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The Indian Cricket Team won the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup hosted by India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. The final was played between the two hosts India and Sri Lanka on April 2, 2011. Batting first Sri Lanka made 274 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in their alloted 50 overs, which India beat with 277 losing only 4 wickets and Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hitting a huge six for the winning runs,

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After three successive years of blonde bikini-clad girls on the cover of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, it's the year of the brunette with Russian model, and soccer star Christiano Ronaldo's girlfriend, Irina Shayk to grace the cover. The 2011 edition cover girl photo features Irina Shayk on her knees in the warm sands of Hawaii, wearing a tight pink-and-yellow halter bikini.The

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The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XLV beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25. The Packers' Linebacker Clay Matthews (below photo) made the crucial play in the fourth, when he knocked the ball loose from Rashard Mendenhall for a fumble that was recovered by linebacker Desmond Bishop. Green Bay converted that turnover into a key touchdown and won Super Bowl XLV. "I had a good feeling that play

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Ana Ivanovic ends the year 2010 on a high note, winning the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in Bali. Ivanovic beat Russian Alisa Kleybanova 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in the final. With this win Ana soars high in the rankings, breaking into the top 20 for the end of year WTA Tour. "It's great to win another title, I'm thrilled and it's a big step for me. It's a good way to go into next season,"

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Ana Ivanovic has gone a year without winning a major championship but early this month the Serbian tennis-pro-cum-beauty has beaten big names like Victoria Azarenka, Elena Dementieva, and Nadia Petrova. Ivanovic acknowledges that she's faced her worst fear in experiencing her playing slump and is ready to begin the climb back up the rankings. Her beauty continues to draw as much international

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To get right into spring cycling season, the first priority is finding a great bike for both sport and transportation. In the US, May is national bike month, a time when we are supposed to get more familiar with our bicycles. Kansas City has nine tips on getting your bike, and you body, ready for cycling season. The start of the season is a good time to replace tires, cyclists should clean and

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53-year old Martina Navratilova, tennis ace and winner of a record nine Wimbledon singles titles, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. A mammogram revealed that she had cancerous cells in her left breast. "The biggest shock was the loss of control. I'm an athlete, and I've taken great care of my body over the years, I've kept myself in good shape, but this made me realise that you don't have

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The 2010 Winter Olympic Games were contested in surreal weather, the warmest winter in over a century forcing organizers to truck in snow and making shorts and T-shirts a common downtown sight. They were the first Games in which scalpers sold curling tickets, and the first in which Lindsey Vonn became the most photographed female in sports, even before she won a gold and bronze on the slopes of

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Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso, who have been friends and each others competition since they were teenage girls, did America proud at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Lindsey Vonn raised the American flag in triumph after winning the gold medal in the women’s downhill race in Vancouver yesterday; Julia Mancuso was a surprise second and took the silver for America. Elisabeth Goergl of

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Lindsey Vonn is part of the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models lineup, along with other Olympic athletes, Hannah Teter, Lindsey Vonn, Clair Bidez, and Lacy Schnoor. Under the "Olympic Athletes" cover headline it reads: "Lindsey Vonn melts mountains." Gee, I always thought it was snow and ice that melted, not mountains. The cover girl for this edition is Brooklyn Decker. Lindsey Vonn was

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Lindsey Vonn clinched her fifth downhill win, and her 30th World Cup victory, at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on Saturday. The 30 wins tie Lindsey with Croatia's Janica Kostelic for eighth place on the all-time career list. "It's crazy! When she was dominating the World Cup, I thought she was unbeatable," Vonn said, referring to Kostelic. "She was so good -- too good -- and I don't really see myself

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1. Serena Williams2. Dinara Safina3. Svetlana Kuznetsova4. Caroline Wozniacki5. Elena Dementieva6. Venus Williams7. Victoria Azarenka8. Jelena Jankovic9. Vera Zvonareva10 Agnieszka Radwanska11. Marion Bartoli12. Flavia Pennetta13. Sam Stosur14 Maria Sharapova:15. Kim Clijsters16. Na Li.....and way down after these top 16 seeds is.....20. Ana Ivanovic: Will the Australian Open be her comeback

