NEW YORK (Reuters) – London Olympic gold medallist Tianna Madison and former hurdling world champion Lolo Jones have been selected in the United States bobsleigh team, raising the prospect the pair could compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The two sprinters were among a group of six women selected on Thursday as push athletes in the American bobsled squad for the 2012-13 World Cup circuit. Their selection is the first stepping stone in making the American Winter Olympics team but is no guarantee they will get to Sochi. … Bobsleigh-Olympic sprinters picked in U.S. bobsled team
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) – London Olympic gold medallist Tianna Madison and former hurdling world champion Lolo Jones have been selected in the United States bobsleigh team, raising the prospect the pair could compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The two sprinters were among a group of six women selected on Thursday as push athletes in the American bobsled squad for the 2012-13 World Cup circuit. Their selection is the first stepping stone in making the American Winter Olympics team but is no guarantee they will get to Sochi. …
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Belgium's coach Franky Vercauteren reacts during their World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match against Armenia at Republican stadium in Yerevan September 9, 2009. REUTERS/Thierry Roge Nadal pulls out of Paris and London
PARIS (Reuters) – World tennis number four Rafa Nadal has pulled out of the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour finals in London as he is still recovering from his left knee injury, the ATP said on Thursday. The 11-times grand-slam singles champion has not played since he suffered a shock second-round loss to Czech Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June. "It's disappointing for me to miss the last two tournaments of the season in Paris and London but it doesn't come as a surprise," the 26-year-old Spaniard was quoted as saying in a statement on the ATP website (www.atpworldtour.com). … Bobsleigh-Olympic sprinters picked in U.S. bobsled team
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) – London Olympic gold medallist Tianna Madison and former hurdling world champion Lolo Jones have been selected in the United States bobsleigh team, raising the prospect the pair could compete at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. The two sprinters were among a group of six women selected on Thursday as push athletes in the American bobsled squad for the 2012-13 World Cup circuit. Their selection is the first stepping stone in making the American Winter Olympics team but is no guarantee they will get to Sochi. …
Julich leaves Team Sky because of doping past
Team Sky says American coach Bobby Julich has left the cycling team after admitting to doping when he was a rider.
Wanderful Media Adds Dave Thomsen as Executive Vice President of Product and Design to Growing Management Team
Wanderful Media(TM), a new digital local discovery shopping company based in Silicon Valley, today announced the appointment of Dave Thomsen to its management team as executive vice president of product and … McLaren can challenge Red Bull: Button
GREATER NOIDA, India (Reuters) – McLaren can deny Red Bull's Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel a fourth straight win, Jenson Button said at the I ndian Grand Prix on Thursday. "I think they (Red Bull) have upgraded their car so they're doing a very good job and when the car works well, Sebastian gets the best out of it," the 2009 world champion told reporters. "But we don't come here thinking that it's going to be Red Bull all the way. We think that we can challenge them around here," added the Briton. … Motor racing-Webber not ready to let Vettel win
GREATER NOIDA, India, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Mark Webber ruled out gifting an Indian Grand Prix victory to championship-leading Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel on Thursday. Vettel, chasing his third Formula One title in a row, is only six points ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso with four races remaining while Australian Webber is 63 adrift of the German. Despite the gap, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has ruled out imposing so-called ‘team orders’ – which were once banned but are now legal – until Webber is mathematically out of the running. …
Motor racing-McLaren can challenge Red Bull - Button
GREATER NOIDA, India, Oct 25 (Reuters) – McLaren can deny Red Bull’s Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel a fourth straight win, Jenson Button said at the Indian Grand Prix on Thursday. “I think they (Red Bull) have upgraded their car so they’re doing a very good job and when the car works well, Sebastian gets the best out of it,” the 2009 world champion told reporters. “But we don’t come here thinking that it’s going to be Red Bull all the way. We think that we can challenge them around here,” added the Briton. …
Tennis-Nadal pulls out of Paris and London
PARIS, Oct 25 (Reuters) – World tennis number four Rafa Nadal has pulled out of the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour finals in London as he is still recovering from his left knee injury, the ATP said on Thursday. The 11-times grand-slam singles champion has not played since he suffered a shock second-round loss to Czech Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June. “It’s disappointing for me to miss the last two tournaments of the season in Paris and London but it doesn’t come as a surprise,” the 26-year-old Spaniard was quoted as saying in a statement on the ATP website (www.atpworldtour.com). …
Motor racing-Indian Grand Prix waits for Mallya's arrival
GREATER NOIDA, India, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Vijay Mallya’s nameplate gleamed on the door of his office in the Force India hospitality at the Indian Grand Prix on Thursday while a team sponsor board outside carried the words ‘Fly Kingfisher’. The flamboyant Indian Formula One team owner and self-proclaimed ‘King of Good Times’ was nowhere to be seen however while his debt-ridden Kingfisher Airline is not flying anywhere just at the moment. …
Overall champion Hirscher voted skier of the year
SOELDEN, Austria (AP) — Defending overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher has been voted skier of the year by journalists.
Retro Racing: A way to keep score at Martinsville
There was a time, in the not-so-long-ago past, when racing fans didn’t know they needed luxury boxes, scanners, mobile-phone apps or massive video monitors to enjoy an afternoon at the race track.
Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones makes U.S. bobsled team
Lolo Jones proved to be a quick study transitioning from the track to the bobsled run.
Lolo Jones selected to US bobsled team
Lolo Jones agreed to try bobsledding because she needed something to take her mind off the rigors of her Olympic track season.
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