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No Target: Rooney wants to continue goal-scoring season

Wayne Rooney is refusing to set himself a goals target for the season despite crashing through the 30 barrier at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Rooney continued his incredible recent run of form for Manchester United by grabbing a double in the stunning 4-0 Champions League demolition of AC Milan. It meant the 24-year-old scored four of United’s seven goals on aggregate and left him just 12 away from the number Cristiano Ronaldo scored in the double-winning season two years ago. With nine Premier League games remaining, plus up to five more in the Champions League, the odds on Rooney eclipsing Ronaldo’s feat ...

Bolt, Williams are world athletes of the year

[caption id="attachment_1552" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt poses with the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award in Kingston, Jamaica"][/caption] Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won his second Laureus Sportsman of the Year award, and American tennis player Serena Williams won the woman's prize. Bolt, who in 2009 at the World Championships, ran 9.58 and 19.19 to lower the marks of 9.69 and 19.30, was an easy winner. The Jamaican beat off completion from the likes of World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi, reigning MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi and world No. 1 tennis player Roger Federer, himself a four-time ...

Bolt tastes first defeat in 2 years

KINGSTON: World and Olympic triple gold medallist, Usain Bolt, produced a scintillating run, but his team Racers Lions was beaten by University of Technology (UTech) in the men’s 4×400m at Saturday’s Gibson Relays. Bolt, on anchor, got the baton some 15-20 metres behind, but despite making up a lot of ground on the leaders, some of whom he passed, his 43.58 run was not enough as UTech held on for the victory in 3:05.33. Bolt took his team crossed the line in 3:05.77 ahead of Jermaine Gonzales-led Racers Track Club (3:06.55). Earlier, after anchoring his team to 38.08 in the 4×100m, Bolt, ...