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Justine Henin and Rafael Nadal each kept on course for their fifth French Open titles on Tuesday, but twice-beaten finalist Dinara Safina crashed out to a player who’ll be 40 in September. Henin was appearing at her first Roland Garros since 2007 following her spell in retirement and beat Bulgaria’s Tsvetana Pironkova 6-4, 6-3,...
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Tiger Woods tried turning up the heat on the field, taking a more aggressive approach on the tees and greens on the front nine holes in Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship. It didn’t translate into lower scoring for Woods, who made two bogeys and was tied with South Korean Yang Yong-Eun as...
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French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has apologized to his opposite number in New Zealand, John Key, over the recent "unacceptable behavior" of France rugby center Mathieu Bastareaud. The 20-year-old Stade Francais player, who is the cousin of Arsenal defender William Gallas, has been hospitalized with psychiatric problems after lying over an alleged assault outside...
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Waiting the extra day for the anticipated pitching duel between Tampa phenom David Price and established ace CC Sabathia only temporarily seemed worth the delay. And while the Yankees have made waiting until the latter stages of games worth their fans’ while for several weeks, Saturday turned out to be the exception in that...
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Rafer Alston blamed his dreadful second half in Game 1 on Stan Van Gundy’s decision to play All-Star point guard Jameer Nelson for the entire second quarter. In fact, Van Gundy admitted Friday that giving Nelson extended minutes for his first game in four months was a mistake, but the Orlando Magic head coach...
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Svetlana Kuznetsova won the French Open when she outplayed Dinara Safina, her fellow Russian and the world No 1, 6-4, 6-2 in the final on Saturday. The seventh-seeded Kuznetsova, the 2004 US Open champion, dictated the points throughout and prevailed after 74 minutes on Centre Court.
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On a balmy, humid afternoon during which two Hawaiians prevailed in major Southern California surfing contests, one of the sport’s biggest fans emerged minus his cardinal and gold but waving imaginary pompoms. Pete Carroll, USC’s football coach, spent Saturday admiring the methodical manner by which Fred Patacchia and Kai Barger diced through their respective...
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