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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, and American track and field sprinter Sanya Richards, hold their "Athlete of the Year Awards", awarded by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), in Monaco, Sunday, November 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau). Both athletes are two time winners, Usain Bolt won last year, while Sanya won back in 2006. And both athletes sharer origins;

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Michelle Wie wins her first LPGA title in Mexico. She thrust her arms in the air, covered her mouth and before long, she finally tasted that LPGA tradition for first-time winners by getting showered with beer. "For sure, it's definitely off my back," said Wie, now 20 and in her third year at Stanford. "I think that hopefully, life will be a lot better. But I still have a lot of work to do. I

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Manny Pacquiao, the amazing Filipino boxer, now has seven world titles in seven different weight categories! Manny Pacquiao began his career as a light-flyweight and has moved up from super-featherweight to welterweight. Pacquiao won the WBO welterweight title after beating Puerto Rican fighter Miguel Cotto, in the twelfth round at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on November 14, 2009. "I

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Disgraced former Renault team head Flavio Briatore is seeking one million euros in compensation from Formula One's governing body over the crash-gate scandal, according to a report. Briatore is appealing his life ban from the sport in a Paris court later this month, and will claim the FIA's World Motor Sport Council did not follow proper rules and procedures in making its decision.The move

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Portugal reached the final of Euro 2004, the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup, and the quarter-finals at Euro 2008, but they have struggled in qualification for next year's World Cup and face a play-off against Bosnia and Herzegovina in November to secure their place. Star player Cristiano Ronald told Bild, "It is a dream. The greatest feeling is for a player to be world champion. Portugal has a

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Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva received the prestigious Prince of Asturias Awards for her achievements in sports during the last year. In addition to a diploma Yelena Isinbayeva received a check for 50,000 Euros, and a sculpture by Spanish sculptor Joan Miró. Isinbayeva was selected for the award over Spanish athletes Rafael Nadal, last year's winner, and NBA champion Pau Gasol.Meanwhile

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Women's tennis rankings have changed after third-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur captured her first WTA singles title, at Osaka, defeating fourth-seeded Francesca Schiavone on Sunday in the finals of the HP Japan Women's Open. Stosur took the 7-5, 6-1 win over the Italian Schiavone, and captured her first singles title, and prize money of $37,000. Stosur is a mainstay on the doubles circuit,

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The 2009 Fencing World Championships were held in Antalya, Turkey this month. In the women's epee final Lubov Shutova of Russia won the gold beating Canada's Sherraine Schalm. "I was completely worn out entering overtime," Schalm said. "I was hoping I could capitalize on a mistake but I should have been more daring and provoked her. I gave everything I had." Anfisa Pochkalova of Ukraine and Sonja

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Cute female golfer, Michelle Wie, gave an interview while playing in a Navistar LPGA tournament. “I'm very excited,” Wie said. “I had a good two weeks off and a good week of school last week. I'm excited to play again. I felt like I practiced a lot last week and it will be fun to put that into action.”This is also Wie’s first time in Alabama and commented during an interview today about how she

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American athlete Tyson Gay was sprinting to a record second fastest 100m win of 9.69 seconds, at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Sunday. Another American, Carmelita Jeter won the women's 100m race in 10.64 seconds. Chinese fans at Shanghai Stadium applauded Liu Xiang for coming second in a photo finish in his first 110m hurdles race, since a foot injury forced him to pull out of the Beijing

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The most expensive soccer player in the world, Critiano Ronaldo helped his new club Real Madrid beat FC Zurich 5-2, by his converted scores off two free kicks. The Portuguese winger, who joined from Manchester United for £80 million ($133 million) as part of the Spanish team's 250-million-euro ($366 million) summer spending spree, has averaged more than a goal a game for his new team. "I never

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What a story in women's tennis at the US Open this year! Kim Clijster's comeback after more than two years in retirement, a tough match with Serena Williams in the semi-finals, Serena foot-faulted and her angry tirade, Clijster's victory and advance into the finals. Kim had been left in stunned silence after her semi-final win, celebrated her victory in the finals after she beat No. 9 seed

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Canadian boxer Steve Molitor defeated Argentine Dario Azuaga by technical knockout in the co-feature of the Rumble at Rama IX event at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada. The bout was Molitor's first since reuniting with trainer Chris Johnson, with whom he won and defended the IBF 122-pound title four times between 2006 and 2008. Azuaga (75-16-2, 64 KOs) seldom landed effective punches, as Molitor's

