of brazil football legend socrates dies

Brazil legend Socrates has died at the age of 57 after suffering an intestinal infection.



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of 22-year-old man collapses and dies after completing half marathon in stanchart race

A 22-year-old runner collapsed and died at the finish line after completing the half-marathon (21km) in the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore.

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Malcolm Sng Wei Ren was a first-year business management undergraduate at the Singapore Management University (SMU) and had completed his run in a decent 1 hour, 53 minutes and 20 seconds.

21-year-old dies after StanChart half-marathon
Man dies after completing half-marathon in StanChart race
Runner collapses at Stanchart Marathon and dies
22-year-old dies after running Standard Chartered marathon

of "cancer has slowed me down, but has not stopped me!" (stanchart marathon photo)

Cancer has slowed me down, but has NOT stopped me!



Spotted pinned to the back of one of the runners at the Singapore Marathon.

See the original bigger photo taken Mak Moon Kuen.

of "resorts world, please let the dolphins go" (stanchart marathon photo)

Resorts World, please let the dolphins go.



Spotted pinned to the back of one of the runners at the Singapore Marathon.

See the original bigger photo taken Mak Moon Kuen.

of the costumes of singapore marathon 2011

Power! [See more photos taken by stitchohana]


Spidey and Batman [See more photos taken by stitchohana]


LKY School Supporting Band [See more photos taken by bernardoh]


Batman and Robin make it to the finish line, without their batmobile


Crab!

of time lapse video of the standard chartered marathon singapore 2011

booboogal has compiled a time-lapse video at the Orchard Road starting point of the Standard Chartered Marathon 2011.


Watch Time lapse - standard chartered marathon 2011

of volunteers given expired food at singapore marathon, but event official says it's ok

We went to volunteer at the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 and got this food pack at 1.30am today, when the sticker on the container clearly stated that the food had expired an hour before that, at 12.30am.

"They distribute expired food with hair in them and expect us to eat them!

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The weather was hot at the Stanchart Marathon.


Innovative sun shade [photo via ST]

of kenyan charles mwai kanyao wins scms 2011

Charles Mwai Kanyao, winner of the Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore 2011 Full Marathon Men's Elite, finished a time of 2 hours 14:32 minutes.



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Irene Kosgei finished a time of 2hr 36min 42sec to emerge the winner in the SCMS Women's Elite category.



Read more (Here's Irene Kosgei, the winner of the Full Marathon Women's Elite)


Mok Ying Ren and Anne Date Qi Hui were winners in the local men's and women's categories.




Read more (Kenyans dominate again at Standard Chartered Marathon)

Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore Facebook
Singapore Marathon

of paulina gretzky closes twitter feed. removes racy twitpics

Paulina Gretzky, the daughter of NHL lengend Wayne Gretzky, has closed her twitter account which contained a lot of provocative photos.



A few of Paulina Gretzky's photos were re-posted at COED Magazines (Paulina Gretzky's 77 Sexiest Twitpics) and TheCHIVE (Paulina Gretzky is using the Twitter machine properly).

Before her Twitter account was removed, Paulina tweeted

Having a nice sit down dinner with my dad about social media..haha #SIKEEE. Taking a break from Twitter for a bit. Happy Holidays!!! xoxo.

See more Paulina Gretzky racy Twitter photos (Paulina Gretzky’s Sexiest Pics - Gallery)

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Wayne Gretzky with his daughter Paulina. (Did The Great One shut down Paulina Gretzky’s tantalizing Twitter?)


Paulina Gretzky Twitter
Paulina Gretzky website


Wayne Gretzky’s daughter Paulina closes racy Twitter account

of caroline wozniacki and dominika cibulkova dances on tennis court before their match

A video of Caroline Wozniacki and Dominika Cibulkova dancing on court before their tennis exhibition in Bratislava was posted on YouTube.


Caroline Wozniacki and Dominika Cibulkova dancing

of welsh football manager gary speed 'commits suicide' at 42

Wales football manager Gary Speed was found dead at his home in Cheshire. He was 42. He leaves his wife Louise and two sons.

