TweetDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Roger Federer withdrew on Sunday from the Dubai Championships because of a lung infection.Organizers said that the top-ranked Swiss star picked up the infection last week and will miss the $2 million event, which starts Monday, for the second straight year.A four-time winner in Dubai, Federer will rest for two weeks [...]
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What will Tiger Woods say at his announcement?
Posted by admin on February 19th, 2010
TweetThe first stop on the Tiger Woods’ Rehabilitation Tour kicks off Friday, with the golfer’s public reemergence at a long-anticipated, but tightly controlled, media event.After 12 weeks of self-imposed isolation, Woods will comment on his golfing future and presumably apologize for the extramarital affairs that engulfed him and his wife, Elin, in a tabloid tsunami [...]
Olympic luger dies after crash
Posted by admin on February 13th, 2010
TweetOlympic officials decided late Friday night against any major changes in the track or any delays in competition and even doubled up on the schedule in the wake of the horrifying accident that claimed the life of a 21-year-old luger from the republic of Georgia.They said they would raise the wall where the slider flew [...]
BMX Bicycle Champion Donny Robinson
Posted by admin on January 27th, 2010
TweetDonny Robinson won the 2006 National Bicycle League Championship and the 2007 USA Cycling BMX National Championship. Now, for the first time in Olympic history, BMX bicycling will be a competitive sport at the 2008 games, and Donny is determined to win a gold medal. Though small in stature, he is considered a David in [...]
Christian Athletes of the 2008 Olympics
Posted by admin on December 2nd, 2008
TweetBryan Clay – Track & Field (Decathlon)Allyson Felix – Track & FieldDiana Lopez – TaekwondoSanya Richards – Track & FieldDonny Robinson – BMX (Bicycling Motocross)Laura Wilkinson – Platform Diving
Jennie Finch: God, faith, and Softball
Posted by admin on July 14th, 2008
TweetCBN.com – Olympic softball player Jennie Finch is without a doubt, the face of women’s softball. She is one of the most prolific NCAA softball players of all time, an Olympic gold medalist and has been rated the most beautiful woman in sports numerous times. At the University of Arizona, Jennie reeled off an NCAA [...]
WNBA star Becky Hammon plays for Russia in Olympics
Posted by admin on June 16th, 2008
TweetBecky Hammon, the WNBA point guard for the San Antonio Silver Stars, has sparked controversy over her decision to play for the Russian team in the Olympics. Hammon, who finished second in the 2007 MVP voting, has no Russian ancestry, but she has played professionally in Russia, and became a Russian citizen to aid her [...]
US sports stars try to dim doping fears with “Project Believe”
Posted by admin on April 19th, 2008
TweetUS sports stars are taking part in a new US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) extensive test program to help prove they are not using performance-enhancing drugs in the wake of several steroid scandals. US sprint star Allyson Felix and 2005 world decathlon champion Brian Clay revealed the previously secret program, “Project Believe”, in a gathering of [...]