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Yelena Isinbayeva in pictures as she shuts up her critics and storms back to the top of the female pole vault world! Yelena has set a new world record of 16 feet, 7 1/4 inches at the Weltklasse Golden League athletics meeting in the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday. "I was surprised it was so easy," Isinbayeva said. "I feel great. It's really unbelievable just after such a

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The world of female pole vault competition was shaken at the world track and field championships in Berlin last week, when champ Yelena Isinbayeva failed to even reach the podium. The 27-year-old Isinbayeva has won gold at the last two Olympic Games and the last two world championships. The winner of the female pole vault Anna Rogowska of Poland however paid tribute to Yelena: "She's still the

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After breaking his own 100m record by 0.11 seconds, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt repeated the feat in the 200m race on Thursday night at the 12th Annual IAAF track and field world championships in Berlin. Like a bolt of lightning he streaked across the track in a record breaking 19.19 seconds. In the process Usain was breaking another record; his winning margin over second-placed Panamanian

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American Olympic gold medalist in wrestling, Kurt Angle, has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh. Angle, who turned professional in 1998, is the current heavyweight champion of Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling. Police said they found the human growth hormone Hygetropin in Angle's car, while the wrestler was

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Santa Ana's Courtney Conlogue led the USA Surf Team today to its first International Surfing Association world title since 1996. Competing at Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, Conlogue, 16, took the women's ISA world title, outpointing Rosanne Hodge of South Africa and two other finalists. "When you get to the final you just throw it all on the table," Conlogue told webcast interviewer Jason Shibata.

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Cristiano Ronaldo was bought from Manchester United by Spanish club Real Madrid for a ton of money....£80million. Another ton of money has gone for Ronaldo's insurance; of his talented and muscular legs. In a recent match Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 defeat against Juventus in the Peace Cup semi final in Seville on Friday. But worse, during the game, Czech defender Zdenek Grygera tackled Ronaldo

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In the third round of the Buick Open Tiger Woods had a 17-under 199 total and a one-stroke lead. Woods was all over the place, hitting a cup of beer in a spectator's hand, and said, "The whole idea of the game is put the ball in the hole, and I did that. But as far as controlling my ball, I didn't do that."Meanwhile Catriona Matthew opened a three-stroke lead in the Women's British Open, shooting

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The Hurley US Open of Surfing had announced $100000 first place prize, a global record in surfing, and it was picked up by Brett Simpson of Huntington Beach. The big upset at the tournament was when nine-time ASP world champion Kelly Slater was beaten by Adriano de Souza in the quarterfinals. Simpson got a combined score of 16.93 off his second and third waves, beating 28-year-old Australian Mick

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Against a strong headwind, Usain Bolt of Jamaica eased to victory in the 100 meters at the London Grand Prix, finishing in 9.91 seconds. Another of the sport's biggest stars, Russian female pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, lost for the first time in six years. Anna Rogowska of Poland beat Isinbayeva. Isinbayeva entered the competition at 15 feet, 4 1/4 inches, but cleared it only on her final

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is no longer a sports player in trouble after a court cleared him of all charges in the bar brawl incident last year. Gerrard was with friends at a bar in Southport in the early hours of December 29, hours after scoring twice in Liverpool's 5-1 victory over Newcastle. When the bar owner refused to play his favorite music Steven says he was gutted and tried to gain

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In the latest sports scandal, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault by Nevada casino employee Andrea McNulty. The alleged incident is said to have taken place last summer. McNulty has filed a civil suit against ben and nine others. Andrea says she didn't file a criminal complaint because she feared that the Casino, Harrah's, would side with

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Olympic champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica stormed to a 9.79s win in the 100m at the ÅF Golden League 2009, at the Stade de France in Paris, on Friday. In the women's 100m race, Kerron Stewart, also of Jamaica posted her fourth consecutive win in 10.99sec. Ethiopian Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele won the 3000m contest in 7:28.64. American Sanya Richards swept the 400m field with a solid 49.34s

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Gymnast Nastia Liukin won the 2009 ESPY award for the Best Female Athlete. The award show was held this Wednesday at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on ESPN on Sunday.Nastia Liukin cute:Best male athlete was Michael Phelps, who won three other ESPYs for best performance, record breaking performance, best moment in the Olympic relay win. The best game went to Super Bowl 43

