American Eagle hooker Zach Test talks about winning the Man of the Match award.
The biggest bone crunching, brain rattling, hardest hits from this weekend’s IRB Rugby Sevens World Series event in London, England.
It pretty much all came down to speed as Dan Norton (ENG) and Tim Mikkelson (NZL) proved they could out match anyone else on the field.
New Zealand finishes in style beating Australia 47-12 to win their second Cup this season, but they never finished lower than 3rd, as they win their 11th World Series with a record 173 points.
New Zealand’s Coach, Gordon Tiet Jens, and Team Captain Tim Mikkelson talk about their London Cup and World Series win, and the World Cup yet to come.
After losing the Plate to team USA last time, Fiji gets the win today, after USA made too many mistakes. Though Carlin Isle scored a big one for the Eagles, the game ended with a score of 14-5.
In the Plate Semi-Final, Team USA does it again. For the second day in a row, USA defeated South Africa 22-5.
The American Eagle played a great game, but in the final play, Australia scored the final try to win the Cup Quarter Final 24-19.
While the top 12 teams in the Series standings will contest the main Cup competition at Twickenham, eight other sides will compete in a crucial qualifier aiming to win core team status on the 2013/14 Series.
By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) – Olympic champion and pre-race favorite Tiki Gelana’s hopes of taking the London Marathon title on her debut came to an inglorious end after a collision with a wheelchair athlete on Sunday. Gelana, who on paper was the fastest woman in the field, cut across the wheelchair competitors […]
Priscah Jeptoo took advantage of a fall by Ethiopia’s Olympic champion Tiki Gelana to give Kenya their third successive victory in the women’s race at the London Marathon on Sunday.
Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede made up for missing out on the Olympics and destroyed Kenyan hopes of retaining the men’s title by overhauling 2011 winner Emmanuel Mutai in the closing stages to win in two hours six minutes and four seconds.
American Tatyana McFadden won the women’s wheelchair race to add to the Boston Marathon title she won on Monday and Australia’s Kurt Fearnley took victory in the men’s race to end Briton David Weir’s hopes of a record seventh title.
T12 Visually Impaired El Amin Chentouf (MAR) wins the IPC World Cup race at 2:24:00.
Just as the wheelchair racers caught up with the women’s race, they entered a water zone and Joss Cassidy crashed into Tiki Gelana, taking him out of the race, while she was able to continue.
Before the start of the men’s race, the runners in London observed 30 seconds of silence in honor of their marathon brothers and sisters in Boston.
The London Marathon is a long-distance running event, the world’s largest marathon as of 2012 with 36,748 finishing the race, held in London, United Kingdom. The event was first run on March 29, 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. Since 2010, the race has been sponsored by Virgin Money, as the Virgin London Marathon. This is the 33rd edition of the event. This event airs 4/21 @ 4:00amET/1:00amPT.
The London Marathon is a long-distance running event, the world’s largest marathon as of 2012 with 36,748 finishing the race, held in London, United Kingdom. The event was first run on March 29, 1981 and has been held in the spring of every year since. Since 2010, the race has been sponsored by Virgin Money, as the Virgin London Marathon. This is the 33rd edition of the event.
London Marathon officials increase security.
Tatyana McFadden of the U.S. smiles as she poses for a portrait with the Boston Marathon trophy after winning the women’s wheelchair division of the 117th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) – Boston Marathon wheelchair champion Tatyana McFadden fled the city after Monday’s […]
Despite tragedy striking the Boston Marathon, London race organizers do not plan to cancel the event scheduled for this weekend.
Keitany (KEN) wins her 2nd straight London Marathon, 41 seconds faster than last year at 2:18:37. Edna Kiplagat (KEN) was 73 seconds behind.
Mo Farah (GBR) defeats Galen Rupp (USA) to win the mens 10,000m final, 27:30.42 to 27:30.90, during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) – Not even odds of 25-1 can persuade double Olympic champion Mo Farah to abandon his carefully laid […]
Stephen Kiprotich (UGA) celebrates after winning the men’s marathon during the London 2012 Olympic Games at The Mall. Mandatory Credit: Leo Mason-USA TODAY Sports By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – Stephen Kiprotich, who overcame childhood illness and the might of the Kenyans on his way to winning marathon gold at the London Olympics, […]
By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) – London Marathon men’s champion Wilson Kipsang plans to work with his Kenyan colleagues on Sunday in a bid to keep the title in the east African country. Kenya have won all but one of the last nine men’s London marathons, with 2010 being the odd year out […]
LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) – The London Marathon will go ahead as planned in the British capital this Sunday despite the bomb attack on the Boston race which killed three people and wounded more than 100, police and officials said on Tuesday. Sports Minister Hugh Roberston said he was confident of security arrangements for the […]
Alex Woods discussed what it felt like to watch Oxford win after being taken to the hospital at the end of last year’s competition.
