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Martial arts in a wheelchair

Aikido stands out among the 13 forms of SportAccord combat martial arts for its non-violence and non-athletic philosophy....

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Nadal well prepared to give his best

Kim Clijsters confident of defending U.S. Open crown. ...

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Wozniacki claims title

Petrova bounces back to advance at Pilot Pen....

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Ferguson vows to make amends

“That is the key to it when you put out fragile teams with players out of position — when you lose a goal it becomes very difficult. We became fragmented despite starting very well....

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Bayern will be team to beat

“You have to win the Champions League in order to write yourself in the history books. We have done that before,” said Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. ...

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Young Boys stuns Tottenham

The home fans at the Stade de Suisse could hardly believe their eyes when Xavier Hochstrasser smashed in a third in the 28th minute but Tottenham finally responded......

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Federer wins another thriller

The dramatic victory set up a final against fourth-seeded Scot Andy Murray, who put out Spanish World No. 1 Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4....

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Mirza-Niculesku shock champions

Sania Mirza and Monica Niculescu stunned Wimbledon doubles champions Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova to storm into the quarterfinals of the Western ......

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Federer moves up; Devvarman falls

In first-round matches, David Nalbandian, the winner at Washington last week, upset Spanish tenth seed David Ferrer 7-5, 3-6, 6-3....

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Australia triumphs

Australia defeated England 4-0 to win the Champions Trophy hockey tournament on Sunday. ...

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Exercise myths!

The perfectly-sculpted bodies that you see on TV are not made over a day. It needs patience, dietary discipline and a lot of hardwork. ...

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FIFA begins inspection tour

The team will then move on to South Korea, Australia, The Netherlands-Belgium (joint bid), Russia, England, Spain-Portugal, United States and Qatar in that order ......

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Summer of austerity ahead in Spain

Now it is back to reality for Spanish football after the epiphany of their first World Cup triumph....

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The real legacy of World Cup 2010

They gave us their vast and spectacular new stadiums, their best shot at building an integrated transport system from scratch and their kindness and consideration ......

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Spain win World Cup 2010

In claiming the 2010 World Cup, Spain also made an eloquent case for hosting the 2018 competition. ...

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Germany's pace could expose Spain

Like many teams before them at international and club level though, Germany are prospering from having a good crop of players of a similar age, who have the experience of playing together......

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Last four standing

For the first time, the World Cup should see a European team win outside its own continent....

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Nadal reclaims Wimbledon crown in style

Nadal went into the match with a 7-3 head-to-head lead, having won their last six clashes, all in straight sets....

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Germany routs Argentina

Precise, fluid attack and impregnable defence shatter Maradona's dream; Klose scores twice in 100th appearance....

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Argentina 0 - 4 Germany

Müller (3) Klose (68, 89) Friedrich (74). Germany are in the quarter-finals for the eighth World Cup in succession. ...

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Clijsters downs Henin

Kim Clijsters is through to the Wimbledon quarterfinals after coming from behind to win the battle of the Belgians in a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Justine Henin here on Monday. ...

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Germany 4 - 1 England

This is the heaviest defeat England have ever known at a World Cup finals, outdoing a 4-2 loss to Uruguay in 1954....

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Restricting Mesut Ozil’s creativity is England’s key

England will need to squeeze the space between the back line and central midfield to restrict his room to receive the ball and manoeuvre. ...

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Ghana 0 - 1 Germany

Germany on course to top of the group and they have finished first in their group 10 times at the World Cup....

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Nadal makes happy return to Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal looked like he had never been away as he made a welcome return to Wimbledon with a ruthless 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 win over Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori on Tuesday. ...

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Federer still starts as favourite

Last year Federer regained the title, beating Andy Roddick 16-14 in the fifth set of a final that ranked with the sport's greatest matches. ...

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Germany 0 - Serbia 1

Miroslav Klose has 11 goals in World Cup finals and needs just four to equal Ronaldo’s all-time record of 15. ...