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Female golfer Anna Rawson of Australia was rated one of the 10 hottest female athletes on the planet by Sports Illustrated. But she is not a female athlete who became known for her looks. As a teenager Anna Rawson was a budding golfer who became a model in her native Australia after winning the Dolly magazine contest. Then in 2000, at the age of 18, Rawson left her home in Adelaide and moved to

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The Italian women's volleyball team won the gold medal in the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, Italy on Saturday. They beat the Turkish female volleyball team 3-2 in the finals, with the game scores of 25-17, 20-25, 18-25, 25-19, and 15-10. The Italian men's volleyball team also took gold beating Spain in the finals. In the Pescara Games overall Italy won the top spot with 63 gold medals,

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Roger Federer finally got his record, winning 15 Grand Slams and beating the previous best of 14 by Pete Sampras, at the 2009 Wimbledon tournament. Pete Sampras flew all the way from the US to attend the men's final, and after the match ended, predicted that Federer could go on to win 18 or 19 Grand Slams in his career. But he had words of praise for Roger's American opponent Andy Roddick (photo

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Gymnast Courtney Kupets led her Georgia team to its fifth consecutive NCAA crown in April this year, amassing individual titles in the all-around, bars, beam and floor competition. She has been nominated for this year's ESPY awards in the "Best Female College Athlete" category. Below Courtney Kupets,gymnast from the University of Georgia, holds the Honda-Broderick Cup after she was named the

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Ireland's boxing squad got 9 medals at the EU Championships in in Odense, Denmark and were awarded the team of the tournament. The nine man Irish squad won three gold, three silver and three bronze medals from the Championships which featured 20 nations. Ireland also finished on top of the medals won table. The boxing gold medals were won by Con Sheehan (91 kg), Darren O’Neill (75 kg), and David

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Team USA were the giant killers of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, knocking out the tournament favorites Spain in a stunning semi-final match, and beating Egypt 3-0 in the group stages. In the final against four time winners brazil, the Americans dominated the first half of the game, both Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey scoring goals to put the US up 2-0 at halftime. But Brazil pulled back in

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After a 50-game suspension for taking a female fertility drug, Manny Ramirez returns with a game for the Albuquerque Isotopes in a Triple-A minor league baseball game against the Nashville Sounds on Tuesday in Albuquerque. The Dodgers are going to lengths to ease Ramirez’s return. Six team officials accompanied Ramirez, including the assistant general manager Kim Ng, the conditioning coach Mike

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IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko of the Ukraine, beat WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev from Uzbekistan in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Saturday June 20, 2009, with technical knock out in round nine. Referee Eddie Cotton stopped the fight, held before 61,000 fans at the German soccer stadium, in the 10th round. Wladimir Klitschko, who has a

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Professional baseball team LG Twins, members of the Korean Baseball Organization, have been ordered to pay 138 million won ($115,000) in overdue annual pay to batter-turned-sportscaster Ma Hea-young, by a Seoul district court. Ma signed a four-year contract to play for Kia Tigers in November 2003 but was traded to LG Twins in November 2005. Hea-young was injured shortly after the trade and was

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Mary Osborne was 14 when she first took up surfing because she “wanted to be better than the boys". The 27-year old currently ranks fifth in the world as a longboard professional surfer. In 2003, she was nominated for a Teen Choice Award as "Best Female Athlete" and was named the first "Action Girl of the Year" by Action Girl Inc. "I hope to continue to grow, learn and experience new things,"

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The city of Los Angeles celebrates the Lakers win of their 15th NBA title. From an editorial in the LA Times: "There's no reason to be shy about celebrating a basketball team, and how shared angst over its failures and communal joy over its triumphs knit together a geographically sprawling and socially segmented city. And knit together, too,earlier generations (marked on the court by Jerry West,

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Orlando Magic need to win the next three games of the NBA Finals, but their score of 1-3 against the Los Angeles Lakers could have been so much closer. Game four was set up nicely at Amway Arena after Magic had won game three; Orlando's Dwight Howard set a Finals record with nine blocks to go with 16 points and 21 rebounds. But he missed a free throw with barely 2 seconds left in the game, tying

