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MAKING A SPLASH: Sportsperson award-winner and devoted swimmer Ahlanna Hayes with her medals and champion archers Dorelle Fox and Adam Modrzynski TOWNSVILLE mother Ahlanna Hayes has no plans to hang up her goggles after being crowned the Townsville City Council's senior sportsperson of the year.

A wall of noise, a festival of sport - for 11 days next year Glasgow will be the centre of the sporting world with a soundtrack of cheers for those chasing gold.

Despite a falling out between MI6 and the KGB over Litvinenko in 2006, the special services anticipate cooperation in light of the Boston bombings and the upcoming Olympic games in Sochi.

Kori Carter followed her repeat 100-meter hurdles title at the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships by running the fourth-fastest 400 hurdles race in Pac-12 history on Sunday at USC's Loker Stadium.

Mum's the word: Expectant mum Beki Lee hopes there will be more indigenous athletes in the 2016 Australian Olympic team.

There are no official records kept for such things, but it appears Gaither senior Daisy Santos has done what no other girl from Hillsborough County has done.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Thomas Bach became the first member to declare as a candidate for IOC president on Thursday, saying his long experience in the Olympic movement makes him "well prepared" for one of the most powerful jobs in sports.

Michael Hixon receives his bronze medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the Youth Olympics in Singapore.

Phillips, the Queen's grandson and brother of London 2012 team silver medal-winning eventer Zara Phillips, is organising the event at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from June 6-9. It will see a welcome return to London of elite outdoor showjumping and is set to attract the world's top riders, including British Olympic team gold medallists Nick ... (more)

Orchestra leaders says it is unfair top athletes are exempt from large tax bills on UK earnings to encourage them to compete.

Not so long ago, Jonathan Paget was laying bricks on Sydney building sites and trying to learn how to stay on bucking broncos for eight seconds at rodeo school.

In this file photo, Michael Hixon dives during the one-meter springboard finals at the AT&T National Diving Championships on Aug.

The tiny hamlet of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, could lose its namesake, an American sports hero whose interment put the town on the map.

Should he emerge victorious on EPIX as expected , Big Bad Wlad will further solidify his status as one of the most successful heavyweight crown wearers in the history of the sport.

Like a well-worn jacket that your wife insists you finally throw out, Audley Harrison is taking his leave of us.

If Leticia Perez wins the battle to succeed Michael Rubio in the 16th State Senate district, Gov.

Registration will close on Wednesday, May 8, for the 10th annual CAPA-U Professional Development Day on Saturday, May 11, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Hartford Steam Boiler conference facilities, One State St., Hartford.

'There are only so many times you can fall before it becomes foolhardy to continue,' Harrison said in a statement.

Team USA came out firing, setting an American record in the women's 4x800-meter by 13 seconds at the Penn Relays, held April 24-26 in Philadelphia.

ESERA TUALO, football: 3 Sep 1995: Defensive lineman Esera Tuaolo of the Minnesota Vikings looks on during a game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in Chiago, Illinois.