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Argentina 4 - South Korea 1

Argentina played some of the best approach work seen at the tournament so far and World Player of the Year Messi, Carlos Tevez and Angel Di Maria were outstanding in attack. ...

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Greece 2 - Nigeria 1

Greece beat 10-men Nigeria 2-1 in Bloemfontein to record their first ever World Cup victory on Thursday in Group B. ...

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S. Africa confident of posting first win

“For most of us it was our first World Cup game,” midfielder Steven Pienaar offered by way of explanation....

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The Netherlands grinds out a win

“It's wonderful to play your 100th game and then to win. But we still have many games ahead of us, hopefully six more,” Van Bronckhorst said....

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Germany 4- Australia 0

Klose, with so much World Cup glory already on his dossier including five goals in openers the last two World Cups......

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Head-to-head of Saturday's matches

Match No. 4. Argentina v Nigeria: The Argentineans are unbeaten in their three encounters with the Super Eagles, having won 2-1 in the group stage of the 1994 World Cup in Boston (USA)......

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Facts about Friday's matches

Match No. 1, South Africa vs. Mexico: The opening match of the 19th FIFA World Cup will be fought between host South Africa and Mexico....

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Federer and Davydenko go through

Top seed Roger Federer too advanced with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Jarkko Nieminen....

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World Cup giant Germany lands in South Africa

“We want to show South Africans from the outset that we are happy to be in their country,” added manager and former national team striker Oliver Bierhoff....

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Nadal reigns in Paris

Rafael Nadal enjoyed one of his finest hours on the clay at Roland Garros to win a fifth French Open title and avenge last year's defeat to Robin Soderling. ...

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The Williamses win the doubles crown

The Williams sisters, champions here in 1999, have now captured six of the last eight Grand Slam doubles titles....

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Stosur scuttles Serena's campaign

Nadal overcomes Almagro; Melzer stuns Djokovic....

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Fortune favours England

“In the second we had more pace and more creativity and gave the Japanese more of a match and stopped them from playing.”...

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Federer cruises; Petrova ousts Venus

Federer was barely troubled by his compatriot, easing to a fifth career win in six clashes in five minutes short of two hours....

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French Open on STAR Sports

STAR Sports will telecast live the French Open tennis championship from May 23 to June 6....

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The first of Italy's four triumphs

“God help them if they lose” were the ‘encouraging' words from Benito Mussolini to Italian players on the eve of the 1934 World Cup....

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At Strasbourg: Strasbourg Open: Maria Sharapova bt Regina Kulikova 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Anastasia Rodionova bt Ayumi Morita 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Vania King bt Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-1; Alize Cornet bt Chan Yung-Jan 6-3, 6-3....

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Memorable triumph for England

England bowling: Sidebottom 4-0-26-2, Bresnan 4-0-35-0, Broad 4-0-27-0, Swann 4-0-17-1, Yardy 3-0-34-0, Wright 1-0-5-1....

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Webber wins Monaco Grand Prix

An ecstatic Webber praised his team after taking the chequered flag. Over the team radio, he said: “Unbelievable. Thank you. You deserve every bit of this. The car is fantastic.”...

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Nadal makes last eight

Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters with a 7-5, 6-4 win over John Isner on Thursday....

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Martinez Sanchez wins Italian Open

The victory was the biggest of the Martinez Sanchez's career and only her third tournament title as she wowed the packed stands at the Foro Italico in a 2hr 20min thriller....

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Serena in semifinals

Quarterfinals: Serena Williams bt Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-4; María José Martínez Sánchez bt Lucie Safarova 7-6(6), 6-4 . Third round: Jelena Jankovic bt Yanina Wickmayer 6-2, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic bt Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6(5) . ...

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Justine Henin wins title

At Stuttgart (Porsche Grand Prix): Final: Justine Henin bt Samantha Stosur 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; Semifinals: Samantha Stosur bt Anna Lapushchenkova 7-5, 6-3....

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David Ferrer in final

Rome: David Ferrer defeated a seemingly exhausted Fernando Verdasco 7-5, 6-3 in an all-Spanish semifinal on Saturday to enter the final of the ATP Rome Masters 1000....

