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Watson leads Bombers to 29-point AFL win
Essendon coach James Hird has rated Jobe Watson's effort to drive his side to a 29-point victory over Richmond at the MCG as good a leadership performance AS he's seen in the AFL. Watson starred as the Bombers rebounded from successive losses and more off-field tumult to swat aside the Tigers 13.13 (91) to 9.8 (62) on Saturday night. Following a week in which players were grilled in ...
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Canizares holds off Westwood charge at sun-kissed Wentworth
VIRGINIA WATER, England (Reuters) - Wentworth, battered by wind and rain this week, almost turned into the Costa del Sol on Saturday so it was no shock to see Spain's Alejandro Canizares set the pace at the PGA ...
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Mercedes discussing engine deal with Williams
MONACO (Reuters) - Mercedes are talking to Williams about a Formula One engine supply from 2014, the German company's motorsport head Toto Wolff said on ...
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Car forces Patrick to back of Charlotte field
Danica Patrick wasn't optimistic about her chances in Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 before the weekend, and now she will start from the back. The Stewart-Haas Racing team changed the engine in Patrick's No. 10 Chevrolet after discovering an oil leak 12 laps into Saturday's first practice. Patrick qualified 24th, one spot ahead of team ...
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Thousands run Boston Marathons final mile to honour bombing victims and reclaim experience
Runners who were unable to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15 because of the bombings cross the finish line on Boylston Street after the city allowed them to finish the last mile of the race in Boston, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Winslow ...
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Ex-minor leaguer says baseball cheating lives
In an interview with The Associated Press, Garrett Broshuis says he fooled around with a spitball a few years ago, but couldn't bring himself to use the illegal pitch in a ...
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Basketball NBA draft should be a breeze
New Zealand teenager Steven Adams is tipped to be as high as a top 20 pick in the NBA's much-anticipated draft next month. He is regarded as an extremely raw prospect but has a physical profile that has excited pundits and experts in the United States. The NBA draft, which plays out on June 28, sees NBA teams select a total of 60 players from a list of college stars and ...
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Cricket Fortune will favour the brave
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of apathy towards the New Zealand cricketers are always exaggerated. The test team prepared to face an examination of their batting technique and fortitude overnight, depending on the toss outcome. The loss of six wickets for less than 40 runs three times in the last six tests means the demand for action from former players and readers has been ...
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Cricket Calls for BCCI boss to go after relative arrested
Calls have been made for the removal of "the most powerful man in world cricket" after his son-in-law was arrested for spot-fixing just before his team, the Chennai Super Kings, were to play in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League final. A top official of the Chennai Super Kings, Gurunath Meiyappan, who is the son-in-law of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Narainswamy ...
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Goldie Hawn at 67 Charity Cycling and Grandchildren
Kate Hudson , to take over the family acting business, Hawn has kept herself busy lending her name and image to charity. According to a Los Angeles ...
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AP Sources Coyotes Sale Approved Hurdle Remains
Two people familiar with the situation say the NHL has approved the sale of the Phoenix Coyotes to a group of Canadian-led investors, but the deal is contingent on reaching a lease agreement with the city of Glendale. The NHL agreed to sell the team to Renaissance Sports & Entertainment, a group headed by George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc, according to the people, who spoke on condition ...
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Year later Serena Williams seeks more in Paris
Serena Williams of the United States adjusts her hair during a press conference for the 2013 French Open tennis tournament, at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday May, 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Christophe ...
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I dont do this job to win trophies says Kirsten ahead of Proteas tour
"There is no success package available out there on the market that we can use," Kirsten said on Saturday in Johannesburg before the team's departure for a pre-tournament training camp in ...
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The Indian League of Litigation
Behind the billion-dollar deals and million-dollar salaries, the IPL has been the subject of much litigation, apart from frequent investigation by federal authorities in India. Here are some of the most serious documented instances of litigation or investigation involving the BCCI and/or its ...
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Stars Coach Names 25…For World Cup Double Header
black stars players GHANA COACH Kwesi Appiah has named a 25- man squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho. Dominic Adiyiah returns to the Black Stars as Appiah includes four home-based players for the two away matches. Fatau Dauda (Ashgold, Ghana), Daniel Agyei (Liberty Professionals, Ghana) and Stephen Adams (Aduana Stars, Ghana) are the goalkeepers. For ...
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Cricket-Roots composed half-century steadies England
video Joe Root's composed half-century steadied England after lunch on day two of the second and final test against New Zealand at Headingley on ...
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Root revives England in 2nd Test
An unbeaten 61 by Joe Root helped England recover from 3-63 to be 4-178 at tea on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand at ...
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Focused Tomic arrives at Roland Garros
Bernard Tomic claims he's been able to remain focused on his return to tennis at the French Open despite the drama surrounding his father and coach.Tomic on Saturday appeared at a tour venue for the first time since John Tomic was charged with assaulting his son's ex-hitting partner, Thomas Drouet, in Madrid earlier this month.The 20-year-old hit the Roland Garros practice courts for ...
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Frances Alize Cornet winsWTA Strasbourg
Alize Cornet won the WTA Tour's Strasbourg International by beating Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7-4) 6-0 in the final on Saturday.Hradecka saved two set points in the 10th game to force a tiebreaker. However, she doubled-faulted at 5-4 and Cornet took the set when the Czech netted a forehand volley.Cornet, the third-seeded Frenchwoman who was runner-up last year, gave Hradecka ...
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David close to 5th British squash title
Defending champion Nicol David of Malaysia is closing on her fifth British Open squash title and will play the final against England's Laura ...
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Nibali tightens grip on Giro
Italian Vincenzo Nibali virtually secured his maiden Giro d'Italia triumph with his second win of this year's race on the snow-hit 20th stage from Silandro to Tre Cime di Lavaredo on Saturday.The Astana team leader emerged from the fog over the line in 5hr 27min 41sec to finish 17sec ahead of a trio of Colombians, one of whom, Rigoberto Uran, deposed Australian Cadel Evans from second ...
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Boston Marathon group completes last mile
BOSTON -- Thousands of athletes joined victims of the Boston Marathon bombings to run and walk the last mile of the race Saturday, reclaiming the triumph of crossing the finish ...
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Beautiful scenes from Boston as thousands of runners finish the Boston Marathon
run and walk the final mile of the 2013 Boston Marathon, which was interrupted by the tragic bombing in April which cost three people their lives. Participants carried American flags, and were led by a police escort through the streets of ...
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Mike Conley finally coming into his own for Memphis Grizzlies
Mike Conley could hand him the ball, take a step back and watch him create something from nothing. It wasn't often ideal -- usually a mid-range pull-up jumper -- but it was better than a three-second violation or a tipped entry pass. Conley came to depend on Gay, like a 6-foot-8 security blanket, willing to go one-on-one and rise over a defender in a way Conley never would. Memphis ...
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Improbably Missionary Trains Stars in Kenya
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Cairo leading new wave in literature
The publishing industry in Cairo is undergoing a profound change that may have implications for the day-to-day life of Egyptians for years to come, it is a kind of revolution in literature that may one day put Cairo on the map, nestled among those other publishing powerhouses, New York, London, and Chicago primarily, but also regional publishing centers like Johannesburg, Mumbai, and Sydney.
Cairo is already a literature producing city, but it is more commonly associated with Arabic texts, and these pieces of literature are further associated with sweeping assessments of society, societal change, politics and religion on a macrocosmic level. Traditionally, there has also never been much of a local market for literature in Cairo or wider Egypt, leading to an old saying that books are written in Cairo, but published in Beirut and then read in Baghdad. Read more
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