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...television set and a cash prize as a show of support after Doha. Soundarajan took that money - a little more than $30,000 - and in 2007 started a sports academy in Pudukkottai. About 68 students now train there, including two who she says won medals at the Chennai marathon. "I like to train children who have not much money but lots of talent," she says. "I am living my dream through them...
...bullet to his heart on July 1 - was a champion like few others before him or after. Even on the rare occasion that he lost (he won 82 of his 90 career bouts), he gave an epic account of himself - two of his three world titles were won in marathon slugfests, and his 14-round battle against Aaron Pryor in 1982 is still remembered as one of the greatest fights in the history of boxing. It was Arguello's battles outside the ring that proved to be his downfall...
VENICE, Italy — Venice presents a visual marathon, hinting at a city that can never hold enough examples of different methods of presentation, decoration, or commemoration. From the Renaissance paintings by Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese to the Gothic architecture of the basilicas, from the gaudy Venetian masks that are marketed to tourists to the simple red geranium flowers that bedeck the palazzos of the Grand Canal, one’s eyes are eternally entertained...
...Jackson's emaciated figure, wan complexion and erratic behavior during the announcement - he repeatedly told the audience members he loved them, before pumping his fists, striking a catwalk pose and disappearing behind a curtain - led to speculation that his health would prevent him from completing the marathon residency. More recently, British tabloids suggested the singer had skin cancer. (Watch TIME's video "Appreciating Michael Jackson, the Musician...
...movies a day. It's part of the push to keep people at home and off the streets, to keep us busy, to get us out of the regime's hair. The message is "Don't worry, be happy." Channel Two is putting on a Lord of the Rings marathon as part of the government's efforts to restore peace...