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Djokovic eases into quarterfinals

Djokovic will face Spanish sixth seed Fernando Verdasco next after the latter beat countryman Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets 6-4, 7-6(2)....

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Japan qualifies for World Cup

In the final of the second qualifier here, Japan beat Azerbaijan by a solitary goal scored by Kaori Chiba. Russia finished third. ...

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Robin Soderling in final

The result: Semifinal: Robin Soderling bt Thiemo de Bakker 6-1, 6-4 ....

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Verdasco in final

Fifth-seeded Fernando Verdasco surged into the final of the Barcelona Open with a 6-7(3), 7-5, 6-1 semifinal win over Spanish compatriot David Ferrer on Saturday. ...

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Dazzling Inter Milan stuns Barcelona

We have beaten the best team in the world, says Inter coach Jose Mourinho....

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Nadal to meet Ferrer in semifinals

Nadal improved to 19-4 on clay this season as he hopes for a confidence boost after claiming the last five trophies in the principality....

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Cilic passes the Russian test

“It was my first match on the clay this season and Igor has some matches already,” said Cilic, who took his record in the series to 4-1. “He really pushed me, it was a good opening match.”...

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Zeballos ousts Gonzalez

Zeballos will face fellow Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the semifinals. Chela beat injury-slowed defending champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 6-4, 6-3....

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Barcelona and Inter set up semifinal clash

Barcelona had been stunned by injury-depleted Arsenal in the 19th minute at the Nou Camp when Nicklas Bendtner gave the English Premier League title contender a 3-2 aggregate lead....

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Olivier Rochus takes out Djokovic

Former champion and world No. 2 Novak Djokovic was knocked out of the Sony Ericsson Open on Friday, falling 6-2, 6-7(7), 6-4 to Belgian Olivier Rochus in his opening match....

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Venus Williams gets past Sorana Cirstea

Venus Williams began a bid for her fourth Key Biscayne title — and her first since 2001 — by beating Sorana Cirstea 6-4, 6-3 in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday....

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Ferrari flying start boosts Australian Grand Prix hopes

The Australian race offers an intriguing mix of four world champions and four race winners -- Alonso, Hamilton, Button and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher......

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Ljubicic wins at Indian Wells

“It was really a mind game,” Ljubicic said. “When you have two big serves, not a lot of rallies happening, it's a very mental match. I was fortunate enough to be more relaxed by the end.”...

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Soderling stops Murray

Sixth-seeded Soderling defeated Murray 6-1, 7-6(4), his booming serves and powerful groundstrokes giving the Briton no chance to work his way into the match....

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Fulham and Liverpool post wins

Fulham now enters quarterfinals. Torres scores twice in Liverpool's win....

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Djokovic rallies past Kohlschreiber

Defending champion and third-ranked Rafael Nadal needed just over an hour to put away Mario Ancic of Croatia, 6-2, 6-2....

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Barcelona relies on Messi against Stuttgart

Barcelona earned a 1-1 draw in the first leg three weeks ago. But the European champion has sputtered lately and has had to rely on Messi, who has scored its last six league goals....

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Federer has it tough against Hanescu

Federer, a two-time champion here, lost five points while taking the first three games of the final set and just 13 points in all in the 23-minute set....

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Chile enters quarterfinals

Chile will face the Czech Republic in the next round....

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France, Croatia, and Czech enter last eight

France, Croatia and the Czech Republic have reached the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday....

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Croatia, France 2-0

The 2-0 leads for the Czechs over host Belgium, Serbia over the United States, France against Germany, and Croatia against Ecuador followed the formbook, but Argentina surprisingly tied Sweden 1-1....

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The Netherlands beat NZ 3-1 at hockey

The Netherlands earned five penalty corners in the match while New Zealand got three. The Dutch now topped the Pool A with six points from two wins. ...

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Aerobics help keep brain young

Aerobic activity may help keep the brain young, says a new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. ...

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Barcelona held

Barcelona fell behind after 25 minutes in Stuttgart, where coach Christian Gross has rejuvenated the German side with six wins in eight matches....