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Bydgoszcz in Poland hosted the 9th European Athletics Festival on June 10-11. Poland's Olympic and European indoor Shot Put champion, Tomasz Majewski (below), delighted the home crowd by winning the shot put gold. Majewski threw the put to a meet record 21.09m, while his closest competitor, American Reese Hoffa the reigning world champion, could manage 20.77m.In the other field competitions,

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Roger Federer of Switzerland finally completes a career Grand Slam by winning the French Open men's final against 23rd-seeded Robin Soderling of Sweden. Soderling challenged Federer in the second set but the Swiss came through with quality tennis, showing no desperation or emotion till after matchpoint, winning 6-1, 7-6 (7/1), 6-4. With this win Roger Federer equals Pete Sampras' record 14 grand

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Current world women's number one Dinara Safina was on the verge of winning her first Grand Slam title at the 2009 French Open. Unfortunately she was denied that prize by her Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova who beat Dinara 6-4 6-2 to win her own second Grand Slam. The pressure of a big game again got to Dinara, who lost the Australian Open final early this year to Venus Williams, as she had

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The German Equestrian Federation has disbanded all its national dressage, show jumping and three-day event teams, after a doping and medication of horses scandal. On 4 May rider Marco Kutscher admitted using arnica and lactanase on his horse Cornet Oblensky in an interview with a German magazine. Lactanase contains dichloroacetic acid, which is an activator of the enzyme pyruvate dehydrogenase;

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The global economic downturn is affecting most sports. The US Olympic Committee (USOC), which had layoffs in March, and lost sponsors like GM and Home Depot is turning to fundraising (their website asks for $5 donations) and selling T-shirts! Olympic athletes like 2008 Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson to skiing star Lindsey Vonn will appear in TV and print ads for the "America Supports Team USA"

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19-year old world champion swimmer Ryosuke Irie (photo: AP) broke the men's 200 metres backstroke world record last month but swimming's governing body Fina have yet to ratify the mark because of questions over the suit he wore. As better hi-tech swimming suits are developed and swimming world records broken, there are calls for standardised manufacturing regulations for swimming suits.But the

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The LA Lakers enter the NBA finals after a tough 6 game series against the Denver Nuggets. The 119-92 win in game 6 put the Lakers through with 4 wins against the Nuggets' 2. Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points for the Nuggets who also received 24 points from J.R. Smith and 10 points and nine assists from Chauncey Billups. The Lakers' Kobe Bryant said, "Now we are back at a place where we didn't

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After dominating the Champions League this season, and being hailed as the best football league in the world, English football was robbed of the ultimate prize. Manchester United were beaten in the Champions League final in Rome on Wednesday night. Below the winning team Barcelona celebrate with Samuel Eto'o after he scores the first goal against Manchester United. Photograph: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/

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The IPL final between the Deccan Chargers and the Royal Challengers Bangalore saw many heart-stopping moments, beginning with the very first over when Royal Challengers captain Anil Kumble bowled out his opposite number Adam Gilchrist without any score on the board. Andrew Symonds and Herschelle Gibbs steadied the Deccan Chargers' innings but wickets kept falling at crucial moments; Symonds was

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29-year-old Rashad Evans, UFC light heavyweight champ, took on fellow unbeaten Lyoto Machida in the historic main event of UFC 98 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday night. The Japanese-Brazilian Machida, nicknamed Dragon, has never lost a round in the UFC and is the organization’s least hit fighter; he has previously taken down UFC champions Rich Franklin, B.J. Penn and Tito Ortiz. The two

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Last year's underdog teams make it to the finals of the Indian Premier League being played in South Africa. In the first semi-final a blitzkrieg of fours and sixes by captain Adam Gilchrist put the Deccan Chargers into the final beating the tournament favorites, the Delhi Daredevils. Below Royal Challengers Bangalore's Virat Kohli, celebrates after hitting the winning runs against the Chennai

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Women's world number one Dinara Safina beat Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday to win her second major clay title, the Madrid Masters. Early this year Dinara was crushed by Serena Williams in the Australian Open; the 23-year-old Russian had also lost the 2008 Roland Garros final to Ana Ivanovic. But with this win Dinara Safina (below right) showed she is on track as a serious

