Rome: Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season's best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting on Thursday. The Jamaican world record holder, who managed only 10.04 in Ostrava last Friday, was back to his best against a world class field which included his compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell. Powell, who said later he had not heard the...
08:54 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Kingston: Jamaican Olympic champion Usain Bolt held his nerve after two false starts by competitors and powered to the year's fastest 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday. The 100- and 200-metre world record-holder clocked a dazzling 9.82 seconds in his first individual race of 2012, exploding from the blocks to take control at 40 metres. "It's a good start, I would say," said Bolt, who erased the...
12:57 PM, May 06, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City kept control of the English Premier League on Saturday with a straightforward 2-0 win over Bolton. Gretar Rafn Steinsson's 23rd-minute own-goal put City ahead and Mario Balotelli doubled the advantage in the 69th, scoring his 11th Premier League goal of the season from a backheel pass by Adam Johnson. The victory preserved City's perfect home record and leaves them top with 66 points with 11 games of...
10:53 PM, Mar 03, 2012
London: Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas believes Frank Lampard is still a key figure at the club and does not want him to leave Stamford Bridge in the summer. Lampard scored his 150th Premier League goal on Saturday in the Blues' 3-0 win over Bolton, but has often struggled to win a first-team berth since the Portuguese manager's arrival. The midfielder's strike was his 10th league goal of the season, making...
12:05 PM, Feb 28, 2012
Bolton: Liverpool were surprised by the team with the worst home record in the English Premier League when they lost to Bolton Wanderers 3-1 on Saturday. Former Liverpool forward David Ngog had a hand in goals for Mark Davies and Nigel Reo-Coker that seemed to put Wanderers well in control. Craig Bellamy, a constant threat for Liverpool, halved the deficit in the 37th minute before becoming embroiled in an altercation...
03:43 AM, Jan 22, 2012
We like to tell the story of the underdog. Sport is designed that way. A triumph against the odds. An unexpected success. Victory in adversity. Those are naturally attractive headlines. Conversely, we await the fall of a dominant champion. Who seems always to have the trophy in hand. Forever at the top of the podium. Always with a gold medal around his neck. When he is beaten, we celebrate. Here's...
11:55 AM, Dec 17, 2011
San Francisco: Expanding its partnership with Microsoft, the world's largest chip-maker Intel said its high-speed interconnect technology, Thunderbolt, would be available on the software giant's Windows operating system from next year. The move would end the exclusive availability of Thunderbolt, which was launched earlier this year and helps transfer data between different computing devices at high speed, on Apple's Mac computers. The plans to offer Thunderbolt on Microsoft's Windows platform...
01:53 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: Oscar winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman's song "Sajna" from "Couples Retreat" features in a new avatar in Grammy award winning Michael Bolton's latest album "Gems - The Duets Collection". "When I first met Michael, we got to talking about music, philosophy, the universe, and many things that we had in common. I wanted Michael to do a bit of singing that he's never done before, without compromising on...
02:46 PM, May 10, 2011
New York: Apple Inc refreshed its lineup of iMac desktop computers with new Intel Corp processors that is says are up to 70 per cent faster. The new iMac line will also include new Thunderbolt ports that were introduced earlier this year in its MacBook Pro laptop line. Thunderbolt is an input/output technology that supports displays and devices. Thunderbolt ports are similar to USB ports but about 20 times faster,...
07:14 PM, May 03, 2011
Why is it that all the finalists in one sport are of one origin, today, and all the finalists in another sport are a different origin? ...
10:20 AM, Aug 09, 2010
Bolt's manager said the Delhi Games do not feature in the athlete's priorities. ...
12:51 PM, Jan 11, 2010
Asafa Powell has run a personal best of 9.72 seconds in the 100 meters. ...
01:27 PM, Dec 08, 2009
Usain Bolt's manager says the ace sprinter is yet to make up his mind. ...
10:58 AM, Dec 03, 2009
Bolt missed the 2006 CWG in Melbourne due to a hamstring injury. ...
12:13 PM, Dec 02, 2009
Kalmadi says 2010 Games will be the best sports event ever. ...
12:35 PM, Nov 29, 2009
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