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Serena claims fourth straight title with romp
Justine Henin in the final. That was also the year she won her only title at Roland Garros. Last year in Paris, Williams lost in the opening round of a major for the first time, falling to ...
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Law Minister Kapil Sibal speaks to Sports Minister Jitendra Singh proposes anti-fixing law
New Delhi : In the wake of controversy over spot-fixing in IPL matches, the Sports Ministry has started holding consultations with the Law Ministry to draft a new law to deal with betting in sports."Yes, I talked to (Sports Minister) Jitendra Singh.We will soon draft a new law to deal with the malice of betting," Law Minister Kapil Sibal told PTI in New Delhi today.He said the ...
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Surplus of voter love for Hockey
AUSTRALIANS have declared Wayne Swan a dud treasurer with almost twice as many people trusting his Coalition counterpart Joe Hockey to deliver a budget ...
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Singer mangles national anthem at hockey game
Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Zachary Fucale turns away a shot with the help of defenseman Austyn Hardie as Portland Winterhawks center Brendan Leipsic presses sduring the first period of a junior hockey Memorial Cup game Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Liam ...
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Government mulling a new law to deal with betting in sports
Yes, I talked to (Sports Minister) Jitendra Singh.We will soon draft a new law to deal with the malice of betting," Law Minister Kapil Sibal ...
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Pedrosa on Top With French GP Win
(Reuters) - Spain's Dani Pedrosa claimed top spot in the world championship MotoGP standings when he won his maiden French Grand Prix on a wet Le Mans course on Sunday. The Honda rider took the lead midway through the race to beat Britain's Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) and Spanish rookie Marc Marquez (Honda), who were second and third respectively. Pedrosa has 83 points after the fourth ...
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Sports Roman Abramovich to pay over £30m for Wayne Rooney
Chelsea claim Roman Abramovich would be prepared to splash out over 30million for Rooney and match his 250,000-a-week United salary. It is believed Abramovich is determined not to be outbid by Paris Saint-Germain for Rooney and will blow any interest from Arsenal out of the ...
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Sports CHELSEA are set to sell Fernando Torres
And that is why Chelsea hope today's match against Everton will be his final one. Overall, Torres has 34 goals in 130 appearances since signing from Liverpool in January 2011. That equals more than 2m a goal when you add his 22m pay to the 50m transfer fee. Incoming boss Jose Mourinho wants a new-look attack and hopes to splash 70m on Napoli star Edinson Cavani and Bayer Leverkusen's ...
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Graeme McDowell will face Thongchai Jaidee in World Match-Play Championship final
KAVARNA, Bulgaria - Former U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell will play Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee in the final of the World Match-Play Championship in Bulgaria. Northern Ireland's McDowell, who was runner-up in the event last year, defeated South African Branden Grace 3 and 2 in a semifinal Sunday on the Thracian Cliffs course. Jaidee was never behind in his match against South ...
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Pedrosa back on top with French GP win
Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa (C) of Spain celebrates on podium celebrates on the podium between Yamaha Tech 3's Cal Crutchlow of Britain and Honda's Marc Marquez (R) of Spain after winning the French Grand Prix in Le Mans circuit, central France May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Benoit ...
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Broad Bowls England to Emphatic Victory
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Jaidee gains early advantage in duel with G-Mac
Phil Casey - 19 May 2013 THONGCHAI JAIDEE quickly claimed the upper hand over Graeme McDowell when the final of the Volvo World Match Play Championship final got under way in Bulgaria ...
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New Zealand call up Vettori
The veteran Daniel Vettori has reportedly been called up to New Zealand's squad for the second Test against England at Headingley next week.Vettori, who has not played international cricket since September 2012 due to an Achilles tendon injury, will act as cover for fellow slow bowler Bruce Martin, who tore a calf muscle during the first Test at Lord's.More to ...
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Broad five-for all but kills Kiwis
Any hopes New Zealand had of reaching a reasonably modest 239-run target were promptly resigned to tatters by seamer Stuart Broad's career-best seven-wicket haul, which afforded England a 170-run triumph on day four of the first Test at Lord's on Sunday.Broad, amid the visitors' collapse to 68 all out, put Tim Southee's 10-wicket match haul for the Kiwis entirely in the ...