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The NBA final four teams emerging from the playoff games are: Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, and the LA Lakers. The Lakers and Rockets were tied in their seven game playoff series, and on Sunday the LA team got a 89-70 win over Houston in the final game. Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum ended up with 14 points while Pau Gasol scored 21 points and pulled down 18 rebounds. Below

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Manchester United drew 0-0 against Arsenal to get one point and win this year's Barclays Premier League trophy. ManU now have 18 EPL titles, with this being their third consecutive trophy. United had beaten Arsenal just last week in the semi-finals of the Champions League; that thrilling game saw Cristiano Ronaldo taking ManU to the finals with his two goals. But this game was all about caution

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The Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets are tied 3-3 in their seven game playoff series; leading to a highly anticipated game 7 on Sunday at Staples Center. In game 6 on Thursday the Rockets beat the Lakers 95-80 with Luis Scola getting 24 points and 12 rebounds. The Houston team has playing without many of its stars, including Chinese giant Yao Ming who has an injured foot. That is why Aaron

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A native of Hawaii, female golfer Michelle Wie is a member of the LPGA Tour. She earned her playing privileges at the qualifying school last year and has earned $171,829 in five events this year. She is ranked No. 22 on the money earnings list. Michelle Wie's best finish was second at the SBS Open in her native Hawaii in her first start. 19-year-old Wie has not won a tournament since the 2003

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Australia's national rugby league has been hit by claims that players from several teams have engaged in degrading group sex with women as part of "team bonding" exercises. Worse some of these group sex acts were not consensual. News of the incidents has shocked the public and yesterday forced David Gallop, the head of the National Rugby League, to apologise for the players’ behaviour and admit

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Wales Online reports that sports science has shown that the knee has the ability to heal itself from injury and wear and tear. Damage to knees is caused when the surface of the joint wears away, and bone rubs on bone. It was always assumed that once the joint surface had worn away, it could not be replaced naturally by the body. But sports scientists have found that the bone, instead of being

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Baseball's steroid era makes an ugly comeback with the 50-game suspension of Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Manny Ramirez for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. However Manny Ramirez denied taking illegal drugs or steroids: "Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid. I have taken and passed 15 drug tests over the past five seasons."US

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Despite a strong showing through most of their second leg semi-final against Barcelona, Chelsea were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League on the away goals rule. Barcelona and Chelsea had tied 0-0 in the first leg played at Camp Nou in Barcelona. In this game played on Chelsea's home ground of Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening, the home team went ahead courtesy a sharp Michael Essien goal.

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FIFA world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the second leg of ManU's semi-final against Arsenal, taking his team to their second successive UEFA Champions League final. Already leading from the first leg 1-0 courtesy John O'Shea, ManU's South Korea winger Ji-Sung Park capitalized on a slip-up from Kieran Gibbs to open the scoring just eight minutes into the game at the

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Central Dauphin senior Justin Shirk created a new javelin throw record by hurling his javelin 235 feet and 3 inches at the Cedar Cliff Relays. It is the best throw in the state and the nation this year and confirms Justin Shirk's place as the nation's top javelin thrower. "Today I just felt it," said Justin Shirk (photo: Chris Knight, The Patriot-News), whose previous best was his 221-3 at last

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Awesome Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao knocked out Britain's Ricky Hatton in a huge fight in Vegas today. Like his previous Pacquiao De La Hoya boxing match, this fight too was billed as a battle for the title of best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Large numbers of British fans had travelled to Vegas, fight capital of the boxing world, for this exciting match, but it proved to be one-sided

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In the NBA Eastern Conference playoff series, the Chicago Bulls beat reigning champs Boston Celtics 128-127 in triple-overtime on Thursday. The fourth game of the series to go to overtime sends the teams back to Boston to decide who will face the Orlando Magic in the second round. Below, the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose (right) blocks a shot by the Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo in Chicago, Illinois

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Manchester United's John O'Shea, center, reacts after scoring a goal with teammate Darren Fletcher and Rio Ferdinand, top, during the first leg of the Manchester United Arsenal Champions League semifinal soccer match against Arsenal at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester, England, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell):The 1-0 win, courtesy John O'Shea, did not accurately reflect ManU's

