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(Photo: Hadi Abyar/Tasnim News Agency) Athletics Mo Farah has defended his title in the Big Half race, finishing in one hour one minute 14 seconds in London on March 10.The four-time Olympic champion won the half marathon in a sprint finish to beat his time of 1:01:40 in the inaugural event last year. The 13.1-mile […]

8th Jun 2018

Zidane resigns as Madrid manager in a shock announcement

Zinedine Zidane steps down as Real Madrid manager in a shock announcement (Photo: Tasnim News Agency/CC) Athletics Olympic and world 10,000m champion Mo Farah has won the 10km Great Manchester Run on May 19. Farah, who finished third at the London Marathon last month, raced past Ugandan Moses Kipsiro with 100 metres left to win […]

24th Nov 2017

Mahrez, Fellaini and Sissoko Spain bound?

Manchester United’s Marouane Fellaini, Tottenham’s Moussa Sissoko and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez could all be heading to Spain in January (Photo: Commons) Athletics Mo Farah is one of three male finalists for the IAAF 2017 World Athlete of the Year award. Four-time Olympic champion Farah retired from track racing to concentrate on marathons after winning […]

29th Sep 2017

Turkey wins under 23 Women’s Volleyball Championship

Athletics Birmingham Diamond League, August 20: Mo Farah sprinted clear to win the 3,000m at the meeting in his final track meeting on home soil. The 34-year-old, who is switching to road racing in 2018, came home in seven minutes 38.64 seconds to win the Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. “All I dreamed of as a […]

25th Aug 2017

The summer of two Mo’s

Distance runner Mo Farah and spin bowler Moeen Ali cemented their place as British sporting greats this summer (Photo: Creative Commons) Athletics IAAF World Championships London August 4- 13, 2017: Mo Farah missed out on a fifth major championships distance double in a row as he finished second in the 5,000m at the World Athletics […]

28th Jul 2017

Mo Farah undefeated at 10k for almost six years

Mo Farah’s 10k victory in the Czech Republic means he is now undefeated at this distance for almost six years (Photo: Citizen59/Flickr Creative Common) Athletics Mo Farah’s 10,000m victory Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava in the Czech Republic means he is now undefeated at this distance for almost six years. Farah won in a time […]

28th Apr 2017

SPORT BRIEF: Nour El Sherbini retains the El Gouna Squash Open

Nour El Sherbini retained the El Gouna International Squash Open (Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons) Athletics The doctor who gave double Olympic champion Mo Farah a controversial supplement has the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on April 19 that he failed to properly document the treatment. Dr Robin Chakraverty said the amount of L-carnitine was well […]

31st Mar 2017

SPORT BRIEF: Emre Can insists his contract stand-off with Liverpool is not about money

(L-R) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Yaya Toure (Manchester City) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) and Emre Can (Liverpool) are all in talks to move from their clubs this summer (Photo: Flickr/Creative Commons) Athletics Mo Farah has welcomed any move to reanalyse his drug test samples despite the body that governs anti-doping in Britain appearing to warn against […]

27th Jan 2017

SPORT: Ozil scoops Germany Footballer of the Year award for the fifth time

Mesut Ozil (Photo: Benutzer Steindy/CC) ATHLETICS Newly-knighted Mo Farah and Andy Murray are among the nominees announced on January 11 for the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards, competing in the Sportsman of the Year category against the likes of Usain Bolt and Cristiano Ronaldo. The British pair have been nominated by the world’s media for […]

27th Jan 2017

Gold-winning Olympians among 21 Muslims named in New Year honours

Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah knighted in New Year Honours (Photo: 2012 London Parade/Muslim News/Ahmed J Versi Elham Asaad Buaras The achievements of 21 members of the Muslim community were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours (1 knighthood, 1 CBE, 6 OBEs, 7 MBEs, 1 overseas MBE and 5 BEMs). The men and […]

30th Dec 2016

Sport Brief: Mahrez named BBC African Footballer of the Year

Football Paul Pogba of Manchester United and Sadio Mane of Liverpool were shortlisted for November’s Carling goal of the month award. Pogba scored merely 15 minutes after the match against Swansea City had commenced. Sadio Mane scored twice in Liverpool’s 6-1 win against Watford. Algerian striker Karim Benzema becomes the sixth player to score […]

25th Nov 2016

SPORT BRIEF

Athletics Great Britain’s Olympic champion Mo Farah is one of three athletes still in contention for the men’s IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. The 33-year-old will go up against Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and South Africa’s 400m star Wayde van Niekerk. The women’s award is between Ethiopia’s 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana, Jamaican […]

30th Sep 2016

Farah unfazed by Russian leak

(Photo: Creative Commons) Nadine Osman Mo Farah insisted he has “nothing to hide” after becoming the latest star to be targeted by Russian hackers. The four-time Olympic champion’s confidential medical information was leaked online by the Fancy Bears group, which also left Sir Bradley Wiggins facing questions about his regulated use of prohibited substances. Golfer […]

29th Jul 2016

Sport Brief: 68 Russian track and field athletes be banned from Rio Olympics

Despite never testing positive for any performance enhancing drug Pole Vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva (pictured with Russian President Vladimir Putin) will along with 67 other Russian track and field athletes be banned from taking part in the Rio Olympics (Photo: Creative Commons) Athletics Yelena Isinbayeva, a two-time Olympic pole vault champion, has suffered […]

1st Jul 2016

Sport Brief: Mo Farah breaks a 34-year-old British record

Athletics Mo Farah broke a 34-year-old British record at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting on June 5 to underline his form with the Rio Olympics exactly two months away. The Briton dedicated his victory to his hero Muhammad Ali, the boxing great who died on June 4, aged 74. “I just want to wish his […]

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