Irish invite for marathon athlete
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Vanderlei de Lima lost his first place position after former priest Cornelius Horan burst onto the track and wrestled him into the crowd.
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South Africa fly-half Jaco Van der Westhuyzen faces a race against time to be fit for Saturday&#39;s Test match against Ireland in Dublin because of a finger injury sustained against Wales at Cardiff&#39;s Millennium Stadium.
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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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A doping scandal involving an Irish Olympic gold medal-winning horse is set to take in a seventh country, it emerged today. The world equestrian body, Federation
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Ireland have set up a summer tour to Japan to coincide with the Lions trip to New Zealand. The Irish will play two Tests in Tokyo plus one warm-up game which has still to be decided.
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Paula Radcliffe has been included in the list of athletes to start tomorrow&#39;s 10,000m women&#39;s Olympic final. The runner, who agonisingly failed to complete the marathon last Sunday, has remained tight-lipped
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Haile Gebrselassie, one of the greatest  long distance runners of all time, bids to make Olympic history  on Friday as the athletics program opens in Athens.
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Sixty-nine of the world&#39;s best men golfers converge on Ireland Thursday, for first-round action at the World Golf Championship&#39;s American Express Championship.
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Ryan Hall, who won the United States menâs Olympic marathon trial in November, and Dan Browne, a 2004 Olympian in the marathon, joined the field for Saturdayâs United States cross-country championships in San Diego. The first nine finishers in the menâs 12-kilometer race will qualify for the world championships March 30 in Scotland. But if the 25-year-old Hall qualifies, he said he was unlikely to go.In a telephone call from his training base in Big Bear Lake, Calif., to the New York Track Writers Association, he said, âI donât think I would go because I donât think it would fit into my buildup.âThe buildup is for the London Marathon on April 13. Last April, Hall ran London in 2 hours 8 minutes 24 seconds, the fastest marathon debut ever by an American. In November, he ran 2:09:02 over a more difficult course in the Olympic trials in Central Park. He said he was pleased to become one of the worldâs elite runners. âThe Olympic trials were the highlight of my career so far, and Iâm happy to be able to enjoy it,â he said. âIt really opened up my mind to what I could do.â.
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Sunday marks the final day of competition at the Olympics and a field of 102 runners will be at the starting line for the men&#39;s marathon.
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The Irish former priest who obstructed Brazilian athlete Vanderlie de Lima in the men&#39;s Olympic marathon yesterday has been sentenced in Athens to 12 months in prison, but has been released on probation.
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In a bizarre and stunning conclusion to the Olympic Games, the leader of the men&#39;s marathon was grabbed by a former Irish priest and pushed into the crowd about three miles from the finish.
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IRELANDâS only gold medal of the Athens Olympics will depend on a drugs test in New York on the blood sample given by Waterford Crystal, the horse on which Cian OâConnor won the showjumping title.
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Sinn Fein called today for Ian Paisley to follow up his journey down the Dublin road with a trip across Belfast to meet them.
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Ireland has issued a passport to British hostage Kenneth Bigley in the hopes it will help secure his release in Iraq. &quot;Mr. Kenneth Bigley&#39;s family has asked for an Irish passport to
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The Irishman who was arrested after obstructing Brazilian athlete Vanderlei de Lima in the men&#39;s Olympic marathon will be brought to the general district attorney&#39;s office in Athens today.
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Weis has his first meeting with the media as the head coach of the Fighting Irish. FATHER MALLOY: Welcome to you all. I am pleased to be able to welcome our new football coach.