Athletics

Kenyan duo Pasalia Kipkoech and James Kipsang, pictured in action in 2008, won their respective 15 kilometres Saint Sylvester Corrida races here on Thursday. © AFP/File Nelson Almeida

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) - Kenyan duo Pasalia Kipkoech and James Kipsang won their respective 15 kilometres Saint Sylvester Corrida races here on Thursday.

Kipkoech beat home Serbia's two-time winner Olivera Jevtic ...

Ethiopian athletic legend Haile Gebrselassie celebrates after crossing the finish line of the Dubai Marathon 2009, the world's richest marathon, in the Gulf emirate in January. Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie has won the Trier Corrida as he warms up for next month's Dubai Marathon. © AFP/File Haider Shah

TRIER, Germany (AFP) - Ethiopian athletics legend Haile Gebrselassie won the Trier Corrida here on Thursday as he warms up for next month's Dubai Marathon.

The 36-year-old two-time 10,000metres Olympic champion ...

Scotland Yard chief Paul Stephenson is seen speaking at a security conference in Mumbai, in November. England is seriously considering pulling out of next year's Commonwealth Games in India over fears its athletes will be victims of a terrorist attack, according to a report. © AFP/File Indranil Mukherjee

LONDON (AFP) - England is seriously considering pulling out of next year's Commonwealth Games in India over fears its athletes will be victims of a terrorist attack, according to a report.

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Philippines long-distance runner Eduardo Buenavista, seen here in February 2009, won the marathon at the Southeast Asian Games in Laos. © AFP/File Ted Aljibe

VIENTIANE (AFP) - The Philippines won a marathon double at the Southeast Asian Games Tuesday to boost their medal haul but Thailand reached a half-century of golds and remained well clear of the chasing ...

Photo illustration of a person receiving an injection. A Canadian doctor, who helped treat Tiger Woods during his eighth-month rehab from surgery, is the subject of US and Canadian probes for selling unapproved drugs, The New York Times reported. © AFP/File Saul Loeb

NEW YORK (AFP) - A Canadian doctor, who helped treat Tiger Woods during his eighth-month rehab from surgery, is the subject of US and Canadian probes for selling unapproved drugs, The New York Times ...

Indonesia's Suryo Agung Wibowo (pictured) has broken his own Southeast Asian Games 100 metres record on the first day of track and field as Thailand pulled clear at the top of the medals table. © AFP Hoang Dinh Nam

VIENTIANE (AFP) - Indonesia's Suryo Agung Wibowo broke his own Southeast Asian Games 100 metres record on the first day of track and field Sunday as Thailand pulled clear at the top of the medals table.

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China's Liu Xiang runs in the in the 110m hurdles heats at the athletics event in the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, on December 11. Liu won his heat in a comfortable 14.02 secs, with the final scheduled later Friday. © AFP Mike Clarke

HONG KONG (AFP) - Former world record holder and Olympic gold medallist Liu Xiang strolled home in his heat in the 110-metre hurdles at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong on Friday in front of a sell-out crowd.

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Qin Qiang of China competes in the men's javelin finals during the athletics competition at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong, December 10. A powerful China on Thursday snapped up seven of the 10 track and field gold medals on offer in the first athletics action at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong. © AFP Antony Dickson

HONG KONG (AFP) - A powerful China on Thursday snapped up seven of the 10 track and field gold medals on offer in the first athletics action at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong.

A sell-out 3,500 crowd saw China ...

The International Olympic Committee decided on Wednesday not to re-award the women's 100m gold medal at the Sydney Games, which was stripped from drug cheat Marion Jones, seen here in 2000, two years ago. © AFP/File Saul Ramirez

GENEVA (AFP) - The International Olympic Committee decided on Wednesday not to re-award the women's 100m gold medal at the Sydney Games in 2000, which was stripped from drug cheat Marion Jones two years ago.

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