It appears Speed hanged himself.



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The Football Association of Wales, in a statement, said

The Football Association of Wales are sad to announce the death of the national team manager Gary Speed. We extend our sympathies and condolences to the family. We ask that everyone respects the family's privacy at this very sad time.

Gary Speed with his wife Louise


Wales football manager Gary Speed dies aged 42

Speed passes away

of tampines rover crowned s.league chapmions

Tampines Rovers were crowned this year's S.League champions after beating Balestier Khalsa at the Tampines Stadium. The Stags finished the season on 78 points. Home United came in second with 77 points.

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of nba lockout - tentative agreement to start season on christmas

The National Basketball Association (NBA) representatives for the league and players held a news conference to announce that the owner-imposed lockout of the players was almost over. A tentative agreement was reached for the 66-game season to start on Christmas day Dec 25.


NBA players' union executive director Billy Hunter (left) and commissioner David Stern (right)

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Terrell Brown Breaks Chair - Watch more funny videos here

Fat offensive lineman vs. tiny plastic chair

Your blooper of College Football Saturday comes courtesy of 6’10″ 377-lb Terrell Brown, who, apparently is not aware of how big he is. Watch as he sits on this small plastic chair…and watch as the chair crumbles beneath him.

of shuttler fu mingtian 1st singapore sea games women's singles champion

Shuttler Fu Mingtian 1st S'pore SEA Games women's singles champion: Shuttler Fu Mingtian beat Indonesia's Firdasari Adrianti in the badminton finals to become Singapore's first SEA Games women's singles champion.


Fu Mingtian of Singapore wins the gold medal in the women's singles final after defeating Firdasari Adryanti of Indonesia on day nine of the 2011 Southeast Asian Games at Istora Stadium [photo via Yahoo! News]

Read more at Straits Times (Shuttler Fu Mingtian 1st S'pore SEA Games women's singles champion).


Fu Mingtian wins S’pore’s first SEA Games women’s badminton gold

of i didn't say the f-word, says tao li

TV camera captured Tao Li uttering the F-word after winning the 100m butterfly event at the SEA games. Tao Li has denied saying she had said "frick" instead. Watch the video below.



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Watch 26th SEA Games Swimming Women's 100 LC Meter Butterfly Finals

Did Tao Li say F@rk or Frick?

of lindsey vonn takes sophomore parker mcdonald to homecoming dance

Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn made one young boy’s dream come true when she said yes after being asked to go to his homecoming dance Thursday.

Parker McDonald is a sophomore at the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy in Colorado. He did not have a date for his school’s homecoming dance Friday, so he decided to ask Vonn, who was visiting the school, to be his date.


"She made my life" - @doughaney

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Lindsey Vonn: Homecoming queen. VSSA student seizes the day and asks Vonn to homecoming dance (a)


Lindsey posted on her Facebook

Yesterday I visited the Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy and while I was eating lunch with all the students a 15 year old boy named Parker asked me if I would be his date for their homecoming dance which is tonight. When Parker asked me he was cute, nervous and very polite so of course I said YES! :) All through school growing up I never got the chance to go to a school dance so I'm excited for tonight! :) xo LV

of feng tianwei takes volkswagen 4th spot

Feng Tianwei takes Volkswagen 4th spot: In the semi-finals of the Volkswagen 2011 Women's World Cup Singapore, Feng Tianwei was defeated by World No 2 Ding Ning from China. Feng takes fourth spot after being defeated by Hong Kong's Tie Yana.

Ding Ning was crowned the champion after beating compatriot Li Xiao Xia in the finals.


Feng Tianwei



Ding Ning



Singapore President Tony Tan Keng Yam attended the match.

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Albirex Niigata Football Club Japan cheerleaders performs at Isetan Shaw Centre Singapore on 21st Oct 2011.


Watch Albirex Niigata FC Japan cheerleaders.