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An Australian sports player in trouble. Former NRL star Greg Bird has been found guilty of assaulting his girlfriend and of making a false accusation to police.The verdicts were handled down this afternoon in Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court after magistrate Roger Clisdell ruled earlier there was a case to answer. The 24-year-old footballer, who now plays in France, had denied hitting Katie

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After winning the opening Australian Grand Prix, Jenson Button of Brawn GP won Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix and now has a 12-point lead in the World Championship over Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello."To achieve my third victory of the season is amazing, and we are going back to Europe with a strong lead in both championships," said Button. "We've now had four races, and they've been pretty

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A controversial penalty brought Manchester United back into their home game against Tottenham Hotspur. In the 57th minute Michael Carrick took the ball past the Tottenham defenders and into the D only to be brought down by the diving goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes. Refree Howard Webb ruled that Gomes had tackled Carrick instead of the ball and awarded a penalty, to the fury of the Spurs, and gave

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In the IPL cricket matches, being played in South Africa, the first game to end with a tie was decided by a "super over". The Rajasthan Royals led by Shane Warne faced off with the Kolkatta Knight Riders (KKR) captained by Brendon McCullum on Thursday night. Batting first the Rajasthan Royals scored 150 runs in their 20 overs with Yusuf Pathan scoring 42. For the KKR Chrisy Gayle scored a fiery

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Manchester United are three points ahead of their closest rivals Liverpool and Chelsea, in the Barclays Premier League, following a 2-0 win over Portsmouth at Old Trafford. United are inching closer to an 18th Premier League title, with a game in hand.In the 8th minute a cross from Ryan Giggs was shot into the Portsmouth goal by Wayne Rooney (below photo AFP):Wayne Rooney had two other chances to

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LeBron James (below) of the Cleveland Cavaliers scored 29 points and Mo Williams 21 points to give their team a 94-82 win over the Detroit Pistons. The Cavaliers now have a 2-0 lead over Detroit in the NBA playoffs.LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers (in white) tries to get a shot off over Tayshaun Prince of the Detroit Pistons (photo AFP):

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The second season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) of T20 cricket, started in South Africa on Saturday with a glittering opening ceremony, and opening matches between the two top and bottom teams. English cricketers also made their debut in the cash-rich tournament after the IPL cricket auction in February. Kevin Pietersen led the Bangalore Royal Challengers to a 75-run victory over last

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Without many top players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs, Michael Carrick and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, Manchester United played a lacklustre semi-final game against Everton in the FA Cup. Compared to the earlier semi-final clash between Chelsea and Arsenal on Saturday, this game petered out to a 0-0 draw even with extra time, and the decision was left to a penalty

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The 31-year old Ivorian gave a 2-1 victory to Chelsea in the dying minutes of their FA cup semi-final game against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Chelsea dominated most of the game even though Arsenal's Theo Walcott scored first. Florent Malouda tied the scores in the 32nd minute.Didier Drogba jumps over Arsenal's goalkeeper Lukasz Fablanski, during their FA Cup semi-final soccer match

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American gymanst Shawn Johnson has been named the winner of the 79th Sullivan Award as last year's top US amateur athlete. Shawn Johnson took the balance beam gold at the Beijing Olympics and got three silver medals for her floor exercise, team, and all-around performances. Voting for the top athlete award was by the US Olympic Committe, union officials, and college sports information directors.

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FC Porto had history would be on their side...no outside team had beaten them in their own backyard in Portugal. They were also looking for a repeat of their performace last week at Old Trafford when they drew 2-2 with Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals. But ManU had restored their defense with Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand reunited, and the only time FC

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After losing 3-1 to Chelsea at Anfield last week, in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool were on fire taking a 2-0 lead in the first 30 minutes of the game at Stamford Bridge. Fabio Aurelio scored off a free kick while Xabi Alonso got a penalty when he was tackled by Branislav Ivanovic in the Chelsea box.Chelsea got its first goal in the 51st minute when Liverpool

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Silvana Lima became the first Brazilian to win Australian surfing's most famous event, the Rip Curl Pro at Bells Beach on Sunday. An ecstatic Lima said, "This is the first world tour event I've ever won, and to win it at Bells Beach is like a dream. To be the first winner from Brazil to ring the bell, it's amazing. I hope everyone in Brazil stays up and parties big." Silvana also stopped

