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| • Tiger commits to World Golf event in Akron! |
| World number one Tiger
Woods has committed to defend his title at the World Golf
Championships Bridgestone Invitational next week at Firestone
Country Club, where he has won seven times.
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| • Button fears McLaren luck may run out! |
| Jenson Button believes he must finish on the podium in Sunday`s Hungarian Grand Prix if his McLaren team are to maintain their lead in the world championship. |
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| • Kapur tied 25th after Rd1 of Irish Open! |
| A double-bogey on the sixth was the lone blot in Shiv Kapur`s three-under 68 which earned him a share of the 25th spot. |
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| • Jeev T25th, Atwal T39th after Rd1 of Greenbrier Classic! |
| Jeev Milkha Singh
carded a flawless three-under 67 to be tied 25th while Arjun
Atwal`s topsy-turvy two-under 68 had him tied 39th after the
opening round of the Greenbrier Classic golf tournament here. |
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| • Massa says he will not let Alonso pass him again! |
| Felipe Massa said he has no intention of letting Fernando Alonso go
past him.
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| • `Quality of CWG swimming complex pathetic`! |
| The much-hyped 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games suffered another blow when an executive board member of the International Olympic Committee raised several questions. |
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| • Tseng, Hull share British Open lead! |
| Taiwan`s Yani Tseng, a two-time Major winner, and Australia`s Katherine Hull both eagled the final hole to share the lead after the first round of the Women`s British Open at Birkdale. |
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| • Sharapova through, Peer out at Stanford WTA event! |
| Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals while Shahar Peer became the first seeded player to fall at the WTA Bank of the West Classic Thursday. |
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| • Seattle Sounders sign Uruguay midfielder Fernandez! |
| Seattle Sounders have signed Uruguay`s World Cup midfielder Alvaro Fernandez, the Major League Soccer team said on Thursday. |
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| • Ronaldinho`s fitness in focus after thigh strain! |
| AC Milan playmaker Ronaldinho will miss the Emirates Cup pre-season tournament this weekend with a thigh strain. |
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| • MLS targets American mainstream with more big signings! |
| Major League Soccer is aiming to break into the American sports mainstream with a series of high-profile signings as the league looks beyond the "Beckham effect" and seeks to capture the enthusiasm generated by the World Cup. |
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| • Hughes succeeds Hodgson as Fulham manager! |
| Mark Hughes, out of a job since being sacked as Manchester City`s boss last December, was named as Premier League club Fulham`s new manager on Thursday. |
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| • Liverpool, Juve win as Europa League heads east! |
| Liverpool and Juventus both won 2-0 away as European club football ventured into deepest Siberia. |
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| • Maradona fans lament end of his coaching reign! |
| The end of Maradona`s tenure at the helm of Argentina`s national team has dealt a hard blow to his fans, even though his performance as coach was a far cry from his genius as a player. |
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| • Beckham could return to training in late August! |
| David Beckham could be back in training by the end of August, his LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena said. |
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| • Hughes poised to be named Fulham manager! |
| Mark Hughes, out of a job since leaving Manchester City last December, will be named as Premier League club Fulham`s manager by the weekend, British newspapers reported on Thursday. |
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| • `Winning machine` Mourinho is a threat, says Ibrahimovic! |
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic fears his former coach Jose Mourinho will create a Real Madrid team capable of ending Barcelona`s recent dominance of Spanish soccer. |
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| • Ferrari have no number two, says Massa! |
| Felipe Massa denied that he had become Ferrari`s number two driver and said he was out to win in Hungary this weekend. |
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| Updated: 66 minutes ago |
