Field Events

Mao dazzles at NHK

World champion Mao Asada posted a decisive victory in the short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday night with a sparkling program which included three triple jumps. Looking for a top-two finish here to clinch a spot in next...

Barber held for biting a cop

France’s former heptathlon and long jump world champion Eunice Barber is facing a two month suspended prison sentence if found guilty of resisting arrest and biting a police officer. The 34-year-old athlete appeared before a...

Peninsula inventors take on Vili

Four young Canterbury inventors hope their Valloon a weather balloon attached to a remote-control car can out-throw Olympic champion Valerie Vili. Hunter Ball, Bianca Gilmore, Madaline Hutchinson and...

India becomes the latest 'last' frontier

As Major League Baseball and individual clubs try to expand their reach, the Pirates' signing of two javelin throwers from an Indian reality television show was part baseball, part marketing and a good dash of whimsy.

Title boost for Olympics hopeful

MORAY marvel Andrew Macdonald has capped a fine year by being named Scottish Highland Games athlete of the year. The Lossiemouth all-rounder, now based in Preston, continued to compete in events across the North-east despite...

Denney bounces back from injury to lead Bridger's tourney run

BOZEMAN - Four state volleyball champions were crowned Saturday afternoon. But there was just more than winning or losing at the state volleyball tournament on the campus of Montana State University. ...

Track and field hall adds three

State's past high school standouts inducted; UD relay recognized By KEVIN TRESOLINI • The News Journal • November 26, 2008 The Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame added three new members and recognized a foursome during its...

Breaking down the 2009 classes in the Big 12

Colorado commits: three Head coach Jeff Bzdelik starts Year 2 of the rebuilding process. Junior-college transfer Jamie Vanderbecken will be counted on immediately, he is a 6-11 skilled post that can step out to the arc and...

Ex-Gopher pole vaulter reaches new heights: Rhodes Scholarship

Ashley Nord joined a select group of scholar/athletes Sunday when she was one of 32 candidates selected to receive a Rhodes Scholarship. The idea of appearing before the Rhodes Scholarship selection committee has terrified many...

Russia's Isinbayeva awarded IAAF Athlete of the Year title

MOSCOW, November 24 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been named IAAF 2008 World Athlete of the Year for a third time. The 26-year-old Russian, who broke the pole vault world...

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