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Reigning champions to defend World Road Running titles in Udine

Monte-Carlo – The reigning World Road Running champions Zersenay Tadesse of Eritrea and Lornah Kiplagat of the Netherlands are on the entry list for the 2nd

Graf to play Henin in show match for charity

Former number one Steffi Graf is to play the current women's top player Justine Henin in an exhibition match in Germany next month for a ...

CECAFA puts off women tourney

THE inaugural regional women Challenge Cup that was due to kick off October 20-28 has been called off, CECAFA Secretary, Nicholas Musonye disclosed yesterday. Musonye ...

African Athlete Yet To Reach

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University is holding out hope, but it has yet to hear from an African athlete. Yonus Gebretinsae was recruited to run cross-country ...

Arbitrators say Landis is guilty

PARIS, France (AP) -- Floyd Landis has lost his expensive and explosive doping case. Arbitrators have upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 ...

Uganda: Team in Group 5 of Africa Championship of Nations

UGANDA has been drawn to play in Group 5 of the African Championship of Nations. The tournament was recently launched by the continental football governing ...

Uganda: MTN Injects Sh500m in Kampala Race

Norman KatendeKampalaTelecommunications company MTN has sunk sh500m into this year's Kampala International marathon due December 9.The amount for the fourth edition of the event organised ...

The 10 Greatest Athletes of the Modern Olympics

Translated, the Olympic motto is: Faster. Higher. Stronger. This is the essence of the greatest multi-sport festival in the world. The 10 best athletes of ...

Olympians, record holders, defending champs highlight Downtown 5K field

PROVIDENCE – The defending men’s champion, the 2007 Carlsbad 5000 winner, the top returning American woman, a double American record holder and a slew of ...

De Gasperi and Pichrtova triumph - World Mountain Running Trophy

Ovronnaz, Switzerland - Marco De Gasperi (ITA) won his fifth World title in the mountains of the Canton of Valais today, holding off the strong ...

WMRA Mountain Running World Trophy 2007 - PREVIEW

High above the valley of the Canton of Valais in Switzerland lies the small mountain village of Ovronnaz. Here athletes from 35 countries are gathering ...

Athens marathon runner-up Keflezighi enters US trials

INDIANAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Meb Keflezighi, runner-up at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was among those who entered the US men's marathon trials for the ...

Ghana starts Women's World Cup on losing note

Dakar, Senegal - The Black Queens of Ghana Wednesday lost 4-1 to their Australian counterparts in their first match at the 10-30 Sept. Women's World ...

3 African referees to perform in 2007 Women's World Cup

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - World football governing body, FIFA, has selected an African trio to officiate ties as part of the 10-30 September 2007 Women's ...