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LONDON (AP) -- British sprinter Dwain Chambers has given up his battle to overturn a lifetime Olympic doping ban, but still is targeting gold at other major competitions. The 30-year-old runner, who served a two-year ban after testing positive for ...
Read moreSprinter Chambers gives up battle to overturn Olympic ban - CNN Sports Illustrated
The 2008 Tokyo Women’s Marathon, the 30th edition, is scheduled to be held on November 16 in Tokyo for the final time. Next year, the marathon will move to nearby Yokohama. For the Japanese, the race doubles as a selection race for the marathon ...
Read moreCan Shibui rise to the occasion? - Preview of the 30th Tokyo Women’s ... - IAAF
Martin Lel had no problems defending his Flora London Marathon title on Sunday despite having his preparations interrupted by the recent political unrest in Kenya. In a race run at world-record pace until the last six miles, Lel claimed a third ...
Read moreLEL AND MIKITENKO CLAIM LONDON WINS - Sporting Life
A WOMAN who weighed just 2.8 ozs when she was born is preparing to run two half marathons and next year's London Marathon for a premature baby charity. Tania Marie Sargent, 24, of Middle Field, Weston Turville. was born three months premature at 28 ...
Read moreMarathon feat for woman who was born 3 months premature - Bucks Herald
BOSTON (WBZ) ― One of the best American runners to come along in years will compete in the next Boston Marathon. The Boston Athletic Association announced Tuesday that Olympic marathoner and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall will run ...
Read moreGreat American Hope To Run Boston Marathon - WBZ-TV
Herbie Hancock was, naturally, the biggest star of the 10-day London jazz festival's opening weekend. But his deceptive affability camouflages a stubborn determination to make his fans work for payoffs such as the classic riffs of Canteloupe Island ...
Read moreJazz review: Dazzling diversity in Hancock marathon - Guardian Unlimited
Mara Yamauchi crosses the finish line in the Tokyo International Women's Marathon in two hours 25min 3sec. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images The British Olympian Mara Yamauchi broke her personal best time yesterday but could not give the ...
Read moreYamauchi's Tokyo sayonara falls short of high expectations - Guardian Unlimited
Olympic marathoner and American half marathon record holder Ryan Hall will compete in the Boston Marathon for the first time in his career on April 20, 2009, where he'll attempt to become the first American winner of the race since Grey Meyer in 1983 ...
Read moreNews & Notes, Volume 8, Number 62 - USA Track and Field
Lebanese artist Josef Atyeh came out to support the Beirut Marathon. The slogan for the marathon is “Orkid Ded Al Saratan” (Run Against Cancer). Atyeh made a video clip especially for the marathon called “Yala Norkid Sawa” (Let’s Run ...
Read moreJosef Atyeh and “Let’s Run Together” at the Beirut Marathon - Al Bawaba
Ryan Hall the fastest American performer for the last two years has signed up for next year's Boston Marathon on April 20. The 26-year-old world class star will be seeking to become the first US winner of the race since the success of Greg Meyer in ...
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