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Sports Zarika stops Namugerwa in bantam weight bout
Zarika 's bout was not the main fight. Light weight six-round contest pitting Uganda's Hamza Wandera against Tanzania's Osward Maneno was the most exciting and could have gone either way. The ring judges however, gave victory to ...
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Sports Karuturi Sports beat Bandari as Sony win
It was Thika United, who went up first in the match after John Wanyonyi scored in the 23rd minute. The move was initiated by Kennedy Otieno, who picked a loose ball in the middle of the pack and shot on the turn. The goal bound shot was too fast for Joseph Ruto in goal. He palmed it allowing a waiting Wanyonyi to simply tap it home. Mathare United were back in the match after ten minutes and it ...
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Auburn womens golfers make NCAAs after season when coach and players parent battle cancer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Auburn women's golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships. Coach Kim Evans was diagnosed with clear cell ovarian cancer May 7. One of the Tigers' top players, Victoria Trapani, missed much of the spring after doctors found her mother's breast cancer had returned in December. Assistant ...
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Tarla on top at Limerick
Willie Mullins' prolific seven-year-old struggled in a Grade One over hurdles at Punchestown on her last start, but was an entirely different prospect here.Despite having fallen on her last two outings over fences, the Emmet Mullins-ridden Tarla made all of the running in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Chase to win by nine-and-a-half-lengths from Caheronaun.Willie Mullins' son, ...
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True gains deserved verdict
19 May 2013 True Verdict built on her promising comeback run to gain a deserved opening success in the Come Racing On June 8th Maiden at ...
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Players to be asked for agents names
The BCCI's plan to regulate player agents, announced on Sunday, will begin with the centrally contracted players being asked to submit the names of their agents for the accreditation process. Sunday's announcement, three days after ...
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Soccer Arsenal Edges Out Spurs for Final Champions League Berth
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Voleuse yields Vintage harvest
Dermot Weld's filly won the Irish Cesarewitch by 10 lengths from Missunited last season, and those two again fought out the finish in this Listed race over a mile and six furlongs.Voleuse De Coeurs was disappointing behind El Salvador on her seasonal return at Limerick, but left the 5-4 favourite back in third on this occasion.Steps To Freedom was slightly squeezed up by the winner a ...
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US Beats Finland for Bronze at Hockey Worlds
STOCKHOLM, May 19 (R-Sport) – Alex Galchenyuk scored twice in a shootout as the United States won its first medal at the world hockey championship in a decade with a 3-2 win over Finland in the bronze medal game on Sunday. After winning gold in 2011, the Finns finished fourth for the second year in a row. They came first in the Helsinki group stage at the 2013 tournament with 16 points. ...
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Koscielny clinches Champions League spot
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his current squad as one of the best he has ever assembled after they sealed Champions League football with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on the final day of the Barclays Premier League ...
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Rory Best to lead Ireland on tour
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his current squad as one of the best he has ever assembled after they sealed Champions League football with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on the final day of the Barclays Premier League ...
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Arsenal reach 16th straight Champions League
IAN MACNICOL/AFP/Getty Images MANCHESTER, England (AP) -Arsenal qualified for the Champions League for the 16th straight season after edging Tottenham to fourth place in the Premier League, as Alex Ferguson bowed out as Manchester United manager with a 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. Laurent Koscielny's 52nd-minute volley sealed an unconvincing 1-0 for Arsenal at ...
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Cult of Hockey Can Oilers prospect Tyler Bunz bounce back from an awful rookie season
Tyler Bunz is living proof that goaltenders are difficult to predict. Bunz was drafted in the fifth round of 2010 by the Oilers, and went on to establish himself as a high-end WHL goaltender. In 2010-11 he was named to the WHL's second all-star team; in 2011-12 he was twice the CHL's goalie of the week and ended the season by being named the best goaltender in the WHL. He entered the ...
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Cricket McCullum reflects on where it all went wrong
A chance to leave a plaque on the New Zealand cricket hall of fame escaped the class of 2013 overnight at Lord's. The contagion of a dressing room filled with flying pads, gloves, bats and boxes as wickets fell was too much for the team to stomach as their batting collapsed. Unlike their 1999 predecessors, the New Zealanders failed to secure victory at the Marylebone Cricket Club. They were all ...
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Ricardas Berankis Beats Denis Istomin in Nice
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Auburn Womens Golfers Overcome Trying Season
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Arsenal win race for fourth as Fergie bows out
Arsene Wenger's side needed three points to guarantee a spot in next season's Champions League qualification rounds ahead of north London rivals Tottenham and Laurent Koscielny's second-half strike ensured they achieved that aim. Koscielny's goal meant more heartache for Spurs who have developed an unfortunate habit of missing out on Champions League action on the last day ...
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Baggies roar back to hold United
Tom Cleverley 's pass and drove his first goal since September into the bottom corner, plenty of home fans headed for the concourses even though there was less than a third of the contest completed.But Morrison managed to pull one back just before the interval and substitute Lukaku struck immediately afterwards.Order was quickly restored though as Valencia crossed for ...
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Slim broadcasters take fight to soccer field
Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: ...
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Full 33-car field assured for Indianapolis 500
Katherine Legge has become the 33rd driver to qualify for next week's Indianapolis 500, assuring race organizers of a full field. Legge was the ninth driver to make an attempt Sunday, the second and final day of qualifications. She was hired Saturday to drive the No. 81 car for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. The only car not on the 11-row starting grid is the No. 17 of ...
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Fergusons Managerial Career Ends With 5-5 Draw
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US robots Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil one of safest sporting events ever
World Cup 2014 Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history." The 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost between $100,000 and $200,000 apiece, will arrive in Brazil as ...
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Nibali contains rivals attacks to retain overall lead
COL DU GALIBIER, France (Reuters) - Italian Vincenzo Nibali successfully contained his rivals' attacks on the Giro d'Italia's toughest high mountain stages on Sunday to take a big step towards overall ...
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Carragher bows out as Reds defeat QPR
Forward Philippe Coutinho was Liverpool's match-winner but Jamie Carragher was the star of the show at Anfield on his 737th and final appearance for the ...
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Hammers end on a high after Nolan treble
Adam Le Fondre . The Irons, though, made sure of a creditable top-10 finish when Nolan netted again and then completed his hat-trick with a header three minutes from ...
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Philadelphia expands recycling, but not all is well
Philadelphia is expanding the range of recyclable products its accepts in the refuse disposal systems and in effort to increase recycling rates and save money for the city council during current lean times. But, there is a concern among environmentalists that increased recycling may actually have negative side effects.
Recycling across the country is not entirely mainstreamed yet, according to figures from 2007 to 2008 (the most recent available), just 11% of all the USA’s garbage was recycled. Environmentalists point to figures such as these for the reason why landfills are running out, pollution is increasing and the environment is suffering. Read more
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