Mississippi tight end Evan Engram (17) carries as Oklahoma State safety Tre Flowers (31) tries to tackle in the first half of the Sugar Bowl college football game in New Orleans on Friday.

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Pearson beats Breen for 100m title in Games trials

Olympic champion Sally Pearson battled strong headwinds to win a 12th Australian athletics title at the national Commonwealth Games trials in Melbourne on Saturday. Pearson continued to reassert her supremacy over national 100m record holder Melissa Breen, but the 4.1m per second headwind ruled out the prospect of any fast times. Pearson won in 11.70secs, more than half a second outside her personal best, with Breen second in 11.90. “The last time I ran into a four-metre headwind was in...

6 Apr 2014, 12:00 am