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CNN
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The number of teams competing in golf's Omega World Cup in China on November 22-25 has been increased from 24 to 28 but the tournament will no longer be part of the World Golf Championships series. A total of 18 countries will be exempt, based on next wee..
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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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CNN
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A dazed and emotional Ireland captain Trent Johnston could hardly believe what he had witnessed after his team fought back for a thrilling tie with Zimbabwe in their World Cup debut on Thursday.
Ireland made 221 for nine, with Jeremy Bray scoring an un..
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BBC News
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Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, the world's highest mountain.
Chinese television showed the team of climbers, carrying special high-altitude torches, reaching the summit at 0920 local time (0120 GMT).
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MSNBC
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A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games.
The climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadca..
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CNN
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China will host its first LPGA tournament in October, with 63 of the world's top women golfers competing for a purse of $1.8 million. The event, to be known as the Grand China Air LPGA, will be played at the Haikou West Golf Club on tropical Hainan Island..
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CNN
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Sebastien Loeb called for a review of the new tire regulations in place for this year's World Rally Championship after he survived treacherous conditions to claim his fourth consecutive Rally Argentina and leadership of the overall standings. The Frenchma..
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CNN
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Lorena Ochoa retained her Safeway International crown in dominant fashion on Sunday, posting a seven-stroke victory in the $1.5 million LPGA event. The world number one from Mexico, who led by one shot at the start of the round, fired a six-under-par 66 f..
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CNN
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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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Italy's Werner Heel upstaged American ace Bode Miller to win the World Cup downhill on the Olympic course at Kvitfjell on Friday. Miller was going for his third downhill victory of the season but had to settle for second place, 0.10 seconds behind Heel wh..
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CNN
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Brazilian World Cup hero Ronaldo said he was unsure whether he will play again after suffering a serious knee injury last week. The AC Milan striker cast doubt on his playing future as he left a Paris hospital where he underwent surgery to repair a ruptur..
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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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British pair Nic Asher and Elliott Willis scored a superb victory in the 470 world championship but will not be able to complete a golden double at the Beijing Olympics later this year.
Asher and Willis were overlooked for the British team for the Game..
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CNN
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World number one Lorena Ochoa will be the star attraction at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore next month.
Mexico's Ochoa will line up against some her of biggest rivals from the LPGA tour in the inaugural staging of the $2 million tournament at..
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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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Former world number one Lindsay Davenport will face unseeded Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai in the final of the Auckland Classic. Davenport wore down Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek 6-4 6-3, while Rezai dashed the hopes of local player Marina Erakovic 6-3 7-5...
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CNN
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Great clubs have a habit of winning when it matters, and AC Milan proved once again why they are the masters of knockout competition with a 4-2 win over Argentina's Boca Juniors in the final of FIFA's Club World Cup in Japan. The Italians' stylish success..
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CNN
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Katie Mactier won the women's individual pursuit as Australia claimed two gold medals in the opening World Cup track cycling meeting at the Dunc Gray Velodrome on Friday. The Olympic silver medallist finished in three minutes, 38.379 seconds to beat Lithu..
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