Paris, Oct 12: Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, seen for a long time as the most promising one-day race rider of his generation, delivered at last with a splendid win in the Paris-Tours cycling classic on Sunday. The 26-year-old from Verviers joined a ...

TOURS, France, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Belgium's Philippe Gilbert, seen for a long time as the most promising one-day race rider of his generation, delivered at last with a splendid win in the Paris-Tours cycling classic on Sunday. The 26-year-old from ...

Jason Mercier is on a tear. After winning the title at the EPT San Remo and with the shine still on the trophy from that event, he proceeded to run through another field to win the Poker Stars High Rollers event in London. Not to be outdone, John ...

THE reason that professionalism and the lure of money have come to every big sport is that somewhere along the line amateur players took a stand against exploitation. They wanted to be rewarded for decades of effort and compensated for a job with a ...

I first visited Bellagio when I was carrying out research for my novel, Gardens of Delight. The area is known for its villas - Villa Carlotta, Villa Melzi, Villa Cipressi and the Villa Serbelloni - all of which have fine gardens and wonderfully ...

First Edition Cycling News - Clerc: "UCI is killing ProTour", Mcquaid: Paris-Nice decision on teams, Tour of Georgia uncertain, US Open loses race director, UCI to launch anti-doping programme, Lefevere sues newspaper for €20.5 million, Teams ready ...

Two hundred and three players returned to the Casino Barcelona for the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Barcelona Open, with Sebastian Ruthenberg leading all players entering play with over 100,000 in chips. Ruthenberg saw his stack grow throughout ...

Davidi Kitai 544,500 - Kitai was the first World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner from the nation of Belgium. The 28 year old's career tournament earnings thus far were totaled somewhere around $450,000.Dren Ukella 374,500 - Germany Daniele ...

Sean Yates: Tending a Danish Garden - Sean Yates has had a rough ride in the past few years, attempting to continue a career in the world of cycling after retiring from the peloton in 1996. Tourism minister announces five year continuation for JCTDU ...