| Sun, 20 May 2012 Losing the Europa League final to Atletico Madrid made us stronger, says Athletic Bilbao's Susaeta The Basque midfielder is of the opinion that the heartbreak against Los Colchoneros in Bucharest earlier this month have helped the team grow and improve | By Vasil Kotsev | More On : Athletic Bilbao, Atletico Madrid, Susaeta 0 Comments Getty Images Athletic ... | Haile Gebreselassie targets Olympic 2012 qualification | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | Haile Gebrselassie admits competing at London 2012 is still a possibility, saying he "will try" to secure Olympic qualification for the Ethiopian athletics team. | Gebrselassie won the Great Man... | Gebrselassie Targets Olympic Berth | Haile Gebrselassie rolled back the years to win the Bupa Great Manchester Run in the fastest 10 kilometres time of the year - and then turned his attention to booking his place at his fifth Olympic Games. | The 39-year-old's best days may be behind him, but the double... | Live Video - Great Manchester Run | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | Jonathan Edwards introduces coverage of the Great Manchester Run, which celebrates its 10th staging since being introduced as a legacy to the city's hosting of the Commonwealth Games. | The women... | Only Grade a Athlete Will Represent the Nation in Olympics - Yakmut [Leadership] National Sports Commission (NSC) has reaffirmed its position that Team Nigeria contingent to the forthcoming summer Olympic Games in United Kingdom would not be an all comers affair, stating that only athletes that are capable of winning medals would be all... | NASCAR Sprint Cup-Sprint Showdown Results Saturday | Concord, N.C. | Lap Length: 1.5 miles | (Start position in parentheses) | Car maker abbreviations: C=Chevrolet, D=Dodge, F=Ford, T=Toyota | No points awarded for race | 1. (6) J. Johnson, C, 90 laps. | 2. (19) Bra. Keselowski, D, 90. | 3. (15) M. Kenseth, F, ... | Central Section's best weave their way into track and field record books | Cody Brazeal has never had to look far to find standard bearers of Central Section distance running. | Brazeal was an eighth-grader at Alta Sierra Intermediate, a Buchanan High feeder, when Jonathan Sanchez was running to glory for the Bears in 2009. | Then Brazeal ha... | Dale Earnhardt Jr. confident after strong showing in Sprint All-Star Race | CONCORD, N.C.—Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn’t win the Sprint All-Star Race Saturday night, but he can look at his performance as an all-star worthy outing. | Earnhardt dominated the Sprint Showdown, leading all 40 laps of the heat race to qualify for the main event. He ... | Manchester City make £29m offer for Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente | Manchester City continues to look at more attacking talent to boost their chances of repeating as English Premier League champion’s next season. | The latest big name on their target list for the summer is Athletic Bilbao’s Spanish giant, Fernando Llorente. | At 6... | Jimmie Johnson wins Sprint Cup All-Star Race | Times wires | Times wires | Times wires Times wires ADVERTISEMENT | ADVERTISEMENT | Story Tools Print this story Contact the editor Email Newsletters | By JENNA FRYER | AP Auto Racing Writer | CONCORD, N.C. - It's not often a race car driver intentionally cruises slow... | Athletics: Newdick looks to seal spot in Olympic team | If anyone should feel aggrieved, it's decathlete Brent Newdick. When the New Zealand Olympic Committee announced its initial athletics selections for London, the decathlete was lumped in the same wait-and-see category as shot put prodigy Jacko Gill. | While both had a... | Mountain biking: Sheppard sprints to podium | New Zealand mountain biker Samara Sheppard produced a remarkable charge on the final lap to earn a podium finish in the fourth round of the UJCI World Cup in France overnight. | The 22-year-old was still in fifth place half way through the final lap of four of the wom... | Khalfani Muhammad wins two sprint events at championships Junior Khalfani Muhammad of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High thrives on having a target on his back as the sprinter you have to beat to be considered the fastest teenager in California. | "Everybody wants to come after me," he said. "I love it. I love the pressure." | Eric ... | Yamauchi's marathon hopes aided by sprint guru | Now a performance director for UK Athletics at the Lee Valley Centre in north London, the American guru of the sprint game has been credited with a marathon success. This time last year Mara Yamauchi's career as a world-class exponent of the 26.2- mile event was in a ... | Earnhardt races way into Sprint All-Star race | CONCORD, N.C. — Dale Earnhardt Jr. didn't need the fan vote this year. | Earnhardt won the Sprint Showdown on Saturday night to pick up a transfer spot into the $1 million All-Star race. His exemption from his 2000 victory expired last year, and NASCAR's most po... | Shore athletes will benefit from Georgian Court move to coed LAKEWOOD - Come Fall 2013, the Georgian Court University athletic program will have an addition - men's teams. | ... | Cavendish sprints to victory in Giro's 13th stage; Rodriguez still leads way | CERVERE, Italy — World champion Mark Cavendish won the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish Friday as Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead. | It was the third win of this year's Giro for Cavendish, who finished in a time of 3 hours, 2 minute... | | |
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