For Marathon runners participating in the second Birmingham half Marathon taking place on the 11th of October, getting to run your personal best and finding a date if you are single is a way to kill two birds with one stone. The Birmingham half Marathon is young, this is only the second run but it is quickly becoming very popular at attracting world class runners, this is due in part to IAAF upgrading it to a world championship run. This also means the event now attracts cream of long distance running with many well know international runners including British own number one lady of long distance running Paula Radcliffe expected to run.

For the single marathon runner hoping to attract a date on the day it is potentially a great way to meet members of the opposite sex, over 10,000 runners are expected to participate and a great deal of them are probably single so why not put on your best running shoes and running gear just in case you find a woman or man that catches your fancy. Quite a few runners have been know to find partners are races.

Here are some tips that could help you get a date with another marathon runner at Birmingham 2009 half marathon.
Wear read or any other colour that stands out.
The man or woman you are targeting should be of roughly the same running ability so that you can chat as you run together
First ensure the man or woman is single by looking for tell tale signs or by asking

So you have been successful and found yourself a date via online sports dating site, congratulation! Now is the time to plan your first date, uppermost in most people’s mind is what to wear. You need to wear something interesting without it being too flamboyant, yet, you do not want to wear a dull drab attire as your date is probably going to see other potential partners, you want to be the one by standing out out of the rest without being too showy.
Range of cloths that is bound to do the trick for you is the Tattoo range from Tattoo Golf Clothing which is available from leading golf equipment store such as Planet Golf UK. You can dress yourself from head to toes in their distinctive clothing which will help ensure you are indeed different from all the other dates you potential date will see. One of the most outstanding wear in their range is the golf polo neck short which is emblazoned with skull and golf clubs, the top is guaranteed to get you noticed from miles away.

They have accessories such as best which are in various colours including black, white and various shades of colours in between. If you are the hat wearing type, there are different kinds of hat to complete you sporty look. You can find any or all of the above items at Planet Golf UK.

Maria Sharapova won her first title since her lengthy injury lay-off at the final of the Pan Pacific Open Tennis in Tokyo. The 22-year-old Russian was leading 5-2 in the first set when Serbian seventh seed Jankovic was forced to withdraw with a recurrence of a shoulder injury. It handed Sharapova, who only returned to action in May, her first tournament win since April 2008.

After the match, a delighted Sharapova said “It was my second final of the year, so I was a bit nervous,” Sharapova said.

“It was very tough because Jelena started off so strong.” It was her fifth career victory over Jankovic in seven meetings.

Both players are former world number ones, but both have had a tough season.

Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will become the first South American country to host the Olympics games after after Jacques Rogge, IOC president announce the winner of the four competing city competing to stage the games in 2016.

Tokyo and Chicago were eliminated at the first round of voting, leaving Madrid and Rio as the final two cities. Rio won a majority of the 95 votes at the meeting in Copenhagen.

Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said after the announcement that “The world has recognised that the time has come for Brazil.”

Rio’s presentation to the International Olympic Committee delivered a passionate appeal for South America to be awarded the Games. President Lula told the delegates: “Rio is ready. Give us this chance and you will not regret it.”

“Rio will deliver an unforgettable Games. You will see for yourselves the passion, the energy and the creativity of the Brazilian people.”

President Lula said 2016 was an opportunity for the IOC to show that the Games belonged to people of all continents.

US President Barak Obama and his wife did support Chicago bid and were there in person to make Chicago’s case to host the games but issues between the US Olympics committee and IOC over TV rights may have contributed to Chicago’s early exit from the contest to stage 2016 Olympics.

Former Newcastle united manager Kevin Keegan was awarded damages of £2 million plus interest for winning a case he brought against his employers for constructive dismissal.
Keegan brought the case against his employer who sacked him because he did not agree with the signing of a footballer by the club. The panel agreed that in signing Uruguayan midfielder Ignacio Gonzalez, against Keegan’s wishes, the club were in breach of a term in his contract.
Keegan left Newcastle United, owned by businessman Mike Ashley, in September 2008. The club was without a manager for sometime after Keegan was sacked. There has been two managers after Keegan the last one being Newcastle legend Alan Sheerer who was in charge of the club last season when it was relegated from premiership. The club is now a championship club, the owner is currently trying to sell the club for 100Million but not buyers has yet emerged.