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Shalane Flanagan Will Run Her First Half-Marathon in Houston The Olympic 10,000-meter bronze medalist will extend her range up to 13.1 miles when she competes at the 2010 USA Half-Marathon Championships hosted by the Aramco Houston Half-Marathon on January 17.

Two-time Olympic champion, Veronica Campbell-Brown; Olympic Gold medallist, Asafa Powell and World Youth Champion, Dexter Lee, were the special guests at the Singapore Sports School, for the launch of the Friendship Camp for the Youth Olympic Games 2010.

Bolt, Fraser World Championships triple gold medallist and world 100 metres and 200 metres record-holder Usain Bolt, and world 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser head the list of five men and nine women who have been nominated for the annual RJR National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards.

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell says he can catch countryman and world's fastest man Usian Bolt when the two face off next year.

MARION Jones' Sydney Olympic individual sprint and long jump medals will be reallocated this week but her 100m gold will not be given to Greece's Katerina Thanou due to her own involvement in doping.

SINGAPORE: Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell says he can catch countryman and world's fastest man Usian Bolt when the two face off next year.

Wayne Lawrence , LIME's vice-president of marketing, hands a cheque to former world record holder Asafa Powell during last Thursday night's launch of A Night On Tracks concert set for December 20 at the National Golf Academy.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC - " Veronica Campbell-Brown is getting used to her new training routine and home in the American city of Atlanta.

Nassau, Nov 23 Cuban world record holder in high jump Javier Sotomayor was conferred the award of the Caribbean Awards Sports Icons in athletics.

Anthony Foster, Gleaner Writer MONTE-CARLO: Two of the world's fastest men, world sprint double record holder Usain Bolt and fellow Jamaican Asafa Powell endorsed the move by the International Assiociation of Athletics Federations to reduce the number of rounds at major championships.

22, 2009, in Monaco. Michael Steele/Getty Images 2 of 3 Sanya Richards celebrates after winning the women's 40-meter race at the Zurich IAAF Golden League athletics meeting on Aug.

Sprint stars Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Tyson Gay of the United States will race each other at least three times at elite Diamond League meets next year.

Usain Bolt ... heads the list. MONTE CARLO: At least four Jamaicans - Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser and Brigitte Foster-Hylton - appear set to be contracted for next year's IAAF Diamond League.

Former world 100-metre record holder and World Championship bronze medallist Asafa Powell has vowed to give back to the sport of track and field.

Springing from an idea in the mind of one of the fastest men in history, the Asafa Powell Foundation became a reality in the Port Antonio Suite of the Pegasus hotel on Tuesday night.

THE highly-anticipated two-leg USA versus Jamaica challenge remains a possibility according to president of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association Howard Aris.

Following sharply on the heels of Glen Mills' decision to discontinue his association with Jamaican teams at major championships as head coach, fellow top-brass coach, Stephen Francis, has distanced himself from the post, choosing instead to concentrate on his MVP Track Club athletes.

The name's Bolt, Usain Bolt. He is the fastest man in the world. He is the world-record holder in 100 metres, 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay.

The International Olympic Committee have created a new digital social campaign aimed at young people.

Kenny Benjamin , chairman of the Guardsman Group of Companies, presents Olympic and World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser with her lifetime membership certificate to Gymkhana.