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CNN
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Australia's Libby Lenton broke Britta Steffen's world record for the women's 100 meters freestyle at Sydney's Olympic pool on Tuesday.
Lenton posted a time of 52.99 seconds, 0.31 under Steffen's world record of 53.30, which the German set at last year'..
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SF Gate
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Michael Phelps set another world record in the pool Friday night. This time, he needed help from his American teammates, including Ryan Lochte, who outdid Phelps with two world records at the world championships.
Overshadowed by bigger names on the U.S..
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Yahoo News
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Morten Andersen became the leading scorer in NFL history Saturday night with a pair of extra points in the..
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CNN
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Maxi-catamaran Gitana 13 has set the fastest time for a North Pacific crossing, adding to its growing list of records. Leaving San Francisco on 29 March, Lionel Lemonchois and crew crossed the finish line off Yokohama, in Tokyo Bay after 11 days, 12 minut..
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CNN
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Jacques Kallis and AB de Villiers shared South Africa's record stand against India when they put on 256 for the fifth wicket in the second Test at Ahmedabad. De Villiers made 217 not out and Kallis 132 as the Proteas amassed 494 for seven to lead by 418 a..
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CNN
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World record holder Asafa Powell made a positive start to his Olympic season on Thursday with an easy win in the 100 meters at the Melbourne Grand Prix.
Powell, overcoming a cut knee that has curtailed his training over the past two weeks, finished in..
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CNN
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Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie came agonizingly close to beating his own world record and collecting a $1 million bonus as he won the Dubai Marathon on Friday. The 34-year-old faded in the closing stages but his time of two hours, four minutes and 53..
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CNN
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Marco Buechel of Liechtenstein broke his own record as the oldest winner of a World Cup race as he took the Super-G at Kitzbuehel on Friday. Buechel, 36, held off Austrian hero and fellow veteran Hermann Maier who finished 0.16 seconds behind after making..
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CNN
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Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene enjoyed a record breaking day as his team took command of the second Test against England in Colombo. Jayawardene went past the Sri Lanka Test runs record of the now retired Sanath Jayasuriya and also the 7,000 mark a..
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SF Gate
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Turns out Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees had the outline of a record $275 million, 10-year contract in place last weekend, well before their shake-hands-and-make-up meeting.
The amount of the guaranteed money was revealed by a person familiar..
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MSNBC
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Strangers to success, the new Boston Celtics see their perfect record as something to improve on.
Their 91-69 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night gave them their best start in 35 years, but coach Doc Rivers gave another number to their..
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CNN
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George Gregan will equal Will Carling's international test captaincy record when he leads out Australia for the 59th time, against Fiji at the Stade de la Mosson on Sunday. Gregan, a veteran of 136 tests, captains the team because Stirling Mortlock injure..
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BBC News
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Eurostar has set a speed record on its inaugural journey from Paris to London via Britain's new high-speed line.
The train, carrying journalists and VIPs, arrived at St Pancras, instead of Waterloo, for the first time. It took two hours, three minutes,..
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CNN
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Jamaica's Asafa Powell and American Tyson Gay stayed on course for an epic 100 meters showdown by cruising through Saturday's heats at the world championships. World record holder Powell exploded from the blocks and slowed dramatically before the finish b..
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SF Gate
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Five runs in the fourth inning. Nine runs in the sixth. Ten in the eighth. Six more in the ninth. The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace and became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record W..
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ESPN
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President Bush on Wednesday called to congratulate Barry Bonds, the new home run king, but didn't weigh in on the steroids controversy surrounding the slugger's smashing of the major league record.
On Tuesday night in San Francisco, the Giants' outfiel..
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BBC News
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A new record was set for work by Andy Warhol when a painting of a car crash sold for $71.7m in New York.
The 1963 painting, Green Car Crash (Green Burning Car I), depicts an overturned car on fire.
It easily beat the previous auction record for work..
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CNN
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Celtic have signed midfielder Scott Brown from Hibernian for a fee of £4.4 million ($8.74 million) -- a record transfer between two Scottish clubs.
The Scotland international has agreed a five-year deal, the Scottish champions said on their Web site...
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CNN
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A maiden world title rather than another world record is Asafa Powell's priority this year, according to the Jamaican sprinter's manager.
Powell, who twice equaled his 100 meters world record of 9.77 seconds last season, has set his sights on claiming..
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CNN
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American teenager Katie Hoff, who trained as child alongside Michael Phelps, emerged from the shadows of her famous team mate to break her first world record on Sunday.
The 17-year-old belied her slight frame to storm home over the concluding freestyle..
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