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Slovakia ousts Australia, Italy beats France - International Herald TribunePERTH, Australia : Dominika Cibulkova and Dominik Hrbaty combined for a 2-1 win over Australia on Tuesday that moved Slovakia closer to a Hopman Cup final and ousted the hosts from contention. After splitting the singles matches, Cibulkova and Hrbaty ...
Moment of the Year: Olympics - CNN Sports Illustrated
The judges had a bird's-eye view of Michael Phelps (top) beating Milorad Cavic to the wall by 0.01 seconds in the 100 butterfly final. Great ones find a way. You get a sense that even if Craig Ehlo and Bryon Russell were guarding Michael Jordan ...
'twas Bolt's year - Jamaica Observer
Bolt stories are continuing to flood the international media as they did in August, as the sports world acclaims his majestic gold medal sprinting in Beijing Olympics as the most compelling of the year. The Eurosport-Yahoo website conducted a poll ...
Classic wins to Brown and Broun - Tasmanian Examiner
GEELONG - Two-time Olympic gold medallist Graeme Brown and Australian champion Kirsty Broun have won the Jayco Bay Classic cycling series for the first time. Brown finished fourth in the fifth and final criterium last night at the Geelong foreshore ...
Lapasset has mission - Independent Online
Rugby's most powerful administrator has a favourite method of clearing his head when it comes to contemplating the game's pressing challenges. Bernard Lapasset gets on his bike. After his daily cycle in the foothills of the French Pyrenees near the ...
75th World Championships - CM - Cycling News
The 2008 World Championships presents Paolo Bettini the chance to make history – a never before seen three consecutive world titles. Better yet, the Italian winner in Salzburg (2006) and Stuttgart (2007) has the chance to take the rainbow jersey on ...
Beijing, China, August 9-23, 2008 - Cycling News
The Olympic Games of the XXIX Olympiad, to be held in Beijing, China this August, will mark the dawn of a new era for the sport of cycling, in addition to the close of another. Bicycling Motor Cross will join its fellow cycling disciplines - road ...
Doctor pushing harder after missing Beijing - The Australian
BRIDIE O'Donnell is a doctor, an assistant surgeon, and has been an elite rower who finished the Hawaian Ironman. But today she will be out to prove she is the one to beat in the Australian women's time trial at the Australian Road Cycling ...
Georgia: France spearheads international efforts to broker peace - Daily Telegraph
Bernard Kouchner called on Russia to agree to a ceasefire before leaving France, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union. The French have also organised a meeting of 27 European foreign ministers this week to discuss the escalating ...
Safin family beats Italy at Hopman Cup - International Herald Tribune
PERTH, Australia : The brother and sister combination of Marat Safin and Dinara Safina gave Russia a straight-sets win over Italy at the Hopman Cup on Sunday. Safin, ending a two-month layoff, had 14 aces on his way to a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Simone ...
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