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Athletics-IAAF sees bright prospects for Diamond League deal
Reuters* Athletics needs new sponsor for elite meetings * Charismatic sprinter Bolt helps to sell sport * U.S. targeted for future growth By Keith Weir and Philip O'Connor LONDON/STOCKHOLM, April 26 (Reuters) - The focus of the world's gaze during the 2012...Tags: Track and Field, IAAF Diamond League, Canon Inc., 2012 Summer Olympics, London Theatre
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IAAF sees bright prospects for Diamond League deal
ReutersLONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The focus of the world's gaze during the 2012 Olympics, athletics is now searching for a new title sponsor for its elite series of meetings just two weeks before the season opens. Electronics giant Samsung pulled the plug...Tags: Track and Field, Moscow (Russia), IAAF Diamond League, United Kingdom, Canon Inc.
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WRAPUP 2-Athletics-Kebede and Jeptoo blot out Olympic disappointment
Reuters(Adds Gelena statement) By Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year's Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by...Tags: Running, Track and Field, 2012 Summer Olympics, Patrick Makau, Sports
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Kebede and Jeptoo blot out Olympic disappointment
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year's Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings last week, lined the route...Tags: Running, Track and Field, 2012 Summer Olympics, Patrick Makau, Road Running
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Athletics-Ethiopian Kebede overhauls rival for London victory
ReutersLONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Ehtiopia's Tsegaye Kebede snatched victory in the final kilometre of the London Marathon in an unofficial time of two hours six minutes and four seconds on Sunday. Kebede, winner in 2010, timed his attack perfectly to...Tags: Sports, Wilson Kipsang
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Athletics-Farah hopes practice will make perfect
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Mo Farah discovered that the real challenge of running the London Marathon was waking up on time and picking up the right drink rather than doing a recce of the 42.195-km course....Tags: BBC, Energy Saving, Sports, Environmental Issues
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Athletics-Jeptoo keeps her feet for Kenya, Kebede takes men's win
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Priscah Jeptoo took advantage of a fall by Ethiopia's Olympic champion Tiki Gelana to give Kenya their third successive victory in the women's race at the London Marathon on Sunday. Ethiopian Tsegaye...Tags: BBC, Running, Boston Marathon, Track and Field, 2012 Summer Olympics
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WRAPUP 1-Athletics-Kebede and Jeptoo blot out Olympic disappointment
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo put last year's Olympic disappointments behind them on Sunday with victories in the London Marathon. Big crowds, undaunted by the Boston Marathon...Tags: Running, Track and Field, 2012 Summer Olympics, Patrick Makau, Road Running
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Big crowds, black ribbons for Boston at London Marathon
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Undaunted by the Boston Marathon bombings, big crowds lined the route of London's mass road race on Sunday to cheer on around 36,000 runners, many of whom wore black ribbons to honour the dead and wounded. Hundreds of extra police were...Tags: BBC, Running, Elizabeth II, Track and Field, Boston Marathon
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Olympic Stadium sells out fast for Bolt's London return
Tens of thousands of tickets for Usain Bolt's return to the scene of his London Olympic victories sold out within 75 minutes of going on sale on Friday, organizers said. Bolt, who won three sprint golds in London last year to match his Beijing haul,...
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UK "quadruple-checking" London Marathon security after Boston
ReutersLONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Britain is "double, triple, quadruple checking" security arrangements for this weekend's London marathon after the tragic events in Boston this week, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said on Thursday. Explosions at the Boston...Tags: Politics, Nick Clegg, Government, Sports, Margaret Thatcher
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Athletics-Farah odds on for early shower in London
ReutersBy Alison Wildey LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Not even odds of 25-1 can persuade double Olympic champion Mo Farah to abandon his carefully laid plans and complete the London marathon on Sunday. Farah, who won the 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals at...Tags: Alberto Salazar, Paula Radcliffe, Sports
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