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Sharapova wins in Memphis...

“I guess that's a good week. Little by little, I'm getting there,” she said....

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Sharapova advances

At Dubai: WTA Dubai Open: Semifinals: Venus Williams bt Shahar Peer 6-1, 6-4....

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Australia wins again

Earlier, Australia helped itself to a big score after Hopes's heroics down the order took the side past 300. ...

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Vancouver 2010, Winter Olympics

"This is a very sad day," said a visibly shaken Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee....

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Monfils and Youzhny in quarterfinals

Bopanna-Qureshi duo exits in first round; Mauresmo gets a farewell....

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Big win for Aussies

For Australia, Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting performed well at the top. ...

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Madrid seeks to cut Barcelona lead

On Saturday, Madrid hosts 14th-place Espanyol and No. 7 Getafe visits Barcelona. ...

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I don’t feel great: Murray

“I think it was more the way the end of the match finished. It was a pretty emotional end to the match.” ...

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Nadal-Federer virtual clash

Nadal said his own avatar on the Playstation game just didn’t have the winning moves. ...

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Federer rallies to win...

Easy for Serena and Djokovic; Aravane Rezai ends Sania’s singles campaign....

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Jogging boosts brain power

Jogging a couple of days a week can significantly improve memory, say researchers. ...

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Davydenko likes being "not so famous"

Davydenko won the Qatar Open earlier this month at Doha and the London World Tour Finals in November....

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Arsenal’s title bid on track

Earlier, Aston Villa failed to make the most of slip-ups by its Champions League rivals in a goalless draw at home ...

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Kirilenko- Sharapova!

Kim Clijsters sails through; Rafael Nadal begins title defence with a straight-set win. ...

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Stoke holds Liverpool

Liverpool stunned the noisy home crowd into silence in the 58th minute. ...

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Clijsters cruises

U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters began her 2010 season with a comfortable 6-2, 6-1 victory over Italian Tathiana Garbin. ...

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Woods takes indefinite break

“I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person,” Woods said on his website on Friday. ...

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Bayern Munich demolishes Juventus

“Fantastic. Brilliant. You know what he is. His timing of runs is fantastic, I am really pleased for him,” Ferguson told Sky Sports after the match. ...

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Ibrahimovic puts Barcelona on top

Ibrahimovic scored four minutes after coming on as a substitute to lead Barcelona to a 1-0 victory against Real Madrid... ...

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Jovanovski in final

Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia stopped the fine run of 15-year-old wild card Sabina Sharipova in the semifinals of the NECC ITF women’s tennis tournament on Friday. ...

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Federer in last four

World No. 1 Roger Federer breezed into the Swiss Indoors semifinals......

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Serena beats Kuznetsova

Serena Williams overcame Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-6(6), 7-5 in the group stage of the Sony Ericsson WTA championships on Tuesday, improving her chance of ending the year as No. 1. ...

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Cilic puts out Nadal

Croatia’s Marin Cilic dealt Rafael Nadal his heaviest defeat in nearly two years, earning a 6-1, 6-3 victory at the China Open to set up a final with Novak Djokovic....

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Sharapova breezes past Benesova

“It’s really warm here towards all the players. I love coming here, I love the country itself, I love Tokyo, so it’s always a fun trip”....

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2016 Olimpic cities

Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro are all bidding to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games....

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U.S. Open Champion Kim Clijsters

Born in Bilzen, Belgium, Clijsters is the daughter of Belgian international footballer Leo Clijsters....

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Federer to meet Djokovic

“It feels great" , said fourth seed Djokovic....

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Brilliant Brazil books WC finals berth

More pressure piled on Argentina; Spain thrashes Belgium....

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Sharapova wins

Back at U.S. Open, Sharapova wins easily....

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Biggest test for Arsenal

“I think if you play for Arsenal in the Premier League, every game is a hard game....

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Bolt ran home-straight in 9.27s!

Now, the biomechanical breakdown of both races has been released and it makes incredible reading....

