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Mark English has had to withdraw from the World Indoor Championships in the US this weekend because of an unlucky training accident. The 22-year-old Sky Academy Sports Scholar and 800m runner has been in sizzling form during the winter with impressive performances in Germany, Sweden, Ireland and Glasgow.They were enough to earn him a late spot running for Ireland at the high-profile three-day championships at Portland in Oregon, starting Thursday, but the Letterkenny star has reluctantly opted to rest after the incident.English said: Ive had to pull out. I ran over a pothole in training and hurt my left foot. My coach and I feel that it is too much of a risk at this stage to try racing and do any more damage to it.I feel like that it is best to pull out of Oregon and focus on recovering for Rio.It is tough luck on English who has produced a fine run of results on the pre-season European circuit following his three-break winter training trip in South Africa.He set an Irish record (1 minute 1.93 seconds in the 500m in Stockholm), was second behind Polands European outdoor champion Adam Kszczot in the 800m at the Glasgow Indoor Grand Prix and picked up a fourth 800m Irish indoor title. English has already secured the Olympic qualifying time for the 800m and will now rest for the start of the outdoor season with Rio less than five months away.WHATS COMING UP FOR OUR SCHOLARS...MARCH 19: Sam Oldham, English Championships, LoughboroughMar 28 - April 3: Jessica Judd, pre-season training in USAApril 9/10: Sam Oldham, British Championships, Liverpool Also See: English bows out in style About the Scholarship Meet the athletes Blogs Videos Galleries Authentic Jerseys NFL China . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. Cheap Jerseys Online . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. http://www.nfljerseyschinafreeshipping.com/ . 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Rizzo said Friday that hes not going to change the way he does his job after the Washington Nationals handed him a new contract a day earlier and promoted him to President of Baseball Operations. "Im going to attack the way I always have with hard work and good decisions and hire good people and let them do their jobs so I can do my job better," he said. Rizzo understands he can go no higher within the teams front office. "Being the president of baseball operations means the buck stops with me," he said before his team played the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night. "Theres nobody above me. Theres nobody to look to above me. Theyre my decisions. Im going to run the baseball operations department in entirety." He signed what the club called a long-term contract. "Im honoured that the Lerners entrusted me with the goal of making this a championship calibre franchise," he said. "It was very humbling and gratifying to become the president of the team and to get the extension. Its a statement that theres continuity and consistency in the orgaanization.dddddddddddd" A year after winning the NL East and leading the majors with 98 wins, Washington came into the game with a 52-56 record and 11 games behind the division-leading Atlanta Braves. Rizzo said that the amicable negotiations for his new deal started a couple of months back and had no timetable. They just happened to get very close this week. "We were getting close the last couple of days and so the last day it came to fruition," he said. Rizzo was the first administrator hired after the Lerner family took control of the Nationals in July 2006. He has slowly worked his way up ever since. He was hired as the assistant general manager and vice-president of baseball operations on July 24, 2006. Then came a promotion to general manager and senior vice-president on Aug. 20, 2010. He said that if he sees an opportunity to better the club, hes going to take it no matter what the date is. "The trade deadline is never over in my mind," he said. "Weve made some good deals after July 31st. Theres always ways to improve your roster. Were always looking to improve our roster for 2013 and beyond. Were certainly not going to be in a rent-a-player mode." ' ' '