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Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic looks on as captain Wayne Rooney hugs Federico Macheda after the young Italian striker scored the winning goal against Sunderland (photo: AFP). With their 2-1 win ManU are back on top of the premier league table with a game in hand over their closest rivals Liverpool.Earlier in the day Liverpool topped the premier league with a 4-0 win over Blackburn; Fernando

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Brandon Roy scored 24 points with eight assists as the Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 106-98 in a National Basketball Association contest. The Lakers, who lead the Western Conference, fell one game behind the Cleveland Cavaliers for the best record in the league. The Cavs beat Philadelphia 102-92 earlier Friday.Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers goes up for a shot (AFP)

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Branislav Ivanovic scored his first goals for Chelsea and Didier Drogba added a third to lead the Blues over Liverpool 3-1 Wednesday night in the first leg of the quarterfinals. The second leg will be played Tuesday at Stamford Bridge, where Liverpool hasn’t scored more than twice in a match since May 9, 1987.Barcelona routed visiting Bayern Munich 4-0 in Wednesday’s other quarterfinal as Lionel

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In the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Manchester United were shocked in their game against FC Porto when Cristian Rodriguez intercepted a poor clearance and put the Portuguese club on top with a goal in the 4th minute. Wayne Rooney equalized for United in the 15th minute by pouncing on a lax backpass from Bruno Alves.85 minutes into the second half, Carlos Tevez put United

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The popular 2007 series and Indy 500 champion Dario Franchitti shocked the Indy world when he left the Andretti Green Racing to give the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series a try last year with the Target Ganassi team.Scotland's Dario Franchitti made his comeback in the IndyCar Series season-opening Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. With his Target Chip Ganassi Racing team Dario finished fourth while

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The 2009 Grand National horse race in Aintree was won by a horse named Mon Mome beating 100-1 odds! Mon Mome's trainer, Venetia Williams, became the second woman to win the race since Jenny Pitman landed the prize with Corbiere and Royal Athlete. Mon Mome had finished a weary eighth a year ago and nothing he achieved in the past 12 months had suggested he could emerge victorious this time.Mon

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Liverpool had reached the top of the Barclays Premier League table after their 1-0 victory over Fulham, but Manchester United reclaimed the top spot with a thrilling 3-2 win over Aston Villa. Two goals were scored by Cristiano Ronaldo, but the hero of the game was a very young Federico Macheda.Ronaldo scored his first goal from a free kick in the 15th minute of the game, and just 15 minutes after

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Two-time German Olympian Fabian Hambüchen won the men's all-around title Saturday at the European Gymnastics Championships in Milan. Despite a fall on parallel bars, Hambüchen defeated top qualifier Daniel Keatings of Great Britain, and Russia's Yuri Ryazanov who finished third.The gold medal is 21-year old Hambüchen's first major international title, and the first European all-around

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Horseback riding is a moderate aerobic exercise which also works out the muscles in the legs, buttocks, and stomach. New Era describes the fundamentals of Horseback Riding, better known as Equestrian Show Jumping. The riding event (equestrian show jumping) included in the modern pentathlon competition involves jumping over obstacles of up to 120 cm in height.The obstacle course is between 350 -

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Lewis Hamilton, and his McLaren racing team, have been stripped of their third place podium finish at the Australian Grand Prix. They had actually finished fourth in the race, but were promoted to third after Toyota's Jarno Trulli was penalized for overtaking Hamilton under safety-car conditions. But now the stewards and the race director Charlie Whiting have found Lewis Hamilton and his team

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A late goal by captain John Terry gave England a 2-1 victory over Ukraine in the World Cup qualifying match in London on Wednesday. Terry's 84th-minute goal ensured Fabio Capello's squad reached the half-way stage in their campaign to reach South Africa with five wins out of five in Group Six, and maintained their five-point lead over Croatia, 2-0 winners over Andorra earlier in the day.England

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Northwestern University's Jake Herbert was named the 2009 winner of the Hodge Trophy as the nation's top college wrestler. As a Northwestern junior, Herbert won the 2007 NCAA championship at 184 pounds, going 32-0. Jake took a year off from college to try for the 2008 Olympics. After failing in that attempt Herbert returned to college wrestling and completed a 34-0 season; winning another NCAA

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