Injured Devers Can't Finish Hurdles
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Gail Devers failed once again in the Olympic 100-meter hurdles, falling to injury just steps into her first race. Devers, 37, who has three world championships in the event, pulled up short and screamed as she slid under the first hurdle Sunday.
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Horses can take a misstep and break an ankle on any racetrack. The injury to Barbaro, however, has renewed debate over whether such an injury would happen less often on a surface other than dirt.
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Boss Arsene Wenger is struggling to name a team after Thierry Henry, Robin Van Persie and Jose Antonio Reyes all suffered injuries during Wednesdayâs Championsâ League clash against PSV Eindhoven.
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ATHENS -- Erik Vendt's Olympics ended in the morning yesterday, when he ran out of gas in the preliminaries and failed to qualify for tonight's final of the 1,500-meter freestyle, where he's the world bronze medalist.
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As the American sliced to victory in Tuesday night&#39;s final of the women&#39;s 100-meter hurdles at the Athens Olympics, a crash early in the race had taken out two of her main rivals.
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Grant Hill missed a game for the first time in this season Friday night, a precautionary move because of a badly bruised right shin.
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A season of extraordinary medical adversity posed yet another series of challenges yesterday for the Red Sox as Kevin Youkilis and David McCarty joined the likes of Trot Nixon , Mark Bellhorn , Pokey Reese , and Ellis Burks on the disabled list.
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LACK of recent training and a medal-ruining clearance at hurdle eight wrecked Jana Pittman&#39;s run in today&#39;s final. She struggled to the finish line an exhausted fifth in 53.
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NEW YORK - Andre Agassi&#39;s quest for the impossible dream will hit a major roadblock on Wednesday in the form of top-ranked Roger Federer.
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Washington NationalsÂ first baseman Nick Johnson and right fielder Austin Kearns collided as they chased after a blooper and Johnson fractured his right leg.
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ATHENS, Greece - Thirteen days after undergoing knee surgery, world champion Jana Pittman made a remarkable comeback Saturday morning by winning her preliminary heat of the women&#39;s 400-meter hurdles.
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ATHENS, Greece -- American Allen Johnson, a four-time world champion and a former Olympic gold medalist, made a shocking exit from the second round of the 110-meter hurdles.
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British team management were forced to issue a denial here Tuesday that top medal hope Paula Radcliffe was carrying an injury.
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Organizers are facing their worst scheduling headache for 25 years at Wimbledon after rain once again disrupted play at the championships on Tuesday.
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ATHENS - With a disastrous landing on the vault that sent him stumbling off the mat and nearly into the judges&#39; laps, Paul Hamm thought it was over.
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Xavier Carter, who has the second-fastest 200 meters in history, was carried off the track on a stretcher after injuring his right leg in the event's semifinals Sunday at the U.S. track and field championships.
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A year ago, gymnasts Courtney Kupets and Annia Hatch wondered if injuries would prevent them from ever competing again. Last night in Athens, they not only competed, but they also excelled on the biggest stage of them all.