Sports Summary
Kenya's Masai takes women's world short course cross-country title
Edith Masai
AVENCHES, Switzerland (AFP) Kenya's Edith Masai successfully defended her women's short course title at the World Cross Country championships on Sunday, beating newly-crowned long course world champion Werknesh Kidane of Ethiopia.
Masai, the 2002 short course champion, completed
the four-kilometre race in 12 min 43 sec, surging ahead of her
Ethiopian rival in the final 100 metres.
Kenya's Jane Gakunyi was third.
Kenya won the team title with three runners in the top four, with Ethiopia second ahead of Morocco.
Rahman and Tua fight to a draw
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AFP) American
Hasim Rahman and New Zealand's David Tua fought to a 12round
draw here on Saturday
29 March in a heavyweight elimination bout.
The winner of the fight was expected to
have a shot at International Boxing Federation heavyweight champ
Chris Byrd of the United States.
Rahman dominated the early rounds. But the American, who weighed
in at 259 pounds, appeared to tire and let Tua back in.
The three judges scored it 116112 for
Rahman, 116112 for Tua, and 114114. The draw was the
first for each fighter. Tua remained at 42 victories 37
inside the distance and three defeats, while Rahman holds
a record of 35 victories
29 inside the distance and four defeats.