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When Fenerbahce last featured on these pages last June after celebrating their centenary by winning a record 17th Turkish title, it was suggested that the next goal facing the Istanbul club would be to establish itself as a serious challenger for European..
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Yahoo News
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Improbable as this Wimbledon title might have seemed, Venus Williams knew it could happen. Far away as that trophy might have appeared only last week, Williams knew she had the game and the grit to grab it. Oh, how her serves and strokes sizzle on the gra..
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CNN
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Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini remains confident of taking the Italian title despite Sunday's 2-1 defeat against AC Milan.. With Inter losing and second-placed Roma pulling off a fine 3-0 victory in Genoa the outcome is still not settled.
But Inter..
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Bayern Munich can finally claim the Bundesliga title this weekend. In fact they could already be champions before they take the field at Wolfsburg on Sunday, if Werder Bremen and Schalke fail to win on Saturday.
With four rounds left, Bayern has 66 poi..
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Lindsey Vonn clinched the women's overall World Cup title on Friday, to complete the first American sweep of the men's and women's prizes for 25 years. Vonn secured the title when she made sure of finishing in the top 15 in the slalom, the penultimate rac..
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CNN
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World number one Justine Henin had to fight off a determined challenge from second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova to claim her 40th WTA tour title at the Sydney International tournament on Friday. Henin fought back after losing the opening set to see off the Ru..
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CNN
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Deposed F1 champion Fernando Alonso says Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen deserves to succeed him as title holder and that he would be 'embarrassed' if the crown went to Lewis Hamilton on appeal. Finn Raikkonen won his first world title by a single point from McL..
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Lewis Hamilton won a wet-and-wild Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to move closer to the Formula One title with two races to go. Hamilton's main rival, McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso, crashed out of the race. Heikki Kovalainen of Renault was second and Kim..
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Ethiopia's Tirunesh Dibaba made an astonishing recovery to become the first woman to defend her world championship 10,000 meters title on Saturday. Dibaba was left languishing at the back of the field after being accidentally tripped on lap 13 but stormed..
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CNN
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Chelsea opened their Premier League title bid by coming from behind to beat promoted Birmingham City 3-2 while London rivals Arsenal snatched a late 2-1 win over Fulham on Sunday. Chelsea, looking to wrest the title back from Manchester United, who were p..
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Ford's Marcus Gronholm clinched his fourth straight Finnish Rally title on Sunday, winning the 23-stage race on his home soil forest tracks in a total time of two hours, 57 minutes 26.1 seconds. He edged out compatriot and team-mate Mikko Hirvonen by 24.2..
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BBC News
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Evander Holyfield has been given the chance to become a five-time world champion at the age of 44.
The American will face WBO heavyweight title holder Sultan Ibragimov in October after the Russian's scheduled opponent pulled out citing illness.
Ibra..
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Brazil produced a ruthlessly efficient performance to beat old rivals Argentina 3-0 on Sunday and win the Copa America for the second time in a row. Brazil stung Argentina with a fourth-minute goal from Julio Baptista then Argentina captain Roberto Ayala,..
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French fifth seed Paul-Henri Mathieu overcame blistering temperatures and a dogged opponent to secure his fourth career title at the Swiss Open on Sunday. The world number 28 had to twice come from behind against Italian world number 111 Andreas Seppi in..
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Venus Williams won her fourth Wimbledon singles title by beating Marion Bartoli, of France 6-4 6-1 in the final on Saturday. Williams also won Wimbledon in 2000, 2001 and 2005 but, having been sidelined for lengthy periods by a wrist injury, she came into..
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BBC News
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Real Madrid have sacked coach Fabio Capello - just 11 days after the Italian led the Spanish giants to their first league title since 2003.
The 61-year-old still had two years to run on his contract at the Bernabeu, but drew criticism for his tactics...
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Justine Henin avenged last year's Wimbledon final defeat when she beat Amelie Mauresmo to keep the Eastbourne International title on Saturday.
In a thrilling and closely fought final, the Belgian world number one defeated Mauresmo 7-5 6-7 7-6 on the Ea..
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CNN
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Of all Real Madrid's 30 Spanish titles, the one they clinched last weekend was perhaps the most hard-fought and the most savored.
Sunday's match with Real Mallorca played out in miniature the sort of season Madrid have had.
Falling behind to an earl..
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Justine Henin began the defence of her Eastbourne International title in fine style on Wednesday, beating Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4 6-1 and looking every inch a grasscourt player.
Eleven days after winning her fourth French Open title on clay, t..
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CNN
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While Real Madrid's players nurse their hangovers after Sunday's celebrations, club president Ramon Calderon has a headache of his own following his side's title triumph.
After Real's last-gasp draw against Real Zaragoza a week ago, Calderon raced down..
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