Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie wins the Berlin Marathon for the third time creating a new Wrold record

New world record for Gebrselassie

Gebrselassie mixed with amateur runners in Berlin before the race Haile Gebrselassie broke his own world record as he won the Berlin Marathon for the third time in a row. The 35-year-old Ethiopian became the first man to run under two hours, four minutes as he clocked 2:03:59. His time was nearly half a minute quicker than his previous record, set over the same course last year.  more

Dhoni named ODI Player of the Year

Dhoni named ODI Player of the Year

PTI

Thursday, September 11, 2008  00:17 IST

DUBAI: On a night of mixed fortune for Indian cricket, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was named the ODI Player of the Year, Yuvraj Singh won the Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Award but pacer Ishant Sharma failed to win the Emerging Player honour at the annual ICC awards function here.

West Indies' Mr. Dependable Shivnarine Chanderpaul was adjudged Cricketer of the Year after a fine performance in Tests as well limited over cricket while South African fast bowler Dale Steyn earned the Test Cricketer of the Year Award.

India ODI captain Dhoni beat off tough competition from team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, Australian fast bowler Nathan Bracken and Pakistan stalwart Mohammad Yousuf to take the prestigious award.

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