WHITE PLAINS, New York: Disgraced former
athletics star Marion Jones was sentenced Friday to six months in
prison for lying about taking steroids in a doping scandal that cost
the sprinter her five Olympic medals.
Jones’s humiliating fall from
grace accelerated when she admitted she lied to federal
investigators about being a dope cheat and about her role in a check
fraud scheme and culminated with the prison sentence.
BEIJING: China’s airlines and
airports have been put on notice to cut delays and improve
performance in time for the Olympic Games or face harsh penalties,
state media reported Saturday.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey: The
Boston Celtics won their 30th game of the National Basketball Season
on Friday to equal the best start in franchise history.
HONOLULU, Hawaii: South Korea’s
K.J. Choi doubled his lead to two shots on Friday with a five-under
par 65 in the second round of the $5.3- million Sony Open.
NEW YORK: The Miami Heat and
Atlanta Hawks will replay the final 51.9 seconds of their December
19 game after the National Basketball Association upheld a game
protest for the first time since 1982 on Friday.
MELBOURNE: A fit and relaxed
Serena Williams vowed Saturday to topple Justine Henin as world
number one, insisting she is feeling no pressure as she prepares to
defend her Australian Open title.
THE Philippine Amateur Sepak
Takraw Association will send its men’s and women’s teams in the
first Asian Beach Games slated October 18 to 26 in Bali, Indonesia.
REIGNING national amateur
champion Anthony Fernando and SEAG silver medalist Anya Tanpinco
head the campaigners in the 13th DHL-WWWExpress National Amateur
Golf Championships slated January 29...
STA. LUCIA REALTY guns for the
second semis berth against Air21 in the penultimate day of the
double-round elimination in the 2007 Smart-PBA Philippine Cup Sunday
at the Araneta Coliseum.
CONSTRUCTION MAGNATE Reghis
Romero finished third in the recent BMW Owners Society of Saferiders
(BOSS) Ironman Challenge, an endurance race from Manila to Clark.
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