Topic: Modern Pentathlon

Ottawa Sports Award winners

The 59th Ottawa Sports Awards dinner was held Wednesday night, Jan. 25, at Algonquin College to honour the top players in amateur sport in 2011...

Organicus Kitchen & Pantry, Manly

A CAFE serving organic food without going all hemp shirt and vegetarian sandals can be just the thing after the usual holiday overindulgence. ....
MARK Rogers was the athlete in the spotlight for St Peter's AC last Saturday night as the Athletics Leinster Star Awards were presented at a...

No change in WADA rules on clenbuterol

0 . The World Anti-Doping Agency's updated list of banned substances offers no change to its evaluation of clenbuterol, the drug that could strip ...

Ticket requests for 2012 Olympics hit 20 mln

Applicants requested more than 20 million tickets for the 2012 London Olympics, organisers said on Wednesday after the six-week sales window closed.Around 1.8 million people submitted requests for tickets and more than half of the 650 sessions are oversubscribed and ...

London 2012 ceremonies sold out after surge for tickets

LONDON (Reuters) - Ticket applications for next year's London Olympics far exceeded supply with more than half of the 650 sessions oversubscribed and going to a ballot, organizers said on Wednesday.The showcase opening and closing ceremonies were among those events declared ...

Oregon Regroups and Recruits

The University of Oregon has the most fabled collegiate distance running program in the U.S., but that program was in dismal and moribund shape when Coach Vin Lananna arrived to take it over in 2005. Farrell is the fourth best-known of ...

Jessica Ennis sets sights on record

Jessica Ennis has set her sights on the first world record of her career at next year's European Indoor Championships in Paris.. Ennis is the current world and European heptathlon champion and also won gold in the pentathlon at this year ...

Jamal leads track hunt at Asiad

Women's 1,500m world champion Maryan Jamal headlines the third day of track action at the Asian Games as the tennis tournament reaches its climax with the singles finals on Tuesday.On Day 11 of the 15-day multi-sports event, China stretched ...

Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe is one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports history. He later lost his Olympic medals for violating the amateur rule by playing two seasons of minor league baseball prior to the competition.