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Federer claims Swiss title
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ― Defending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday to win his first title in 10 months.The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he once worked as a ballboy.“It’s always the greatest for me to win the title here. See you next year,” he said on court in Swiss-German.Federer had a complete game on display to dominate the 32nd-rank
Nov. 7, 2011
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Blake wins finale, Lehman takes points title
Jay Don Blake won the Charles Schwab Championship on Sunday for his second victory of the season following a 20-year drought, and Tom Lehman took the season points title and $1 million annuity.Blake closed with an even-par 71 for a two-stroke victory in the Champions Tour’s season finale. He finished at 8-under 276 at TPC Harding Park.Mark Calcavecchia (69), Loren Roberts (70), Michael Allen (71) and Jay Haas (71) tied for second. Lehman shot a 72 to tie for 18th at 2 over, enough to hold off Ca
Nov. 7, 2011
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Chinshanlo wins gold at weightlifting worlds
Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan set a world record in the clean and jerk to win the gold medal in the women’s 53-kilogram division at the world weightlifting championships on Sunday.Chinshanlo lifted 130 kilos in the clean and jerk to beat the previous mark of 129 set by China’s Li Ping in 2007. The 18-year-old Kazakh also managed 97 kilos in the snatch for a combined 227.Aylin Dasdelen of Turkey took silver for the second year in a row with a 219 total. Ji Jing of China finished third with a c
Nov. 7, 2011
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Djokovic rolls into Basel quarter
BASEL, Switzerland (AFP) ― Novak Djokovic crushed Lukasz Kubot 6-1, 6-2 as the top seed at the Swiss Indoors showed on Thursday that his untouchable form is rapidly returning after six weeks out with injury.Djokovic, who had to struggle in his opening match over three sets, was absolutely untroubled by the Polish qualifier ranked 64th in the world, going through to the quarter-finals in just 54 minutes.“Today was a really comfortable match,” said the world number one. “I felt good on court. I’m
Nov. 4, 2011
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Ping pong puts Qatar on stage
DUBAI (AP) ― Much has changed since the age of “ping pong diplomacy” 40 years ago when nine American players first looked across the net at Chinese opponents, breaking the barriers between the two world powers.The Cold War has been buried for two decades. China is now an economic powerhouse nipping at America’s heels.And the Gulf state of Qatar ― an obscure patch of sand in 1971 ― is emerging as an international sports giant with a relentless appetite for headline-grabbing events, including host
Nov. 3, 2011
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Federer moves on at Swiss Indoors
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ― Roger Federer advanced to the quarterfinals and Andy Murray withdrew because of an injury just before his first-round match at the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday.Andy Roddick also advanced, using his serve to beat Tommy Haas of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in the late match. The seventh-seeded American had 12 aces and never allowed Haas a break point chance.Federer, defending champion at his hometown event, dropped a set against Jarkko Nieminen of Finland for the first time in their 12
Nov. 3, 2011
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Pistorius not yet qualified for London
JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Oscar Pistorius must run another 400-meter “A” qualifying time in the three months before the London Olympics to make history as the first amputee athlete to run at an able-bodied games, South Africa’s Olympic Committee said Wednesday.Clarifying its 2012 qualifying criteria, the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee said that the double-amputee athlete had not yet qualified despite running inside the “A” time in July ― which earned Pistorius an historic pla
Nov. 3, 2011
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Djokovic makes winning return
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ― Novak Djokovic made his return after missing six weeks with a back injury and defeated Xavier Malisse 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Tuesday.The top-ranked Serb overcame some difficult moments before improving his record this season to 65-3.Djokovic arrived on the court for the first time since Sept. 18 wearing a fright mask resembling rock star Alice Cooper the night after Halloween. Dressed all in black, Djokovic broke his Belgian opponent’s
Nov. 2, 2011
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Steelers face injury concerns
PITTSBURGH (AP) ― The Steelers’ injury-riddled linebacker corps already has forced coach Mike Tomlin to get creative.Inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons has moved outside. Young players like rookie Chris Carter and second-year man Stevenson Sylvester have been pushed into more prominent roles.And there’s a good chance Tomlin will need another brainstorming session.The coach said Tuesday he’s not ruling out any options, but the answers likely will come from his current roster, as the Steelers prep
Nov. 2, 2011
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Federer easily wins at Swiss Indoors
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ― Roger Federer made a winning return from a six-week break, beating Potito Starace of Italy 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event Monday.The fourth-ranked Federer took time to find the rhythm in his ground strokes, and saved a break point at 5-all before winning the first-set tiebreaker comfortably.The 30-year-old Swiss then broke the 54th-ranked Starace’s serve in the opening game of the second.Federer last played on Sept. 18 in a Davis Cup
