Kastor wins Great Edinburgh Run in first race since breaking foot in Olympic marathonEDINBURGH, Scotland — American Deena Kastor pulled away from the field on Sunday to win her first race since breaking her foot in the Olympic marathon, winning the 10-kilometer Great Edinburgh Run by 36 seconds over three-time champion Jelena Prokopcuka. Illinois court allows iPCS’ challenge of Sprint-Clearwire WiMax deal to go forwardKANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Illinois court is allowing a lawsuit to move forward that challenges Sprint Nextel’s deal with Clearwire Corp. to provide wireless broadband. From Alabama to New York, swine flu prompts cancellations and rescheduling of sports eventsMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The swine flu outbreak has forced the cancellation or postponement of sporting events across the country, affecting everything from prep contests in Texas and Alabama to a college baseball road trip in Delaware. Olympic champion Usain Bolt drops out of weekend meet following car crash in JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt dropped out of a weekend track meet in Jamaica on Thursday after being lightly injured in a car crash. John McCain tapes segments for AMC’s Memorial Day weekend marathon of war heroes filmsNEW YORK — John McCain will be the host of AMC cable network’s Memorial Day weekend marathon of movies celebrating war heroes. Rookie driver’s first race at Indianapolis will be on foot in annual mini-marathonINDIANAPOLIS — Rookie driver Mike Conway’s first race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will be on foot. 3 more track athletes nabbed in doping scandal shows track still faces perception problemWith a gold medalist in one of its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug scandal. Police: Olympic champion Usain Bolt not seriously injured in car crash in JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica — Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt was in a car crash Wednesday in Jamaica, but police and his manager said he was not seriously injured. Lying, cheating, hurting: all in a day’s work in sports?PARIS — “Lying, cheating, hurting — that’s all you seem to do.” Big wreck injures fans as Brad Keselowski steals first Sprint Cup Series victory at TalladegaTALLADEGA, Ala. — Carl Edwards’ battered car soared 15-feet off the ground, scraping along the safety fence, then bouncing back onto the track in flames. Wreckage from the last-lap accident spewed into the stands, sending two fans to the hospital in the aftermath of yet another “Big One” at Talladega Superspeedway. Khalid Yaseen of Bahrain wins Madrid Marathon; Sizmaz sets course record in women’s raceMADRID — Kenya-born Khalid Yaseen of Bahrain won the rain-soaked Madrid Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 31 seconds. Olympic champion Wanjiru wins 1st London Marathon; Mikitenko defends her women’s titleLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru won his first London Marathon title in a course record on Sunday, and Irina Mikitenko defended her title in the women’s race. Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru wins 1st London Marathon title in course record timeLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru has won his first London Marathon title in a course-record time. Irina Mikitenko of Germany wins London Marathon for 2nd straight yearLONDON — Irina Mikitenko of Germany has won the London Marathon for the second consecutive year. Ragan passes Newman at finish for 1st NASCAR victoryTALLADEGA, Ala. — David Ragan has earned his first NASCAR victory by passing Ryan Newman right before the finish line in the Nationwide Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. Participant in Country Music Marathon in Nashville, Tenn., collapses, dies after eventNASHVILLE, Tenn. — U.S. Army officials say a runner who collapsed and died after the Country Music Marathon was a special operations aviation soldier based at Fort Campbell, Ky. Tennessee sets US record in 3,200-meter relay to complete rare triple at Penn RelaysPHILADELPHIA — Tennessee has set an American record in the 3,200-meter relay to complete a rare relay triple in the Penn Relays at Franklin Field. Martin Lel withdraws from London Marathon after failing to recover from right hip injuryLONDON — Martin Lel withdrew from Sunday’s London Marathon after failing to recover from a hip injury, thwarting his bid to become the first man to win it four times. Lady Vols set world record in 6,000-meter relay at Penn RelaysPHILADELPHIA — Tennessee’s Lady Volunteers have set a world record in the rarely contested 6,000-meter relay at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Tennessee takes women’s 6,000 relay; Texas A&M victorious in 400 relayPHILADELPHIA — Tennessee won the women’s 6,000-meter relay at the Penn Relays in meet-record time, earning its second title in two days. Penn Relays results1, William Wynne, Florida, 50.02. 2, Joe Greene, Albany, 50.53. 3, Adam Dailey, Nebraska, 50.91. 4, Dan Harmsen, Michigan, 51.67. 5, Jamele Mason, Texas Tech, 51.88. 6, Alie Beauvais, Albany, 52.00. Bowman paces Tennessee women to victory in distance medley at 115th Penn RelaysPHILADELPHIA — A year after anchoring her Tennessee team to three second-place finishes at the Penn Relays, senior Sarah Bowman returned and made sure the favored Volunteers didn’t come up short. Drake Relays gala honors past stars; Jacquelyn Johnson breaks meet record in heptathlonDES MOINES, Iowa — The pomp blew Amy Acuff away. 3-time champion Lel should be fit for Sunday’s London Marathon despite hip injuryLONDON — Three-time champion Martin Lel should be fit for Sunday’s London Marathon after a scan showed that his hip injury was not serious. 3-time champion Lel hampered by aching hip ahead of Sunday’s London MarathonLONDON — Martin Lel is confident he will be able to defend his title in the London Marathon despite an aching hip. Kara Goucher decides against London Marathon this weekend after finishing 3rd in BostonBOSTON — Boston Marathon third-place finisher Kara Goucher will not run the London Marathon on Sunday. |
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