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Manning activated for 'limited' practices

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Quarterback Peyton Manning was activated off the physically-unable-to-perform list Monday and can practice on a "limited basis," the Indianapolis Colts said.

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Manning, 35, has been recovering from disk-related neck surgery, which was performed May 23. He hasn't appeared in any pre-season games and it was unclear if he would be ready for the regular-season opener Sept. 11 at Houston.

The Colts recently signed retired quarterback Kerry Collins in case Manning, who hasn't missed a game in 13 NFL seasons, isn't available. Manning has said he expects to play in the opener.

"He will participate in practice on a limited basis," the Colts said in a statement. "All of his practice work will be scripted and on a controlled basis. The participation in limited football activity is a standard procedure in the club's rehab protocol."

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Manning has passed for 54,828 yards and 399 touchdowns in 208 consecutive NFL starts. He guided Indianapolis to a win in Super Bowl XLI. He's been selected for the Pro Bowl 11 times.

He had surgery in March 2010 for a pinched nerve in his neck but didn't miss training camp. However, he was unable to meet with team medical personnel after this spring's procedure because of the NFL lockout.


Richardson wins after Robles disqualified

DAEGU, South Korea, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. runner Jason Richardson won the 110-meter hurdles Monday at the 2011 IAAF World Championships after Olympic champion Dayron Robles was disqualified.

Robles, the 2008 Olympics gold medalist in the event, was disqualified after finishing first in the race. Liu Xiang said he was pulled by Robles late in the race and officials agreed, eliminating Robles.

Richardson was moved up to first after he finished in 13.16 seconds. Liu was second at 13.27 and Great Britain's Andrew Turner, who finished in 13.44, was given the bronze.

U.S. sprinter Carmelita Jeter won the women's 100-meter dash in 10.90 seconds, with Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown second in 10.97 and Kelly-Anne Baptiste of Trinidad and Tobago third in 10.98.

Amantle Montsho won Botswana's first gold medal, taking the 400 meters in 49.56. American Allyson Felix won the silver in 49.59, with the bronze going to Anastasiya Kapachinskaya, who was timed in 50.24.

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Valeria Adams of New Zealand won the women's shot put with a throw of 21.24 meters. The silver medal went to Bulgaria's Nadzeya Ostapchuk (20.05) and Jillian Camarena-Williams was third at 20.02.

Japan's Koji Murofushi was first in the men's hammer throw, with a distance of 81.24 meters, just better than the 81.18 of Hungary's Krisztian Pars, with Slovenia's Primoz Kozmus third at 79.39.

Pawel Wojciechowski of Poland took the men's pole vault gold, clearing 5.90. Cuba's Lazaro Borges, who also made 5.90, won the silver medal and French vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, who went out at 5.85, was third.

IAAF -- the International Association of Athletics Federations -- is the international organization overseeing track and field.


Hjorth among those named to Solheim team

DUNSANY, Ireland, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Maria Hjorth was among four Top 40 golfers added Monday to the European Solheim Cup team.

European captain Alison Nicholas added Hjorth, Anna Nordqvist, Catriona Matthew and Sophie Gustafson to her 12-player team. They made the team as the four highest-ranked European players in the world women's golf rankings. Hjorth is 19th and Gustafson, the lowest ranked of the four, is 37th.

All are veterans of the biennial Solheim Cup, which sets a team of European players against a U.S. team.

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Gustafson is making her eighth consecutive Solheim Cup appearance. Matthew has played in five and Hjorth four. It is the second Solheim appearance for Nordqvist.

Nicholas also placed Sandra Gal, Caroline Hedwall, Azahara Munoz and Karen Stupples on the team as her captain's picks. All are Solheim Cup rookies, except Stupples who played in the 2005 event.

Christel Boeljon, Laura Davies, Suzann Pettersen and Melissa Reid qualified for the team via the European Solheim Cup points list.

The U.S. team was announced last week and includes Paula Creamer, Vicky Hurst, Juli Inkster, Christie Kerr, Christina Kim, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lang, Brittany Lincicome, Ryan O'Toole, Morgan Pressel, Angela Stanford and Michelle Wie.

The Solheim Cup will take place Sept. 23-25 at Killeen Castle Golf Resort in Dunsany, Ireland. The United States has won the last three Solheim Cups and owns an 8-3 advantage over the series.


IAAF to review 'false-start' rule

DAEGU, South Korea, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The IAAF said it would review its false-start rule because of the controversy over Usain Bolt 's disqualification at the world championships in South Korea.

Bolt, the world and Olympic record-holder in the 100-meter dash, was disqualified Sunday under the International Association of Athletics Federations' "one-strike" false-start rule introduced in 2010, Britain's Guardian reported.

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The competition in Daegu was the first major global competition at which the "one-strike" rule was in effect.

After Bolt's disqualification, the IAAF said: "While the IAAF is, of course, disappointed that Usain Bolt false-started in the final of the 100m, it is important to remember that a sport's credibility depends on its rules, and they must also be applied consistently and fairly for ALL athletes."

But an IAAF spokesman said the rule would be discussed in light of the controversy.

"The council has the power to change rules and meets two or three times a year, the next being here on Sunday," Nick Davies, IAAF director of communications, said. "There's no doubt it [the false start rule] will be on the table."

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