&#39;s Paul Kirui capped an impressive year by winning the men&#39;s World half-marathon title Sunday, while China&#39;s Sun Ying Jie claimed the women&#39;s race.
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The ICC Champions Trophy, if anything, has been an eye-opener. It speaks well for cricket that England and the West Indies will contest the final and the revival of these two teams that went
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Birmingham: With both joint holders out, the Champions Trophy will have a new champion. While India exited on Sunday, Sri Lanka went out 24 hours earlier.
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LONDON - Champion jockey Kieron Fallon and colleagues Fergal Lynch and Darren Williams were back in action yesterday after their arrests over allegations of race-fixing.
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Two years ago, questions swirled about whether US long-distance running could be saved, and how? Coming into today&#39;s New York City Marathon, the answer is a resounding yes.
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Alistair Cragg couldn't believe his eyes. He saw Kenenisa Bekele , the favorite in virtually every race he enters, start sprinting for the finish line. The only problem was, there were two laps remaining in the men's 3,000-meter event at last night's Reebok Boston Indoor Games at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center.
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Description: In Athens, Japan&#39;s Mizuki Nogushi wins the women&#39;s Olympic Marathon, the first raced from the historic site in 108 years.
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Italy&#39;s Stefano Baldini surged ahead with two miles to go and won the Olympic marathon Sunday while American Meb Keflezighi finished a surprising second in a
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Britain&#39;s Paralympians returned home to a warm welcome after arriving at Gatwick airport on Wednesday. Team GB finished second in the table, behind China, with 94 medals - 35 of which were gold.
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Kenya's Julius Sugut and Mulu Seboka of Ethiopia won the men's and women's races respectively in the Mumbai international marathon in Bombay on Sunday.
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London - Paula Radcliffe has set herself the challenge of reviving her career after her Athens Olympic flop by running in the New York City Marathon next month.
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A new breed of marathoners has emerged, and they are more inclined to complete than compete.
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Cape Town's two Premier League soccer sides are back in action after the festive season break - Santos play twice this week and Ajax once.
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They have returned to Japan like conquering heroes, although they have not won a race since their team returned to Formula One four years ago.