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Federer makes a winning return

Roger Federer, playing for the first time since winning Wimbledon, returned to the court with a 7-6(3), 6-4 win over Canada’s Frederic Niemeyer at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday....

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Roddick, Del Potro in Semifinals

Three-time Champion Andy Roddick defeated bullet-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 7-6 on Friday to book a spot in the semifinals of the Washington tennis Classic....

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Querrey triumphs in Los Angeles

Sam Querrey ended a string of final round frustrations by beating Australia’s Carsten Ball 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 to claim the Los Angeles Open title here on Sunday....

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Phelps wins men's 200m butterfly gold

Michael Phelps broke his last World Record of the event with 1:51.51 to win the Gold Medal. ...

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Sharapova ready to return to court

The former No. 1 player in the world has appeared in four tournaments since undergoing surgery in October to repair her right rotator cuff....

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Nadal to compete at Montreal Masters next month

Rafael Nadal has decided to come back for training next Monday and compete at Montreal Masters in August as he recovers from tendinitis in his knees, according to a statement on his website on Tuesday....

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Phelps breaks 100 butterfly world record

Phelps holds world records in the 100 and 200 flys, 200 and 400 individual medleys, and the 200 free....

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Federer wins Wimbledon

Roger Federer beats Andy Roddick 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14 to win men's single title and with it record 15th grand slam title....

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Federer- Roddick

The Swiss star beat Roddick in the 2004 and 2005 finals and leads 18-2 overall....

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Venus gets past the first hurdle

Voegele was a tougher opponent than her ranking — or the scoreline — suggests......

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Nadal, Safina head seeds’ list

Defending champion Rafael Nadal was named Wimbledon top seed on Wednesday ahead of five-time winner Roger Federer....

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Murray ends a 71-year wait

Top seed Andy Murray defeated James Blake 7-5, 6-4 in the Queen’s Club final on Sunday to become the first British winner of the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event for 71 years....

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Federer wins French Open

Roger Federer completed a sweep of all four Grand Slam titles on Sunday after beating Swede Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6(1), 6-4 to lift his first French Open trophy. ...

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Roberto Carlos likely to stay with Fenerbahce

Carlos, who helped Brazil win the 2002 World Cup, said other Brazilian clubs also have shown interest in his services. ...

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Maradona to launch sports cafe in Dubai

Football legend Diego Maradona is planning to launch the world’s first Maradona Sports Cafe in Dubai by next year....

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Federer wins Madrid Masters

World No. 2 Roger Federer of Switzerland won the Madrid Masters 1000 with a victory in straight sets of 6-4 and 6-4 over Spain's Rafael Nadal, the World's Number One. ...

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Nadal in Monte Carlo

World number one Rafael Nadal will square off against Serbia's Novak Djokovic to bid for a record fifth consecutive title at the Monte Carlo Masters. ...

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"Sad that sportspersons are attacked"

“The word tragedy is often used to describe a setback on the sporting field, but this is a real tragedy, for all the people of Pakistan and Sri Lanka, for cricket, and for all decent people,” he said in a statement. ...

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Kupa UEFA

Rikthehet Kupa e Europës në futboll....

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Beckham serish tek Galaxy

David Beckham ka nje kontrate 5 vjecare me Los Angeles Galaxy, me vleren rekord prej 250 milione dollaresh. ...

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Triumfon Nadal

Rafael Nadal, ka triumfuar në finalen e Australian Open, përballë rivalit të tij Roger Federer, pas një drame 5-oreshe. ...

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Maradona ne Venezuele

Legjenda i futbollit argjentinas, Maradona,eshte shfaqur serish perkrah lidereve komuniste boterore. ...

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Buffon, portieri më i mire

Portieri i Juventusit dhe Italisë, Gianluigi Buffon, është zgjedhur si portieri më i mirë në botë në dy dekadat e fundit nga Federata Ndërkombëtare e Historisë së Futbollit dhe Statistikave (IFFHS)....

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Andy Murray defeats Federer

Murray, who won this tournament last year...

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