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Protest vote closes Asian football congress in just 20 minutes
AFP, Published on 27/09/2016
» PANAJI (INDIA) - An Asian football congress to elect representatives to the FIFA Council closed after just 20 minutes on Tuesday after members rejected the agenda in protest at a Qatari official being barred from the poll.
Thompson ends with flourish, no WR push for Jebet
AFP, Published on 02/09/2016
» ZURICH - Jamaican Elaine Thompson stamped her seal of authority on the women's 200m at Zurich's Diamond League meet on Thursday, but hopes of world record tilts from Kendra Harrison and Ruth Jebet came to nothing.
Thompson headlines stellar 200m in Zurich
AFP, Published on 31/08/2016
» ZURICH - Rarely can a women's 200m race headlined by recently-crowned double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson be seen to boast such as stellar field as the one gathered for the Zurich Diamond League meet on Thursday.
Jebet record alights Paris meet, Schippers wins
AFP, Published on 28/08/2016
» PARIS - Kenyan-born Olympic champion Ruth Jebet obliterated the 3000m steeplechase world record Saturday as Dafne Schippers got back to winning ways in the 200m at the Paris Diamond League.
Bahraini Jebet smashes 3000m steeplechase world record
AFP, Published on 28/08/2016
» PARIS - Olympic champion Ruth Jebet of Bahrain smashed the world record in the 3,000m steeplechase, clocking 8min 52.78sec at the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday.
Kenya's Jemima Sumgong wins Rio women's marathon
AFP, Published on 14/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Jemima Sumgong made the most of a kick with 6km to run to win Kenya's first ever Olympic women's marathon gold on Sunday.
Bahrain strips citizenship of top Shiite cleric
AFP, Published on 20/06/2016
» DUBAI - Bahrain said Monday it has revoked the citizenship of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's top Shiite cleric, accusing him of sowing sectarian divisions, in the latest move against the majority community.
Schippers shines, Kiprop high fives
AFP, Published on 10/06/2016
» OSLO - Flying Dutchwoman Dafne Schippers fired a warning shot at potential Olympic rivals with a crushing win in the 200m at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday.
Sprint champion Schippers primed for tough Diamond League test
AFP, Published on 08/06/2016
» OSLO - World champion Dafne Schippers will face a tough 200m test from in-form Jamaican Elaine Thompson at Oslo's Diamond League meeting on Thursday when Kenyan Asbel Kiprop will go for a fifth Dream Mile title.
Bahrain appeal ramps up opposition head jail term to 9 years
AFP, Published on 30/05/2016
» DUBAI - A Bahraini appeals court on Monday more than doubled a jail sentence against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman in a move his bloc warned would stoke unrest among the kingdom's Shiite majority.