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| HERZOGENAURACH, GERMANY (May 23, 2010): Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, will show his support for PUMA's Africa Unity campaign, the African football teams and his football friends headed to the World Cup in South Africa and for the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity (a United Nations Environmental Programme initiative), during his first appearance in the 2010 IAAF Diamond League Series in Shanghai. The Jamaican sprinter's race singlet will bear the same graphics as the Africa Unity Kit -the World's first continental football kit- which many of PUMA sponsored African football teams have been wearing to show solidarity for the continent of Africa. Bolt will wear the specially developed singlet during the 100m race in Shanghai on May 23nd, one day after the International Day of Biodiversity, which generates awareness of habitat and species conservation. |
Arch wins Red Bull Air Race in Perth, Australia’s Hall comes second |
| PERTH - Hannes Arch of Austria won the Red Bull Air Race on Sunday with Matt Hall of Australia getting a career-best second place in front of an enormous crowd of 140,000 watching from the banks of the Swan River in Perth, Australia. Championship leader Paul Bonhomme of Great Britain took third place. Bonhomme retains the overall championship lead with 22 points after the first two races of the 2010 season. Nigel Lamb of Britain, who was fourth on Sunday, is in second place on 18 points. Arch jumps into third place overall with 14 points and Hall moves up to fourth, also on 14 points. It was a thrill-filled final under brilliant blue skies with Hall starting out the Final 4 by laying down a fabulous time of 1:26.51, his best of the week. It was all the more astonishing considering the huge expectations from the home crowd, the biggest at a sporting event in Australia this year. Lamb had been posting strong times all week but couldn't top Hall's time. Arch, starting third, moved into the lead with a time of 1:26.03. Bonhomme was flying well and poised to win the race but stumbled in the fourth and final sector to fall to third place with a time of 1:26.82. Another success story in Perth was Pete McLeod, who took a strong fifth place. It was also a career-best for the Canadian ace who had struggled at the bottom of the pack in his rookie season last year with a comparatively slow plane. Nicolas Ivanoff of France, who won the Perth race in 2007, was sixth. Matthias Dolderer of Germany was seventh. It was a disappointing race for Americans Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian. Chambliss, who clinched his 2006 world championship here in Perth, was back in eighth place and Goulian, who was fourth in the season-opener last month in Abu Dhabi, could do no better than 11th place when he sliced open a pylon in the Top 12 round. Arch's triumph in Perth helped erase memories of his disappointing 11th place in Abu Dhabi last month due to a disqualification in the Top 12. The 12 points Arch collected for the win in Perth, after a mere 2 in Abu Dhabi, puts the 2008 championship winner back into the title hunt. The Austrian was seen flashing a wide smile in his cockpit when the times were read out to the four finalists by the Race Director. “This is definitely the way we're going forward,” said Arch. “Everything starts with vision and this was my vision. I was really struggling during the week. Should I attack or should I just slow down? I'm very pleased.” “Fantastic result,” said a clearly delighted Matt Hall, whose best result was third place in Porto last year as a rookie. “I've been aiming for that for over a year. The Perth race was always going to be my focus. This is what I’ve been looking forward to since I started in the Red Bull Air Race – a great performance in front of my home crowd in Australia.” Bonhomme, who has now been on the podium for nine straight races going back to the 2008 season, was clearly disappointed. “Third place wasn't planned but we didn't get fourth so that's good,” said Bonhomme. “I've not really looked at the times so I don't know what I did wrong. But it sounds like I relaxed a bit in the track.” |
Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Race Week At Texas Motor Speedway |
