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Major sporting news that's caught our eye from around the world.
Friday, 21 August 2009 16:29 | and posted in Sport
Last night Usain Bolt claimed his second gold medal and his second world record in an extraordinary 5 days for him at the World Championships in Berlin. He smashed his own 200m world record by a staggering 0.11 seconds, finishing in 19.19 seconds.
This he added to his 100m world title win on Sunday night which saw him finish in an astonishing 9.58seconds, and was also 0.11seconds faster than the world record he set at the Olympic final last year.
Monday, 03 November 2008 01:00 | and posted in Sport
Lewis Hamilton last night became F1's youngest ever champion in a breath-taking end to the F1 season. The 23 year old clinched the title on the second-to-last corner of the final lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo. Hamilton had been forced to change to wet-weather tires by a rain shower on lap 67 of 71 and this gave Sebastian Vettel the opportunity to overtake him a few laps later on lap 70. Hamilton then entered the last lap of the race in sixth place with his championship hopes seemingly lost. Then on the second to last corner of the race Hamilton powered past Timo Glock who had remained out on dry weather tyres and was unable to hold on to his fifth place.
Wednesday, 27 August 2008 01:00 | and posted in Sport
Great Britain won 47 medals, including 19 golds, in its best medal haul in a century at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. You'd be hard pressed to have missed that news, but did you know that 18 of these golds were won sitting down...!!! GB dominated the cycling, sailing and rowing with only track star Christine Ohuruogu on the GB team to win standing up!
Wednesday, 09 July 2008 01:00 | and posted in Sport
If you weren't watching the men's Wimbledon final on Sunday night, where were you?! OK, so I missed the Euro 2008 final, but that's not the point. It was the final everyone had wanted - the clay court king Rafael Nadal against the 5-time reigning Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. Both had a point to prove - Rafa that he wasn't a one-slam wonder (albeit 4 time winner and currently unbeaten at the French) and Federer that he wasn't ‘over' after his decidedly embarrassing defeat by Nadal at the French Open last month, and being beaten in the Australian Open semi's by world number 3 Djokovic.
Monday, 30 June 2008 01:00 | and posted in Sport
Spain won their first major trophy for 44 years last night, beating Germany 1-0 in the UEFA Euro 2008 final. A Fernando Torres goal in the first half sealed the game and capped an excellent tournament for Spain, who had won all of their six matches in the tournament and had scored more and conceded less than any other team. More importantly for the Spanish, however, they ended their drought of trophies. Over the years Spain has produced some of the world's best players, yet have always struggled to produce the goods in the major tournaments.