Capital Sports: Boston ace MP Korir sponsors bill to track runners
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 19 – The 2012 Boston Marathon champion and Member of Parliament for Cherengany, Wesley Korir, has sponsored a motion seeking the Government to establish a register or other mode of tracking and accounting for all athletes who leave the country to attend various international...
Capital Sports: Glorious Under-21s underline Spain’s total supremacy
LONDON, England, June 19- How many players have an opportunity to score four goals in a major final? Virtually none, you would say.
Thiago Alcantara, already in the history books with an amazing first-half hat trick for Spain against Italy in the Under-21 European Championship final, was given...
Capital Sports: Blake withdraws from Jamaica nationals injured
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 19 – Reigning world 100-meter champion Yohan Blake has withdrawn from this week’s Jamaican national athletics championships with a right thigh injury, the runner’s manager said on Tuesday.
Blake would still be eligible to run in the World Championships at...
Capital Sports: IAAF deny doping cover-up
PARIS, France, June 19 – World athletics’ governing body, the IAAF, on Wednesday vehemently denied any cover-up of Italian 50km race walker Alex Schwazer’s use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The New York Times alleged Tuesday that IAAF offcials “had evidence” against...
Capital Sports: United to start defence at Swansea, Chelsea next
LONDON, England, June 19- Manchester United will start the defence of their Premier League crown at Swansea City before hosting Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea on the second weekend of the 2013-14 season.
Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates his final Premier League title win with Manchester United
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Capital Sports: It’s game 7 as Heat burn Spurs party
MIAMI, June 19 – LeBron James says the Miami Heat started seeing red when officials began prepping the court for the San Antonio Spurs’ victory celebration with less than a minute left in game six of the NBA finals.
With the Spurs ahead by five points, 94-89, with just 28 seconds left...
Capital Sports: Asian giants book Brazil slots amid tension, anger
SINGAPORE, June 19 – Asian giants Iran, South Korea and Australia scrambled into next year’s World Cup on Tuesday after scenes of crowd anger and high tension on the final night of group qualifying.
Irate South Korean fans hurled water bottles and other debris after Iran booked their...
Capital Sports: AFC, Gor to play in empty stadia
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 19- AFC Leopards and Gor Mahia have been ordered to play their next Kenyan Premier League home match in an empty stadium by the league’s Independent Disciplinary and Complaints Committee.
The punishment arises from the troubled league match between the two arch-rivals held on...
Capital Sports: Bayern expect thousands for Guardiola debut
BERLIN, Germany, June 19 – Champions League winners Bayern Munich are catering for up to 25,000 fans to watch Pep Guardiola’s first two training sessions next week as the hype around the arrival of the ex-Barcelona coach builds.
Guardiola, 42, will give his first press conference as...
Capital Sports: With Mario, expect the unexpected- Coach
RECIFE, Brazil, June 19 – Italy coach Cesare Prandelli warned Confederations Cup rivals Japan – as well as his own side – to expect the unexpected from striker Mario Balotelli in Thursday’s showdown in Recife.
Balotelli netted a poacher’s winner in Sunday’s win...
Capital Sports: Ribery, Benzema in court for sex with minor
PARIS, France, June 18 – Two French international footballers Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema went on trial Tuesday in Paris charged with paying for sex with an underage prostitute.
Bayern Munich winger Ribery and Real Madrid forward Benzema face up to three years in prison and a maximum 45,...
Capital Sports: World Cup largest protests shake Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 18 – Rio police fired tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with protesting youths early Tuesday, after tens of thousands rallied in major Brazilian cities against the huge costs of hosting the 2014 World Cup.
In the country’s largest protests in 20 years,...
Capital Sports: Arsenal to land Higuan ‘this week’
LONDON, England, June 18- Arsenal hope to end their nine-year wait to sign Gonzalo Higuain this week by making a club record £22million offer for the striker.
Sportsmail understands the Argentina international has privately agreed to make the switch to the Emirates Stadium this summer.
And the...
Capital Sports: Ethiopia, Togo fielded suspended stars- FIFA
JOHANNESBURG, June 18 – Ethiopia and Togo fielded suspended stars in 2014 World Cup qualifiers during June, according to FIFA match records of the competition.
Midfielder Manyahile Beyene played for Ethiopia in Botswana instead of serving a one-match ban having been cautioned in Group A games...
Capital Sports: Mexican revenge not on Brazil’s agenda
FORTALEZA, Brazil, June 18 – Brazil left-back Marcelo says his side will not be seeking revenge when they renew acquaintance with Mexico in their second game of the Confederations Cup in Fortaleza on Wednesday.
The last encounter between teams representing the two countries saw Mexico shock...
Capital Sports: Keshi thankful as Nigeria emerge unscathed
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, June 18 – Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi said he was relieved his side had avoided any further injuries after they thrashed minnows Tahiti 6-1 in their opening game at the Confederations Cup in Belo Horizonte.
Forwards Victor Moses, Kalu Uche and Emmanuel Emenike were all...
Capital Sports: Spain prevail despite late Suarez ‘bite’
RECIFE, Brazil, June 17 – World champions Spain got their Confederations Cup campaign off to a winning start on Sunday with a 2-1 win over South American champions Uruguay in the northern Brazilian city of Recife.
The Spaniards dominated throughout but after Pedro Rodriguez’s deflected...
Capital Sports: FIFA probe pours cold water on Ethiopia passage
ZURICH, June 17- World governing body FIFA have thrown Ethiopia’s dream passage to the final round of the 2014 World Cup qualification into doubt after opening disciplinary hearing over the fielding of an ineligible player in their match against Botswana.
In a statement, the governing body...
Capital Sports: Spurs on the brink after scorching Heat
SAN ANTONIO, June 17 – The San Antonio Spurs moved within one victory of a fifth NBA title Sunday by beating the Miami Heat 114-104 behind a game-high 26 points from Tony Parker and 24 from Danny Green.
The Spurs seized a 3-2 lead and can wrap up the best-of-seven series against the reigning...
Capital Sports: Coach slams ‘silly’ match winner Balotelli
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, June 17- Italy coach Cesare Prandelli tore a strip off tearaway striker Mario Balotelli despite the controversial star grabbing the winner in the 2-1 Confederations Cup victory over Mexico at the Maracana.
Balotelli sealed the win 12 minutes from time with a fine, muscular...
