Just weeks after competing in both the TD Beach to Beacon 10k and the Falmouth Road Race, Ethiopian runner Dejene Berhanu committed suicide on Sunday, August 29, 2010. Berhanu was only 29 years old when he took his own life last weekend. He was buried on Monday and left behind his wife, Ayelech Berhanu–also a [...]
The divorce of golfer Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren was finalized Monday, according to a joint statement issued by their attorneys. The marriage’s end comes nine months after allegations surfaced that Woods carried on several extramarital affairs. “We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for [...]
Tyson Gay handed Usain Bolt only his second professional 100m defeat as the American stormed to victory at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. Gay clocked 9.84 seconds to beat the fit-again 23-year-old Jamaican by 0.13s and record his first ever win over the World and Olympic champion over 100m. In a race missing injured [...]
Kenya overtook Nigeria and South Africa to win the medals table on the last day of competition as the 17th CAA Safaricom African Athletics Championships concluded last night at the Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya. Coming into the last day of the five day championships in third place, the host nation grabbed five more [...]
South Africa is basking in the glory of successfully staging the first World Cup on African soil but the country’s thoughts have already shifted to another top sports event — the Olympic Games. With rumours spreading fast that the coastal city of Durban is seriously considering bidding for the 2020 summer Olympics, South Africa may [...]
Serena Williams etched her family’s name on the Venus Rosewater Dish for the ninth time in 11 years after her stunning victory over surprise Wimbledon finalist Vera Zvonareva. The 28-year-old is now only one behind sister Venus after clinching her fourth title at the All England Club in a performance of supreme power and athleticism [...]
World number three Rafael Nadal survived a three-set thriller against unseeded Ernests Gulbis on Saturday to reach the final of the ATP Rome Masters with a 6-4 3-6 6-4 victory. It will be an all-Spanish final on Sunday after 13th seed David Ferrer beat compatriot and sixth seed Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 in the first [...]
BOSTON — Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot arrived at the Boston Marathon with name recognition just not his own. He then shook up the venerable race Monday with a memorable performance that came so fast and so soon, leaving the familiar American favorites in his dust. Cheruiyot, an affable 21-year-old from Kenya — unrelated to the four-time [...]
Nigeria‘s Blessing Okagbare on Saturday in Austin, Texas, began her outdoor campaign with a bang when she recorded a personal best to post the world‘s fastest time at 11.10 sec in the women‘s 100m in the season. Okagbare at the 20th Nigeria/NNPC/ExxonMobil Track$Field Championships set a personal best of 11.16 to outrun defending champion, Damola [...]
It has long been clear that the history of golf, and in some ways the history of professional sport, divides at the arrival of Tiger Woods. He is, with ever-diminishing debate, the greatest player in the game’s history. Woods’ genius on the links, first revealed during child prodigy appearances on television talk shows, has caused [...]
