Topic: - on March 4, 2003 at 6:46:31 PM CET
1,000 mile marathon tests endurance
Six runners set off on a marathon attempt today to each complete 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours.
Making the challenge even harder, the runners will have to complete one mile every hour to avoid disqualification, reducing sleep to a minimum, said the race's official website www.1000milechallenge.com.
The four men and two women aim to reproduce a feat achieved almost 200 years ago by British army captain Robert Barclay for a wager of 100,000 pounds, equivalent to 40 million pounds today, the website said.
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Topic: - on February 7, 2003 at 3:26:54 PM CET
In the pink corner
Forget the Dark Destroyer, the Hitman and the Real Deal, there's a new kid in town.
Step forward the Pink Pounder, billed as Britain's first out and proud gay boxer.
It's not a nickname that would strike fear into the hearts of seasoned pros, but Charles Jones insists he will be no pushover.
"I'm not a gay man who happens to box," he told London's Evening Standard newspaper.
"I'm a boxer who happens to be gay and doesn't give a toss who knows it."
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Topic: - on February 7, 2003 at 2:02:50 PM CET
Hingis quits tennis
Former world number one Martina Hingis announced her retirement from top-flight tennis on Friday.
The 22-year-old "Swiss Miss" who topped the world rankings for four consecutive years, revealed she has lost her battle against severe ankle problems.
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Topic: - on February 4, 2003 at 1:21:37 PM CET
Glow: Spalding balls to glow, change color
Basketballs that glow in the dark and balls that change color in the sun - these are some new products Spalding Sports Worldwide will release this year.
"Our objective is to get into niche segments," Robert J. Llewellyn, category manager of sporting goods, said last week.
Spalding is the first company to offer color-changing basketballs and volleyballs. But not soccer balls. And glow-in-the-dark technology has been around for some time.
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Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 6:22:10 AM CET
Austrian woman ski jumps 200 meters
Austria's Daniela Iraschko became the first woman to record a 200-meter ski jump.
She set the mark Wednesday during testing for a men's World Cup event this weekend. There are no professional competitions in the sport for women.
The 19-year-old woman reached 200 meters in her third attempt after landing at 157 and 188 meters in her first two jumps.
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 10:08:56 PM CET
Surfing the latest chick thing
Legions of young and not-so-young women are plunging into waves at surf beaches worldwide, ending the male domination of a sport once restricted to Hawaiian kings.
Male surfing "safaris" in search of the perfect wave, glamorized decades ago by Californian bands such as the Beach Boys, have resurfaced as female-only getaways run by trend-savvy tour operators in Australia and California.
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Topic: - on January 27, 2003 at 6:15:24 PM CET
Ecclestone schließt den A1-Ring
Der neue Besitzer des A1-Ringes, Dietrich Mateschitz, wollte den Briten noch umstimmen, aber dessen Entschluss war endgültig. Durch die Entscheidung macht Ecclestone Platz für neue Grand Prix. Insgesamt darf der Terminkalender nur 17 Rennen umfassen. In der Saison 2004 sollen Bahrain und Shanghai als neue Strecken präsentiert werden. Deshalb muss nach dem Wegfall des Grand Prix von Belgien ein weiterer Großer Preis weichen.
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Topic: - on January 22, 2003 at 10:36:25 AM CET
Craig Kelly
Snowboarding Legend Among Avalanche Victims
Pioneering snowboarder Craig Kelly of Mount Vernon was among seven people killed in an avalanche in British Columbia, his sponsor, Burton Snowboards, said Tuesday.
Kelly, 36, and the six others died Monday after being buried under more than 10 feet of snow on the Durrand Glacier in the Selkirk Range near Revelstoke.
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Topic: - on January 15, 2003 at 10:32:06 AM CET
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A water balloon lands on the face of Greek soccer player of Olympiakos FC Dimitris Mavrogenidis during a first division match between archrivals Olympiakos and Panathinaikos in Athens.
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Topic: - on January 13, 2003 at 3:15:57 AM CET
British soccer coach quits over lesbian drama
Davidson said numerous fights between players in romantic relationships were tearing the team apart and that he could not take it anymore. "'I'm at the end of my tether," he said. "Some girls spend all the time squabbling rather than actually focusing on the game. Most of the team were fine, but some were an absolute nightmare. I don't have anything against lesbians. At the end of the day it had nothing to do with the team, but it started showing on the pitch that things weren't right."
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Topic: - on January 12, 2003 at 11:01:21 AM CET
Canadian Woman Makes Hockey History in Finland
Canadian Hayley Wickenheiser became the first woman to take to the open ice in a professional men's league Saturday, bagging an assist in Kirkkonummi Lightning's 7-3 win over Kettara.
The 24-year-old also committed an error with a sloppy back pass in a an otherwise sound performance in the Finnish second division.
"I tried to keep it simple... I think it went as well as it could in the conditions," Wickenheiser said after the huge media interest drew over 80 journalists and broadcasters from around the world to the game.
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Topic: - on December 13, 2002 at 8:53:19 AM CET
Austro-Swiss bid wins Euro 2008
UEFA, European football's governing body, announced the decision on Thursday at its headquarters in Geneva. Other joint bids were made by Scotland-Ireland, Greece-Turkey, Bosnia-Croatia and a Nordic bid involving Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
HUBSI ELMAR & FRITZ springen vor freude im kreis. Was macht der kärtner & der trost? Ah die sind raus geldsuchen. & keiner aus der sportredaktion geht bist zu dieser veranstaltung freiwillig in pension gell pullover robert.
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