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(Reuters) – British yacht-racing champion and two-time Olympic medalist Andrew “Bart” Simpson was killed on Thursday when his vessel capsized in San Francisco Bay during training for the America’s Cup, his team said. Simpson, 36, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, was sailing on the Artemis, Sweden’s entry in [...]
(Reuters) – Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and British heptathlete Jessica Ennis won the Laureus World Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year Awards on Monday following their success at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The team of the year award went to Europe’s Ryder Cup team after their stunning victory over the United States at Medinah [...]
(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Since being charged with premeditated murder for his girlfriend’s Valentine’s Day shooting death, Oscar Pistorius has become a “broken man” who is “on the verge of suicide,” close friend Mike Azzie told BBC. Azzie provided insight into Pistorius’ condition during an interview for the upcoming documentary titled “Oscar Pistorius: What [...]
(Reuters) – Mike Krzyzewski said on Tuesday his successor as coach of the gold-medal winning U.S. Olympic basketball team will likely be named later this year, underlining his earlier decision to leave the job. The Duke University coach, speaking to ESPN Radio, denied a report that he might stay on with the U.S. national team [...]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Magistrate detailing law before deciding on bail for Oscar Pistorius Pistorius is accused of killing his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp Pistorius has pledged to stay in South Africa and fight the charges The sprinter is considered a national hero in South Africa Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) — The magistrate appointed to decide [...]
(Reuters) – Stricter anti-doping penalties will be applied to elite athletes in the World Marathon Majors (WMM), the series that brings together six of the world’s top races, organizers said on Friday. Tokyo, Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York have collectively revised their elite athlete contracts to include new provisions that include the right [...]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The detective leading the police investigation into Oscar Pistorius’ fatal shooting of his girlfriend offered confusing testimony Wednesday, including whether a substance found in Pistorius’ bedroom was actually a banned substance, or an “herbal remedy,” as said by Pistorius’ lead defense lawyer, Barry Roux. Testimony by Detective Warrant Officer Hilton [...]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius wept Tuesday as his defense lawyer read the athlete’s account of how he shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine’s Day, claiming he had mistaken her for an intruder. Prosecutors, however, told a packed courtroom that the double-amputee known as the Blade Runner intentionally and mercilessly shot and [...]
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius fired into the door of a small bathroom where his girlfriend was cowering after a shouting match on Valentine’s Day, hitting her three times, a South African prosecutor said Tuesday as he charged the sports icon with premeditated murder. The magistrate ruled that Pistorius faces the harshest bail [...]
(PhatzRadio / BBC Sports) — Wrestling’s world governing body Fila has parted company with its president in the wake of the recommendation to drop the sport from the Olympics. The sport must now vie with other fringe disciplines for a spot in future Games, following the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision. Switzerland’s Raphael Martinetti had [...]
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