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Singer performs Star-Mangled Banner at hockey game in Canada
Halifax Mooseheads goaltender Zachary Fucale turns away a shot with the help of defenseman Austyn Hardie as Portland Winterhawks center Brendan Leipsic presses sduring the first period of a junior hockey Memorial Cup game Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Liam ...
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Kiss set for role under Schmidt
Les Kiss has confirmed that he will be a permanent member of Joe Schmidt's Ireland coaching team upon completion of the summer tour to the United States and Canada.Kiss had been appointed acting head coach for next month's Tests in Houston and Toronto, but until today's squad announcement his future beyond that was in question.However, the Australian will take charge of ...
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Hundreds of students athletes get free sports physicals
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - Local physicians helped hundreds of South Mississippi high school students wanting to throw, kick or dribble a ball get the medical all clear to play. Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists and Encore Rehabilitation gave free sports physicals to 1,400 students on Saturday for the 2014 - 2015 school year. The students attend 14 high schools in Harrison and Jackson counties. ...
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Sports Ferdinand to sign new Man Utd deal
The deal - approved by incoming manager David Moyes - ends any doubts over the future of the 34-year-old, who would have been out of contract next ...
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Warner in trouble after Twitter rant
Batsman David Warner has been reported by Cricket Australia for a breach of its code of behaviour, after engaging in an argument with a journalist on Twitter.Warner, named in Australia's Champions Trophy squad for next month's tournament in England, is currently playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League.But after getting involved in a heated discussion about his ...
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Bangalore keep semi-final hopes alive
The Royals Challengers Bangalore remained in the hunt for a semi-final berth on the back of a 24-run triumph over the Chennai Super Kings in Saturday's rain-affected Indian Premier League fixture in Chepauk.Needing at least two points from the game to have any chance of securing a top four slot, the hosts' hopes looked set to be wiped out by the weather.However, to the relief of the ...
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Garrett Reynolds remains undefeated in BMX Street
BARCELONA, Spain -- The undisputed king of X Games BMX Street held on to his crown Sunday in Barcelona as Garrett Reynolds fended off Bruno Hoffmann and Stevie Churchill to claim his sixth consecutive gold medal. Reynolds has dominated the event since its debut in 2008. "I was just trying to concentrate and just remember what I wanted to do because it's real easy to get lost out ...
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Ireland squad for USA Canada tour
Rory Best has been named as Ireland captain for his country's tour to the United States and Canada after failing to make the British and Irish Lions squad.Best was expected to be in action for the Lions in Australia later this year, but he was left out by head coach Warren Gatland in favour of England's Dylan Hartley.Instead, the Ulster hooker leads a 28-man Ireland squad containing ...
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Broad puts England in sight of Test win
Stuart Broad bowled England into a winning position with five quick-fire wickets, as New Zealand suffered a dramatic top-order collapse in the first Test at Lord's on Sunday.At lunch, New Zealand had slumped to six for 29 in their second innings - still needing a further 210 runs to reach the victory target of 239.Broad took the first four wickets after frustrating New Zealand with 26 not ...
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Best to lead Ireland on tour
Ireland's tour in 2009, leads a squad containing six uncapped players in scrum-half Kieran Marmion, centre Stuart Olding, scrum-half Paul Marshall, full-back Robbie Henshaw, prop Jamie Hagan, openside Tommy O'Donnell and hooker Mike Sherry."We have selected a squad who have the right mix of youth and experience and I'm really looking forward to working with them over the next ...
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Super Bowl vote 49ers Bay Area prepare for NFLs decision Tuesday
On Tuesday, 32 of the country's richest and most powerful people will file into a 15th-floor executive boardroom overlooking Boston Harbor. They'll lock the door behind them and take their seats in high-backed leather chairs around a large mahogany table for exactly one hour and 15 minutes.At 10:30 a.m. PDT, the NFL team owners each will write just two words -- "San ...
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