Constantine Louloudis, Oskar Zorrila, Alex Davidson and Karl Hudspith discuss how important this win was for Oxford University.
Oxford put on a dominating performance as they lead from start to finish, earning their 77th victory. A win meant a lot to Oxford as they lost last year’s controversial boat race by 4 1/4 lengths.
The best 200 figure skaters in the world, from over 50 different countries will compete at the event from March 11-17, 2013 at the Budweiser Gardens in London.
Figure skating fans from around the world will be heading to London, Ontario for the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. The best 200 figure skaters in the world, from over 50 different countries will compete at the event. This event airs 3/15 @ 11:45amET/8:45amPT.
Figure skating fans from around the world will be heading to London, Ontario for the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships. This event airs 3/14 @10:45amET/7:45amPT.
The best 200 figure skaters in the world, from over 50 different countries will compete at the event from March 11-17, 2013 at the Budweiser Gardens in London.
irunesh Dibaba (ETH) competes in the women’s 5000m final during the 2012 London Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. (John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports) By Mitch Phillips LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Multi-world and Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 meters champion Tirunesh Dibaba, arguably the greatest women’s distance runner of all time, will make her marathon debut […]
Malin Baryard-Johnsson (SWE), riding H&M Tornesch, finished with a time of 36.63 with no errors, but that still wasn’t enough to beat Marc Houtzager, who beat her by 1.96 seconds.
The Dutchman Marc Houtzager, riding Tamino, got his first WC Jumping victory when he finished with a time of 34.67 in the final jump off. Houtzager also won team silver at the London Olympics.
By just .03 seconds, the Australians win the Women’s 4x100m Medley 34 points over Great Britain, USA was .18 seconds back in 3rd.
In men’s Rugby (aka Murderball) the defending champs are upset in the last second in the semi-final by Canada, and then defeat Japan for Bronze.
In the Men’s 400m freestyle S11, on the anniversary of his blinding, Snyder (USA) does even more for his country, winning a gold medal at 4:32.41.
With an amazing start, Liu (CHN) the silver medalist from Beijing, wins Gold in the Women’s 100m T54 with a World Record at 15.82 seconds.
Setting a new Paralympic record at 46.68 seconds, Oscar Pistorius (RSA) wins gold again. Americans Blake Leeper and David Prince took 2nd and 3rd.
The defending Paralympic champ in the Men’s 100m T44 Oscar Pistorius (RSA) finishes 4th and Jonnie Peacock gets the gold for the home crowd.
Lin Ping (CHN) finished with a time of 29.12 setting a Paralympic record and beating out 2nd place Watkin (GBR) by .09 seconds.
David Weir (GBR) retains his Paralympic Title, winning the gold by .23 seconds, at 3:12.09.
Justin Zook (USA) gets the Gold, setting a new World Record at 1:00.01, .54 seconds faster than the old World Record.
Heather Frederiksen (GBR) gets the win over Jessica Long (USA) by 1.67 seconds.
In the Men’s 200m T42, Richard Whitehead (GBR) gets the gold and sets a new world record by .55 seconds, with an amazing finish time of 24.38.
In the Men’s 200m IM SM7, Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) sets the new World Record by 2.35 seconds – and grabs the gold old medal over Rudy Garcia-Tolson (USA), the only double-event athlete.
In the Women’s 50m Freestyle S8, Weggemann (USA) wins the gold at 31.13 seconds; .31 seconds over Maddison Elliott (AUS).
Alan Fonteles Cardoso Oliveira (BRA) hands Oscar Pistorius (RSA) his first loss in the Men’s 200m T44, not long after Pistorius ran in the Olympic Games.
In the Women’s 400m Freestyle S6, Simmonds gets the gold with a time of 5:19.17, 5.29 seconds faster than the old World Record. Victoria Arlen (USA) came in 2nd.
In the Women’s 200m Breaststroke SB7, Jessica Long picks up her third gold of the games, setting a Paralympic record at 1:29.28.
Oscar Pistorius pushes off from the starting blocks during his men’s 200m T44 classification heat at the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, September 1, 2012. (REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett) LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius began his London Paralympic campaign in scintillating fashion as he smashed the 200 meters T44 world […]
A general view of the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, August 29, 2012. (REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth) By Tom Pilcher LONDON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking and South Africa’s ‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius were among the luminaries on hand for the opening on Wednesday night of the […]
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