Djokovic and Nadal in number two showdown in Hamburg semis - Summary
Hamburg - Rafael Nadal meets Novak Djokovic on Saturday in the Hamburg Masters semi-finals with the winner earning the number two ranking in men's tennis. Nadal kept second place at least overnight when he beat his 11th-seeded mentor Carlos Moya 6-1,...
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US team must go ahead without late arrival Roddick
Dusseldorf, Germany - Andy Roddick is due to arrive only next Tuesday to join the US team at the World Team Championships after being treated in New York for a back problem. Tournament officials confirmed on Friday that the eight-nation show will go ...
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Eriksson hails UEFA Cup place as dream
London - Manchester City manager Sven-Goran Eriksson described his team's qualification for the UEFA Cup as a dream after they were confirmed as England's entrants through the Fair Play league Friday. England were granted an extra place in the comp...
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Bosisio wins Giro seventh stage
Pescocostanza, Italy - Italy's Gabriele Bosisio of the LPR-Brakes team won the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia as the Tour arrived at its first summit finish. Bosisio broke away from a 38-strong leading group to end the challenging 180-kilometre s...
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Williams quits to vault Cornet into semi-finals - Update
Rome - French ingenue Alize Cornet vaulted into her fourth career clay-court semi-final as Serena Williams withdrew prior to their Friday match at the WTA Rome Masters with a sore back. The American's camp said she hit only a few shots in warm-up on ...
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Surprised and shocked - Hildebrand can't understand Germany axe
Hamburg- Goalkeeper Timo Hildebrand said Friday he was shocked to be dropped from the Germany squad for next month's European Championships. Hildebrand said the news had come out of the blue after a season in which he had established himself at S...
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Bayern's Lahm set to extend contract
Munich - Bayern Munich defender Philipp Lahm will extend his contract at the club until 2012 after talks with incoming coach Juergen Klinsmann, it was reported Friday. There have been very good talks with the board but also with new coach Juergen Kl...
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Pistorius wins appeal to compete for place at Olympics - Summary
Lausanne, Switzerland - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius Friday won an appeal to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the South African was eligible to race against able-bodied athlet...
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Chakvetadze struggles through for sloppy Rome win
Rome - Anna Chakvetadze booked the first of the semi-final spots at the WTA Rome Masters on Friday with an unappetising 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, win over Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova. I don't know what happened, I felt like I was playing against myself, said...
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Pistorius wins appeal to compete for place at Olympics
Lausanne, Switzerland - Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius Friday won an appeal to compete for a place in the Beijing Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that the South African was eligible to race against able-bodied athlet...
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