Nov. 1, 2011
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Steelers finally solve Patriots
PITTSBURGH (AP) ― The Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to beat Tom Brady: Don’t let him get the ball.Ben Roethlisberger passed for 365 yards and two touchdowns and the Steelers finally solved their Brady problem with an emphatic 25-17 victory over New England.Roethlisberger completed 36 of 50 passes and led the Steelers (6-2) on a series of clock-chewing drives, effectively keeping Brady and the NFL’s top-ranked offense off the field. Pittsburgh held the ball for more than 39 minutes and survived
Oct. 31, 2011
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Korean badminton pair win French title
South Korean badminton duo Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung played another impressive match to beat world champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China for the French Open title.The Korean pair, who won the men’s doubles title in Denmark last week, showed no signs of fatigue as they crushed the Chinese Sunday night. Lee, who won the mixed doubles gold in Beijing 2008, and his partner Jung beat world No. 3 pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen of Denmark in the semifinals to play their Chinese rivals i
Oct. 31, 2011
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Texas starts unwanted tradition
ST. LOUIS (AP) ― Losses like these create reputations. Debacles like this take decades to overcome ― if ever.Twice within a strike of winning their first World Series title, the Texas Rangers came up short both times.“You study all year long, get straight A’s and then you have to pass the one test to pass the course,” Colby Lewis said. “We didn’t pass each time.”In a year of unprecedented collapses, the Rangers saved the worst for last.A night after they were a pitch from winning the first title
Oct. 30, 2011
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Search ends for Korean climbers missing in Himalayas
KATHMANDU (Yonhap News) -- The Himalayan search for renowned South Korean mountaineer Park Young-seok and his two missing teammates has ended for the year due to concerns about the safety of rescue climbers, an official said Saturday, pledging to resume operations next year."We've ended this year's
Oct. 30, 2011
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Wozniacki crashes out
ISTANBUL (AFP) ― Caroline Wozniacki, who celebrated becoming year-end world number one for the second successive year on Wednesday, marked the occasion by crashing out of the WTA Championships on Thursday.Although the 21-year-old Dane has topped the rankings for fully 64 weeks, she was so outplayed by Petra Kvitova, the Wimbledon champion from the Czech Republic, that she looked anything but the best player in the world.Indeed there were moments when Wozniacki was so out of sorts during a 6-4, 6
Oct. 28, 2011
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‘Man U ready to purge City disaster’
MANCHESTER (AFP) ― Park Ji-sung is confident that Manchester United can prove their humbling by Manchester City is out of their system when they travel to Everton on Saturday.United manager Sir Alex Ferguson described last Sunday’s 6-1 home defeat to Roberto Mancini’s team as “our worst ever day.”As always, Ferguson’s main concern is how his team respond to such a set-back and there are far easier Premier League assignments than a trip to Goodison Park.United have not won there in their past thr
Oct. 28, 2011
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Series heads to Game 7
Cardinals stun Rangers with 10-9 victory in 11 inningsST. LOUIS (AP) ― Twice down to their last strike, the St. Louis Cardinals kept rallying to win one of baseball’s greatest thrillers.David Freese completed a startling night of comebacks with a home run leading off the bottom of the 11th inning to beat Texas 10-9 on Thursday, and suddenly fans all over got something they have waited a long time to see: Game 7 in the World Series.“You had to be here to believe it,” Cardinals manager Tony La Rus
Oct. 28, 2011
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Asian golf all U.S. talks about, Vijay Singh says
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) ― Asian golf is booming and is “all they talk about” in the sport’s U.S. circles, former world number one Vijay Singh said on Wednesday, calling for more multi-million-dollar tournaments in the region.The Florida-based Singh, 48, fondly known as “The Big Fijian” because of his towering frame, says the game’s rapid growth in Asia has been a hot topic of discussion in his adopted homeland.“That’s all they talk about: the next big thing is Asia,” the three-time Major winner said
Oct. 27, 2011
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Gallery of stars vie for huge prize in China
SHANGHAI (AFP) ― World number two Lee Westwood and U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy are headlining a powerful field chasing the biggest winner’s check in golf at the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters starting Thursday.The glitzy competition is the latest exhibition in China to attract some of the game’s biggest names but as an unsanctioned event it carries no rankings points for the players, leading to criticism of “vanity” projects.Englishman Westwood and McIlroy, from Northern Ireland, will vie for
Oct. 27, 2011
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Wozniacki stays No.1 as Sharapova pulls out
ISTANBUL (AFP) ― Maria Sharapova’s season ended in disappointment on Wednesday as she saw her hopes of regaining the title at the WTA Championships after a seven year gap and of dethroning Caroline Wozniacki as world No. 1 dashed because she is still feeling the effects of an ankle injury.The former Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Australian Open champion from Russia announced that she was withdrawing from the women’s tour’s flagship event after losing 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Li Na, the French Open champion fr
Oct. 27, 2011