JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Almost unthinkable to some a decade ago, sprinters from China and Japan are running sub-10 seconds for the 100 meters.There’s plenty more to come from Asia, too, according to international athletics federation…
Month: August 2018
League: New Zealand Warriors keep hopes of a home NRL playoff game alive after beating Canberra Raiders
Warriors 20Raiders 16 The ultimate Warrior marked his milestone with a win, but a sternum injury soured Simon Mannering’s 300th appearance in the Warriors’ 20-16 NRL victory over Canberra tonight.A penalty goal to halfback Shaun…
Kewell joins Notts County for 2nd senior coaching role
NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Former Australia international Harry Kewell has taken on his second job in soccer management after being hired as coach of the last-place team in England’s four professional leagues.Notts County, which…
America's Cup: Dates and course announced for 2021 America's Cup in Auckland
Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf will officially play host to the some of the world’s best sailors in March 2021.At an overture in the Isle of Wight in the early hours of Saturday morning (NZ time), Emirates Team New Zealand boss Grant Dalton…
Sarah Lee sets Hong Kong record; Thailand strikes rare gold
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Sarah Lee Wai Sze won the women’s sprint title for her second gold medal in Jakarta and her record fifth for Hong Kong at the Asian Games.While the Olympic medalist’s win fulfilled expectations for Hong…
Usain Bolt makes soccer debut for Central Coast Mariners
GOSFORD, Australia (AP) — Usain Bolt’s soccer debut for the Central Coast Mariners lasted about 20 minutes against an amateur local team and with almost 10,000 people in the crowd.The eight-time Olympic gold medalist is trying to…
Japan men reign supreme in 100-meter relay
Japan’s men’s 4×100-meter sprint foursome showed on Thursday it has not lost a step since its runner-up finish in Rio, winning the Asian Games title …
Shohei Ono conquers 73-kg judo division at Asian Games
Shohei Ono added an Asian Games gold to his collection of honors on Thursday when he beat An Chang-rim of South Korea in a tight …
Judoka Ruika Sato, Kentaro Iida, Akira Sone add to Japan’s gold-medal haul
Japan continued to dominate the Asian Games judo competition on Friday, adding a further three gold medals to the five it had already won in …