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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Phillips Idowu is sitting deep in thought in a Birmingham city-centre hotel. "Which would I ask her to give me?" he enquires after a few moments. The scenario which has just been suggested to the world champion triple jumper is that of a fairy godmother coming down to earth and offering him either the world record Jonathan Edwards has held for 14 years or the Olympic gold medal that will...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Looks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin.
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Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
A hammer throw challenge event will be introduced next year to provide worldwide competition for athletes whose specialty is not part of the new Diamond League....
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Sports - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is still seeking a resolution to South African runner Caster Semenya's gender case....
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The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59D0BR20091014 Modern man a wimp says anthropologist Wed Oct 14, 2009 John Mehaffey LONDON (Reuters) - Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Some Tutsi men in Rwanda exceeded the current world high jump record of 2.45 meters during initiation ceremonies in which...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
IAAF investigating the behaviour of the leadership of the South African federation over the Semenya saga.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
MONACO (AP) -- The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender and career.
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SI.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
MONACO (AP) -- The IAAF has changed the world championships program to create a more concentrated schedule.
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The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Caster Semenya: The teenage sprinter will keep her gold medal. And her gender test results, which were supposedly leaked two months ago, will remain private. Poor kid. This is the kind of story that should have hit the newswire on Friday at 4:59 pm, or the Wednesday before Thanksgiving at 4:59 pm. [Bloomberg]
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The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
- RuPaul has returned for a second season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, premiering on Logo in February. Have you met the new contestants….. -Caster Semenya gets to keep her gold medal…. -Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony are facing a lawsuit from a woman who alleges she was injured by the couple’s dog….. -Most critics say [...]
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The IAAF said Friday it is still working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues ...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The IAAF says it is still working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender identity and future career.
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The IAAF says it is still working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender identity and future career.
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loveshow | 10/05/2009
You might be surprised to know that NIKE shoe is one of the world's dominant shoe, sports equipment and clothing brands was aptly named after the Greek goddess of victory -- and that the inspiration for the name struck during a dream. It began in 1964 with a casual agreement and a handshake between
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janebaron | 09/25/2009
In 1936, Adi Dassel packed a suitcase full of sports spikes and loaded them into his car. He drove on one of the world’s first motorways from the small town of Herzogenaurach, Bavaria to the Olympic Village in Berlin. Adi was hoping to meet with the American sprinter Jesse Owens and convince him to wear spikes designed by Adi and his brother Rudolph, who ran the company, Dassel Brothers Shoe Factory...
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krishpatel1212@gmail | 09/12/2009
Is Caster Semenya Female OR Male, OR Somewhere in Between ? Semenya blew away the competition at last month’s IAAF World Track & Field Championships in Berlin. But the runner's stunning times, coupled with her muscular build and deep voice, led many to question whether she was, in fact, a woman. The International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body of international track and field,