Mena :: Ukraine
| 1 day ago
Kholood Zayed Al Shehhi won silver in badminton to give her country its first medal on the first day of the competition following two days of classification matches. In handball, the UAE were classified with Iran and Tunisia as the top teams and they...
Tags: medal, win, games, race, UAE
San Mateo :: Philippines
| 4 days ago
The gleaming white helmets with "Shasta" scrolled on each side were held aloft in front of the main grandstand after Saturday's game...The Shasta College football team played its way into its first bowl berth in six years with a 33-16 win over College...
Tags: win, Shasta College
Suva :: Fiji Islands
| 5 days ago
Chow Games champions after clearly dominating the two-day tournament, winning 40 gold medals. The massive golden haul is testimony of the good preparation by the reigning champions. After winning 16 gold on the first day, Suva ran away from the field...
Tags: gold medal, win, Suva, Chow Games, gold medals
Berlin :: Germany
| 12 days ago
ET The Associated Press Ottawa's Kristina Groves captured the women's 1,500-metre event at the season-opening World Cup speedskating event in Berlin on Friday to lead a Canadian sweep of the medals in the event...Winnipeg's Brittany Schussler was second...
Tags: win, world cup
Ama :: LA :: USA
| 13 days ago
Larry James, who won gold and silver medals in athletics at the 1968 Olympics, died of cancer on Thursday...James also was the athletic director at Richard Stockton College for 28 years...James, nicknamed "The Mighty Burner," teamed with Vince Matthews,...
Tags: G. Larry James, olympic, gold, medal, olympics, medals, silver, race, win, beijing, Dr. Ronald Davis, won gold, Villanova University
Davis :: CA :: USA
| 13 days ago
Paul Zeise: It was obviously a very big win for the program, not just Dave Wannstedt...Pitt just needs to find one more win and get to a bowl game and then he'll be in good shape and next year the Panthers will be set to make a legitimate run at 11 or...
Tags: win, Paul Zeise, dame, game, sports, Davis, john mccain, Pittsburgh, obama
Boston :: MA :: USA
| 13 days ago
The Boston Red Sox are adding more seats to 96-year-old Fenway Park. The team is working on adding 560 new seats to the Major League's oldest and smallest ballpark. Workers are using jackhammers in the rain Thursday in the lower deck and cranes are on...
Tags: Boston Red Sox, fenway park, win
London :: United Kingdom
| 15 days ago
European stocks ended the previous session up 4.3 per cent at 974.15 points, hitting a one-month closing high. In Dublin at 10.20am the Iseq index was 2.2 per cent lower at 3,006, a fall of 68 points. AIB, which cut its earnings forecasts today was 7.7...
Tags: stock markets, stock market, europe, stock, euro, dow, stocks, fall, win, cent lower, european stock
Sofia :: Bulgaria
| 15 days ago
United States ambassador in Sofia Nancy McEldowney, addressing the American Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria soon after Barack Obama was named the winner in the presidential election, said: "I am particularly proud to welcome you to a new day for the US,...
Tags: presidential election, election, president, obama, barack, elections, mccain, Sofia Nancy McEldowney, john mccain, win, presidential elections
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates
| 15 days ago
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) escaped with slight losses, despite fallers outnumbering gainers by more than three to one. The ADX fell 0.55 per cent to 3,357 points as trading slumped to its lowest level for more than six months.
Tags: us presidential election, asian markets, asian, stock, win, fall
