Blogs Posts in Sports category; 27 blog posts

Serena beats Jankovic for 3rd Open title

All these years later, Serena Williams is back as the US Open champion, and she's back at No. 1, too.Displaying the talent and tenacity that helped her dominate tennis earlier in the decade, Williams outlasted second-seeded Jelena Jankovic [...]

Posted On : Sep, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Mainland Olympic gold medalists impress HK people

The visiting Chinese gold medallists displayed their superb sports skills again in Hong Kong on Saturday morning, whose performance impressed over 5,000 Hong Kong spectators face to face as well as tens of thousands of viewers through TV li [...]

Posted On : Sep, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Tiger Woods PGA Tour back on top

If you read this blog regularly, you probably know that I'm a little obsessed with golf games. Here's why. When I was a kid, I used to play upwards of 200 rounds of golf every year. From May through September, golf was all I could think a [...]

Posted On : Aug, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Six machine Phelps captures Olympic 200m medley

Unstoppable Michael Phelps won his sixth gold medal with his sixth world record of the Beijing Games Friday, his triumph in the 200m medley moving him closer to an historic eight titles.Phelps led throughout and pulled away on the final fre [...]

Posted On : Aug, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Rules laid down for wannabe Olympic sports

Nine years after introducing anti-corruption regulations for host-city candidates, the International Olympic Committee has for the first time issued strict guidelines governing the conduct of sports federations bidding to join its roster. [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Leisel Jones wins 100m breaststroke title at the Beijing Oly...

LEISEL Jones has done it. She obliterated the field in the women's 100m breaststroke final, clocking 1min05.17sec in taking the gold medal by 1.56 seconds from Rebecca Soni of the US and Mirna Jukic of Austria. The time was the second fast [...]

Posted On : Aug, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Czech shooter Katerina Emmons wins first gold medal of Beiji...

Emmons produced a surprising victory with China's Du Li, the Athens Olympics gold medallist, who was expected to win the first gold medal or the 'aoyun shoujin', finishing fifth. Lioubov Galkina of Russia won the silver and Snjezana Pejci [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

2008 Beijing Olympics: China aim to end the American dream a...

Former Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai was famously asked if he considered the French Revolution to have been a success: he paused briefly before venturing the opinion that it was really much too early to judge. Old China used to take its time [...]

Posted On : Aug, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Champions League draw live!

Liverpool, Arsenal and Rangers are all in the draw for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, which you can see live on Sky Sports News. The three British clubs have all been seeded for the draw, although Rangers' place is far [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Saina moves up two places to 16th

India’s Saina Nehwal’s preparation for the Beijing Games received a boost as she moved up two places to the 16th spot in the latest women’s singles rankings released by the International Badminton Federation (IBF) Thursday [...]

Posted On : Jul, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Aging swimmer shows there's hope for rest of us

Dara Torres jokes that she had trouble reading the scoreboard after winning the first of two events at the Olympic swimming trials.Her eyes just might be the only part of her body showing some age.At 41, Torres is heading for her fifth Olym [...]

Posted On : Jul, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Nike promotes executives

Nike Inc. has promoted four executives.Jill Stanton, vice president of apparel for Nike's U.S. region, has been named vice president of global apparel for the Nike brand. She replaces Roger Wyett, who has been named CEO of Hurley Internatio [...]

Posted On : Oct, 11 2007 | Comments : 0

Interesting Event With Burton

In Las Vegas, Burton made a late charge to catch Kyle Busch, colliding with the leader and sending Busch crashing into the wall as he zoomed past just before the checkered flag. Busch slide backward across the finish line in second. Busch [...]