Isinbayeva wins pole vault
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Yelena Isinbayeva wins the battle of the Russians and sets a new world record.
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Amanda Beard, twice an Olympic silver  medallist back in 1996, finally won individual Olympic gold  when she snatched victory from Australia's Leisel Jones in the  200 meter breaststroke Thursday.
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In winning the Olympic title on his first jump Thursday with the fifth-longest in 108-year Olympic history, Phillips took himself and American long jumping out from the lengthy shadow of four-time long jump gold medalist Carl Lewis and world record holder
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Monte-Carlo - Olympic champions Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia have been announced as the 2004 Athletes of the Year on stage tonight at the climax to the spectacular 2004 World Athletics Gala at the Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo
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Mikhail Ignatyev of Russia produced an awesome display to win the gold medal in the men&#39;s points race on Tuesday. Ignatyev coasted to victory on 93 points after making the vital breakthrough with two of the 16 sprints remaining in the 40km race.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus sped to an unexpected victory in the women&#39;s 100 meter final at the Athens Olympics Saturday. The high-striding Belarussian, the first woman
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Anky van Grunsven of the Netherlands successfully defended her Olympic title Wednesday by winning the individual dressage competition.
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Russia's Olga Slyusareva adds an Olympic gold medal to her collection of world championships, easily winning the points race Wednesday.
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Russian fifth seed Maria Sharapova won the Australian Open final against fourth seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-5, 6-3 Saturday, claiming her third Grand Slam title.
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Nastia Liukin moved within one medal of joining Shannon Miller as the most decorated American gymnast in world championship history yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany.Liukin won a silver medal in the uneven bars finals, failing to become a world champion in her signature event for the second straight year. Ksenia Semenova of Russia beat Liukin for the gold by 0.05.Other winners included Brazilâs Diego Hypolito (floor), and Chinaâs Chen Yibing (rings), Xiao Qin (pommel) and Cheng Fei (womenâs vault). Liukin will have a chance to tie Miller with a ninth medal today in the beam finals.
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Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - Either way, Russia was coming away with a third straight Grand Slam winner. Svetlana Kuznetsova became the third Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title this year when
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Third-seeded Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic beat Lubomira Kurhajvoca of Slovakia 6-1, 6-7 (1), 6-1 Sunday in the first round of the Moorilla International tennis tournament.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova beats fellow Russian Elena Dementieva to win the US Open.
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Russia&#39;s Irina Korzhanenko became the first woman to win a gold medal at the ancient site that birthed the Olympics, recording the three longest throws of the shot put competition.
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La russa Yelena Isinbayeva ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nel salto con l'asta femminile ai Mondiali di ...
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Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday&#39;s final to win Olympic gold.
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Yelena Isinbayeva ha migliorato il suo record mondiale indoor di salto con l'asta. La russa ha super...