Sports

England upset Olympic silver medallists

By Duncan Mackay

August 31 - England upset Olympic silver medallists China 1-0 with a first-minute goal for their second victory at the women's hockey World Cup in Rosario.

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USA Triathlon chief executive leaves unexpectedly

By Duncan Mackay

August 30 - USA Triathlon announced today that Skip Gilbert, who led the campaign that ultimately led to Stephanie Streeter being forced to leave as head of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), is to step down as its chief executive.

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Speed Skating Canada appoints new chief executive

By Duncan Mackay

August 30 - John-Paul Cody-Cox, the executive director of Volleyball Canada, is to be the new chief executive of Speed Skating Canada, it was announced today.

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Rudisha breaks world record for 800m again

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

August 29 - Kenya' David Rudisha broke the 800 metres world record for the second time in eight days at Rieti today, running 1min 41.01sec to better the time he recorded in Berlin last Sunday by eight hundredths of a second.

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FIBA want Britain to play at London 2012 as long a they develop sport

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 28 - Britain's basketball team are set to find out next year whether they have been given a place in the London 2012 Olympics, but will have show they are committed to developing the sport long-term, the world governing body FIBA revealed today.

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Brownlee pipped for European title

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

August 28 - Britain's Jonathan Brownlee lost the European-under 23 title by a single second tonight as he was beaten into silver medal position in a sprint finish at the 2010 Vila Nova de Gaia ETU Triathlon in Portugal.

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Townend withdraws horses form Kentucky to concentrate on London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

August 28 - Oliver Townend (pictured) has withdrawn his horses from Britain’s reserve list for the World Equestrian Games, which start at the end of September in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Pruszkow confirmed as venue for cycling European Championships

By Duncan Mackay

August 27 - Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton (pictured) will travel to Poland rather than Delhi this autumn after the European Cycling Union confirmed Pruszkow will be the venue for the European Elite Track Cycling Championships.

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Bolt: I'm lazy and couldn't be bothered at the Olympics

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 27 - Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt reveals in a book to be launched next week that he is naturally lazy, often misses training, blew his first chance at an Olympics because he "couldn't be bothered" and that some Jamaicans accused him of accepting money to throw a race at the World Championships.

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Gay has another good night in Brussels

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

August 27 - Tyson Gay confirmed his status as the leading male sprinter this year by winning his third consecutive Samsung Diamond League 100 metres in Brussels tonight, producing a time of 9.79sec that was just one-hundredth shy of his 2010 world leading time set in equally chilly and damp conditions at Crystal Palace earlier this month.

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Exclusive: Doha, Istanbul and Rome to bid for 2017 World Athletics Championships

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 25 - Doha, Istanbul and Rome - plus potentially an African city - are all set to launch bids to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships and are expected to be joined by the city out of Beijing and London fails to be awarded the 2015 event, it has been revealed.

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Mega multi-million dollar Puma deal for Bolt

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 24 - Jamaica's triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt has renewed his contract with German sportswear giant Puma through until the end of 2013 in a deal worth $15 million (£9.7 million).

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Kim hits out on Twitter at Orser in split row

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 24 - A row over who is responsible for the split between Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na and her coach Brian Orser spilled over into cyberspace today.

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Laser guns to be used in modern pentathlon at London 2012

By Duncan Mackay

By Duncan Mackay in Singapore
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year

August 23 - Modern pentathlon is set to undergo another radical change in its format for the London 2012 Olympics after a successful trial of laser guns instead of air pistols at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games here.

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Kenyan breaks 13-year-old world 800m record

By Duncan Mackay

By Mike Rowbottom

August 22 - David Rudisha of Kenya is the new 800 metres world record holder after running a time of 1min 41.09sec at the ISTAF 2010 meeting in Berlin’s Olympic stadium today.

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