Lofton wins ARCA championship barely holding off KligermanOctober 11th, 2009 Kligerman wins race, Lofton takes ARCA titleROCKINGHAM, N.C. — Justin Lofton came all the way from the back of the field to finish third, good enough to hold off Parker Kligerman by five points to win the ARCA championship in the season finale Sunday at Rockingham Speedway.
Ryan Briscoe wins second straight pole at Watkins Glen InternationalJuly 4th, 2009 Briscoe wins pole at The GlenWATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Ryan Briscoe has won the pole for the Camping World Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International.
Former head of Ku Klux Klan is in Austria after Czech expulsion, cancellation of lecturesMay 13th, 2009 Ex-KKK head Duke in Austria after Czech expulsionVIENNA — Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has come to Austria after being ordered to leave the Czech Republic. Duke's Klan past and suspicions that he questioned the existence of the Holocaust caused Czech authorities to cancel his lectures in Prague and Brno.
Nadal wins record 4th Rome Masters title, beating Djokovic in straight setsMay 3rd, 2009 Nadal wins record 4th Rome Masters titleROME — Rafael Nadal won his record fourth Rome Masters title on Sunday, beating defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (2), 6-2. It's the third clay-court title in three weeks for the top-ranked Spaniard, following victories at the Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open.
Olympic champion Wanjiru wins 1st London Marathon; Mikitenko defends her women's titleApril 26th, 2009 Wanjiru wins 1st London race, Mikitenko gets 2ndLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru won his first London Marathon title in a course record on Sunday, and Irina Mikitenko defended her title in the women's race. Wanjiru won in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 10 seconds, finishing ahead of the same two men who made the Olympic podium in Beijing.
Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru wins 1st London Marathon title in course record timeApril 26th, 2009 Olympic champion Wanjiru wins London MarathonLONDON — Olympic champion Sammy Wanjiru has won his first London Marathon title in a course-record time. The 22-year-old Wanjiru won Sunday's 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 10 seconds, providing a record seventh triumph for Kenyan runners.
Irina Mikitenko of Germany wins London Marathon for 2nd straight yearApril 26th, 2009 Irina Mikitenko wins London Marathon title againLONDON — Irina Mikitenko of Germany has won the London Marathon for the second consecutive year. The 36-year-old Mikitenko finished Sunday's 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 22 minutes, 11 seconds in sunny and still conditions.
Rafael Nadal beats fellow Spaniard David Ferrer to win 5th straight Barcelona OpenApril 26th, 2009 Nadal wins 5th straight Barcelona OpenBARCELONA, Spain — Rafael Nadal won his fifth straight Barcelona Open title on Sunday, beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 6-2, 7-5. Top-ranked Nadal exploited Ferrer's inconsistent service game to take the first set and then overcame his own erratic play in the second set to win the Godo trophy at Ferrer's expense for the second straight year.
Khalid Yaseen of Bahrain wins Madrid Marathon; Sizmaz sets course record in women's raceApril 26th, 2009 Khalid Yaseen wins Madrid MarathonMADRID — Kenya-born Khalid Yaseen of Bahrain won the rain-soaked Madrid Marathon on Sunday, finishing in 2 hours, 14 minutes, 31 seconds. Kenyan runners took the next six places, with Meshack Kosgei Kirwa second in 2:16:17 and Gatheru Daniel Nderitu third in 2:16:42.
Bayliss, Farbrace to coach Sri Lanka till World cupMarch 29th, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has decided to extend the contracts of its two foreign coaches Trevor Bayliss and Paul Farbrace, reportedly till the 2011 World Cup. Head coach Bayliss and assistant coach Farbrace, who was among the injured in the Lahore terror attack early this month, have been with the Sri Lankan team since 2007.
Sri Lankan cricket coach backs Broad and umpiresMarch 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Sri Lankan cricket coach Trevor Bayliss Tuesday joined fellow-Australians, umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, and International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee England's Chris Broad in criticising the security arrangements during last week's terror attacks in Lahore. Bayliss told reporters here that the two umpires and the match referee has told the the truth and his remarks come just when the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has moved a censure motion against Broad at the next ICC meeting for his verbal outburst.
Randhawa wins Thailand OpenMarch 8th, 2009 PHUKET - Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa won the $500,000 Singha Thailand Open title at the par-70 Laguna Phuket Golf Club here Sunday. It was Randhawa's eighth title on the Asian Tour.
Yuki Bhambri wins Australian Open junior titleJanuary 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI -Yuki Bhambri Saturday became the first Indian to win the Australian Open Junior Boys title. He beat Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas of Germany 6-3, 6-1.
Simi wins eighth leg of Women's Professional Golf TourJanuary 23rd, 2009 GURGAON - Simi Mehra, back in her usual form, stole the show with a 2 under par 70 in the third round and claimed the eighth leg of the DLF Women's Professional Golf Tour held at the DLF Golf and Country Club here Saturday. Simi had rounds of 79, 75 and 70 for a total of 224.
Sandra wins $50,000 women's ITF titleDecember 26th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Third seed Sandra Zahlavova of Czech Republic overpowered Serbia's Bojana Jovanovski, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the $50,000 women's ITF tournament at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) courts here Saturday. Bojana, 16, who put out the first and fifth seeds en route, had no answer to 23-year-old Sandra's aggressive play.
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