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Bolt cruises, Blake storms to landmark 100m win
AFP, Published on 24/08/2012
» Usain Bolt eased to victory in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday as Jamaican teammate Yohan Blake became the second fastest 100m performer of all time.
Asian FAs told to stay out of bin Hammam probe
AFP, Published on 07/08/2012
» The acting head of Asian football has warned the continent's 46 football associations not to "interfere" in its probe into alleged wrongdoing by its scandal-tainted chief Mohamed bin Hammam.
Bin Hammam wants to quit sport
AFP, Published on 21/07/2012
» Mohamed bin Hammam, the scandal-tainted former FIFA presidential candidate whose life ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport this week, has said he wants to retire from football.
Saudi women in 'breakthrough' Olympics
AFP, Published on 13/07/2012
» Saudi Arabia's decision to allow two female athletes to compete at the Olympic Games overturns a decades-old taboo imposed by the conservative Muslim monarchy which still bars women from sports at home.
Saudi Arabia names first female Olympic competitors
AFP, Published on 12/07/2012
» Two female athletes from Saudi Arabia will compete at the London Games this summer in a historic first for the country, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday.
Israel poisoned Arafat with polonium: nephew
AFP, Published on 12/07/2012
» Israel poisoned the late Yasser Arafat with the lethal radioactive substance polonium, a nephew of the veteran Palestinian leader alleged on Thursday.
Palestinians seek international probe of Arafat's death
AFP, Published on 04/07/2012
» The Palestinians called on Wednesday for an international probe into veteran leader Yasser Arafat's death after reports he may have been poisoned, raising the possibility of an exhumation.
Asia's football future may hang on bin Hammam case
AFP, Published on 17/04/2012
» Asian football is facing a potentially momentous week as powerful regional chief Mohamed bin Hammam appeals against a lifetime corruption ban in a case with wide significance.