Thursday:  • State and city proclamations by Texas Governor Rick Perry and Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, respectively, to Texas Motor Speedway to kick off the speedway's 2010 race season. NASCAR drivers Bobby Labonte and Colin Braun, native Texans, will take part in the public ceremony and drive NASCAR-themed Molley The Trolleys to the event. • Qualifying for the Rattlesnake 150 ARCA race Friday: • Qualifying for the Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race • Qualifying for the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 Nationwide Series race • Pre-race, race action, post-race from the Rattlesnake 150 ARCA race, including Dallas Cowboys Leonard Davis, Marc Colombo and Cory Proctor serving as Grand Marshals • Induction of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series owner Joe Gibbs into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame Saturday: • Pre-race, race action, post-race from the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Nationwide Series race • NASCAR Sprint Cup "Happy Hour" - final practice sessions • Press conference with Texas Governor Rick Perry and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series star and native Texan Bobby Labonte Sunday: • Pre-race, race action, post-race from the Samsung Mobile 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race • NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Bobby Labonte's politically sponsored car by the "Re-elect Texas Governor Rick Perry" campaign committee • Peter Frampton concert during pre-race activities • Special visits by bobsled Olympic gold medalist Justin Olsen, of San Antonio, and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones |
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| RED BULL SUPER POOL Devin Hester of the Chicago Bears and University of Miami grad hosts the private poolside red carpet event at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino while his fellow Red Bull athlete, Reggie Bush, prepares for the big game. Guests attending the event, range from professional athletes to young starlets, will enjoy entertainment by DJ Don Cannon, DJ Raj Smoove and a feature performance by Rick Ross. |
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| PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMERS BART STARR, JAN STENERUD AND PAUL KRAUSE JOIN FANS AT THE VIKINGS/PACKERS GAME ON NOVEMBER 1 TO VOICE THEIR CHOICE FOR THE HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2010 WHAT: The Pro Football Hall of Fame has teamed up with Van Heusen in search of the Fan's Choice for the Class of 2010. As part of the campaign, The Van Heusen Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan's Choice is hitting the road and visiting Lambeau Field on Sunday, November 1, 2009 when the Packers take on the Vikings. EVENT: The Fan's Choice program is the first-ever dedicated forum for pro football fans to "voice their choice" at jcp.com/fans and cast their ballot by voting for the players, coaches and contributors they believe deserve to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2010. Onsite fans will have the opportunity to: · Interact with Hall of Fame greats · Vote for their choice for the Class of 2010 · "Face-off" against other fans making the case for their favorite candidates · Check out memorabilia from the Pro Football Hall of Fame WHO: Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer Bart Starr (Class of 1977), Packers and Vikings Hall of Famer Jan Stenerud (1991) and Minnesota Vikings Hall of Famer Paul Krause (1998) will participate in a panel discussion about prospects for the Class of 2010 and interact with fans. WHEN: Sunday, November 1, 2009 WHERE: Lambeau Field |
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| Star-Studded: Academy Award-winning actor and superstar Denzel Washington (left) squares off with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko after a recent workout at LB 4 LB Boxing gym in Los Angeles. The man in the middle is Klitschko's longtime trainer, the respected Fritz Sdunek. On Saturday, Sept. 26, Klitschko (37-2, 36 KOs), of Los Angeles, will defend his WBC title against undefeated, No. 1-ranked WBC contender Cristobal Arreola (27-0, 24 KOs), of Riverside by way of East L.A., in an eagerly awaited showdown of heavy hitters at STAPLES Center. One of the most popular fighters in the world, Klitschko will make history by becoming the first fighter to headline three times at STAPLES Center. The power-punching Arreola, who has had only one fight go the distance (24 by KO, two by DQ – on the way to a KO), will try to make history by becoming the first boxer of Mexican descent to capture a world heavyweight championship. |
Tony Stewart Racing's Donny Schatz Earns Milestone Fourth Knoxville Nationals Victory in Mario Andretti Tribute Car |
