Archive for January 2010

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Seabrook on Federal Corruption Charges

January 30, 2010

By NY Government Examiner and Associated Press
A Bronx City Council Member surrendered Tues-day to face federal charges that he tried to cheat the city of at least $2.5 million in council discretionary funds, funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to his girlfriend and relatives and charging the city $177 for a bagel sandwich, the Associated [...]

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Bolt yet to decide on Commonwealths, says manager

January 30, 2010

RALEIGH, USA (Reuters) — Olympic and world sprint champion Usain Bolt will not decide until July whether he will compete in October’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, his manager told Reuters Saturday. “Nobody has even talked about it, it is so far away,” Ricky Simms said by telephone from London.

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Warner Park scores with international sporting fraternity

January 30, 2010

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) — The vision of a redesigned and refurbished Warner Park as a center for hosting world class sporting and entertainment events continues to come to fruition.This weekend signals the first of many regional/international events taking place at the facility between January and June.

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Guyana’s Moore in a hurry to be a world champion

January 30, 2010

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Guyanese boxer Leon “Hurry Up” Moore has fought in Colombia, Barbados and Kyrgyzstan and now a move to Southeast Asia late in his career has put the fighter into the position of possible world-title contender. Moore, 31, won a unanimous points decision over Indonesian Marangin Marbun.

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Haitian boxer Berto pulls out of fight

January 30, 2010

LAS VEGAS USA (AFP) — Andre Berto pulled out of next week’s World Boxing Council welterweight title fight with Shane Mosley, saying the pain of dealing with the horrific earthquake has taken too big a toll on him emotionally. Berto, whose parents are Haitian said he cannot continue to train.

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Caribbean preparing to woo the world with ICC WT20 West Indies 2010

January 30, 2010

BASSETERRE, St Kitts–As the Caribbean marks 100 days until the start of ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010, Tournament Director Robert Bryan says “momentum is mounting as the region gears up to host the blockbuster cricket event”. Additionally, he noted tournament preparations have intensified.