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Bank of America Chicago Marathon winner is Evans Cheruiyot from Kenya finished in 2 hours, 6 minutes, 25 seconds. Cheruiyot made his marathon debut less than a year ago

Another Kenyan, David Mandago was second in 2:07:37. Cheruiyot, 26, now is 2-for-2 since moving up to the marathon a year ago. He won at Milan last December in 2:09.16

Three Kenyans — Emmanuel Mutai, Mandago and Cheruiyot — had broken clear of the pack as they passed the halfway point of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon in 62:25. Mandago and Cheruiyot dropped Mutai in the 18th mile.

Lidiya Grigoryeva of Russia, 34, the 2007 Boston champion, took command of the women’s race in the 21st mile and went on to win the title in 2:27.17. She led another Russian, Alevtina Biktimova, to the finish

Kimbo Slice TKO’d by fill-in EliteXC fighter Seth Petruzelli in just 14 seconds Saturday night, handing the former street fighter his first mixed martial arts loss.

Petruzelli, 28, had been slated to fight on the undercard against Aaron Rosa at the BankAtlantic Center. But he was bumped up to the heavyweight main event of the EliteXC “CBS Saturday Night Fights” card when the athletic commission sidelined Ken Shamrock. The UFC Hall of Famer needed six stitches over his left eye after an old cut reopened when he was bumping heads warming up earlier in the day.

Petruzelli (11-4), took advantage of his opportunity of a lifetime. Just second in, he scored with a front kick on an incoming Slice (3-1), and followed it up with a lightning-quick right hand that knocked Slice to the mat. Realizing he had the much-bigger Slice in trouble, Petruzelli pounced, firing off a dozen unanswered shots before referee Troy Waugh stopped the bout at the 14-second mark.

Petruzelli’s previous biggest MMA claim to fame was his appearance on Season 2 of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. Now, however, he has much more to brag about - a win over one of the most recognized MMA fighters in the world, although one whose skill isn’t equal to his fame.

Wallace Spearmon who won 200m bronze at the worlds in Osaka last year and silver in Helsinki in 2005 was disqualified 200m Olympic sprint

American Wallace Spearmon finished third but was disqualified for stepping out of his lane, so fourth-place finisher Shawn Crawford of the United States received the bronze medal.

Usain Bolt’s 200m world record triumph was the greatest race ever, and bit Michael Johnson word record and its the first Olympic sprint double in 24 years

Bolt, who previously set a new world record of 9.69 seconds in the 100 meters, is the first athlete to win both the 100 and the 200 since Carl Lewis in 1984. Bolt is only 21 years old, and track experts are nearly unanimous in saying that a good coach could improve his technique. There’s every reason to believe that he will be a dominant sprinter for years to come. He has the talent to become the greatest ever.

American Michael Johnson set the previous 200-meter world record of 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, a record that felt at the time like it was unbreakable. But no one knew at the time about a 9-year-old Jamaican named Usain Bolt.

Boston Red Sox great Carl Yastrzemski was hospitalized for tests Tuesday after experiencing what his spokesman called chest pains. The spokesman, Dick Gordon, said the Hall of Famer is undergoing evaluation and testing at Massachusetts General Hospital. When asked whether it was serious, mr Gordon said: “Any time you are in the hospital, it’s got to be pretty serious.”

Yastrzemski, who will turn 69 years old on Friday, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1989 after a 23-year career with the BoSox. He first joined the team in 1961 and retired after the 1983 season.

“Yaz” was an 18-time All-Star and won AL MVP honors in 1967 when he became the last player to win batting’s Triple Crown. He led the league that year with a .326 batting average and 121 runs batted in, while tying Minnesota’s Harmon Killebrew for the AL lead with 44 homers.