| INDIANAPOLIS (August 17, 2009) - Tony Stewart Racing's (TSR) Donny Schatz added another chapter to his illustrious racing career on Sunday as he drove the No. 15 STP/ParkerStore/Chevy J&J to a fourth consecutive Knoxville Nationals victory. Schatz became only the second driver in the event's 49-year history to win four back-to-back event titles, joining Steve Kinser as the only competitors to accomplish the feat since the Nationals originated in 1961.This year marks the 40th anniversary of Andretti's thrilling victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He dominated the race, winning by more than two laps, and was welcomed famously in victory lane by his car owner Andy Granatelli, the former President and CEO of STP. The Knoxville Nationals is the largest Sprint car race in the world. Its stature in short-track racing mirrors the magnitude of the Indianapolis 500 in Indy car racing. Each year, the Nationals attracts the best Winged Sprint car drivers and race fans from all over the world to a four-day marathon, during which more than 30,000 attendees converge on the "Sprint Car Capitol of the World" in Knoxville. |
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Laureus Sportsman Award • Swimmers Federica Pellegrini & Britta Steffen nominated for Sportswoman Award • Formula One's Jenson Button and Brawn Grand Prix Team both short-listed • Lakers and Yankees challenge FC Barcelona in Laureus Team category • Australian marathon man Kurt Fearnley nominated for Laureus Disability Award • Surfers Fanning, Gilmore and Long short-listed for Laureus Action Sports Award • World's media in 105 countries voted for Laureus Nominees • Laureus World Sports Awards to be held in Abu Dhabi on March 10 |
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| ABU DHABI, February 11, 2010 - A glittering collection of the world's greatest sports stars have been nominated for the 2010 Laureus World Sports Awards, following a ballot by the world's media. The Laureus World Sports Awards, which recognise sporting achievement during the period January 1 - December 31, 2009, are recognised as the premier honours on the international sporting calendar. The winners, as voted by the Laureus World Sports Academy, the ultimate sports jury, made up of 46 of the greatest sportsmen and sportswomen of all time, will be unveiled during a televised Awards Ceremony staged in Abu Dhabi on March 10, 2010. Laureus World Sports Academy Chairman Edwin Moses said: "This has been a great year for sport and the Academy are going to find it extremely difficult to decide who to vote for as winners. We have had some thrilling world championships this year and a host of terrific individual performances. I congratulate all the nominees and now we look forward to what should be a great Awards Ceremony." |
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| Texas World Dirt Track Championship Feb. 25 » Open practice (Modified, Limited Modified and Late Model classes) Feb. 26 » Modified and Limited Modified heats; Late Model practice Feb. 27 » Late Model heats; Limited Modified and Modified last-chance qualifiers; Championship races in all classes |
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To celebrate the airline's partnership with the ADGC and on the eve of the tournament, Sergio was invited to drive a golf ball along the longest straight of the Yas Marina Circuit, attempting to beat the Asian long drive record of 721 yards set by Sweden's Henrik Stenson in 2007. Sergio was unsuccessful in beating Henrik's record, however still drove a phenomenal 675 yards. The 'Whack from the Track' challenge follows Etihad's hugely successful 'Swing from the Wing' challenge, a long drive competition from the wing of an A330 aircraft held from 2005 to 2007, where Henrik's record was set, and last year's 'Shot from the Yacht' event, where US Masters champion Trevor Immelman took part in hitting ten golf balls from the superyacht 'Aviva' over the sea and onto a putting green in the grounds of the Emirates Palace Hotel.
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| ANDY RODDICK, CELEBRITY CHEF BETHENNY FRANKEL & 'TOP CHEF' ALL-STARS TURNED UP THE HEAT DURING THE 10th ANNUAL BNP PARIBAS TASTE OF TENNIS AT W NEW YORK THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH Star-Studded Evening Presented by Rums of Puerto Rico Benefited the Food Bank for New York City The world's top tennis players and chefs teamed up yesterday evening to serve the US Open's hottest pre-tournament action at the 10th Annual BNP PARIBAS TASTE OF TENNIS. This year's lineup included tennis superstars Andy Roddick, Tommy Haas, Billie Jean King and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who cooked alongside TV personality and celebrity chef Bethenny Frankel, Carla Hall and Ariane Duarte from Bravo's "Top Chef," and Gotham Bar and Grill's Alfred Portale. The star-studded charity event produced by AYS Sports Marketing and benefited the Food Bank For New York City took place at the W New York from 7-10pm. ESPN personality Hannah Storm served as emcee for the evening. |
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| 5th Annual Prelude To The Dream At Eldora Speedway |
