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ITALIAN CUP NEWS
The 51-year-old driver had felt pressure because of speculation that he would lose his Hendrick ride to Kasey Kahne next year.
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Vancouver's Rebecca Marino advanced to the final round of qualifying at the $2 million US Rogers Cup in Montreal with a 6-4, 7-6 (2) victory Saturday over Mathilde Johansson of France.
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Defending champion Andy Murray takes on world number one Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
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Colin Montgomerie, whose PGA Championship ended in misery with an 18-over 162 after two rounds, can at least now concentrate on putting together his Ryder Cup team.The European captain had a dismal run here shooting rounds of 79 and 83 with a second round scarred by seven bogeys and three double bogeys on holes four, nine and 11."A very long two days," said Montgomerie. "I am looking forward to getting the Ryder Cup team picked. I will be watching the Europeans now and seeing what happens.
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Australia's Tom Slingsby has promised to topple defending champion Paul Goodison from his perch at the Laser World Championships later this month.Slingsby successfully defended his Skandia Sail for Gold title, the concluding ISAF World Cup regatta, at the London 2012 Olympic venue in Weymouth.The 25-year-old went into the decisive race of the week knowing that if he finished within four places of 2008 Olympic Champion Goodison then victory was assured.
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KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Former winner Padraig Harrington double-bogeyed the last to miss the cut by a stroke at the U.S. PGA Championship on Saturday and leave his Ryder Cup place in doubt.
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The Canadian national team and other countries at the Women's World Cup in Venezuela are considering pulling out of the baseball tournament after a stray bullet struck a Hong Kong player in the leg.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela is investigating the apparent shooting of Hong Kong baseball player during a game at the women's Baseball World Cup and has yet to decide when, or if, the 11 international teams will be allowed to resume play.
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Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa was eliminated in the second round of qualifying Saturday for next week's $2 million US Rogers Cup event at Montreal.
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FIFA president Sepp Blatter says consideration is being given to scrapping the draw at the World Cup by bringing in a penalty shootout after 90 minutes or even resurrecting the golden goal in extra time.
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MANCHESTER (AFP) - Roberto Mancini's managerial acumen will be put under the spotlight when Manchester City travel to Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday, as the Italian attempts to find a winning formula from the start of the new Premier League season.
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World number one beats Philipp Kohlschreiber as Roger Federer sees of Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych.
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano made it clear on Friday that, despite deep divisions in the ruling coalition, he would try to avoid calling early elections because of the damage it would cause to the economy.
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Europe's captain suffers wretched round at US PGA as he gets a close look at likely Ryder Cup opponent.
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Jockey Randy Romero spent a career battered by injuries, with trips to the Breeders’ Cup winner’s circle aboard Go for Wand and undefeated Personal Ensign.
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Roger Federer reached the semifinals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, joining Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic in quarterfinal wins.
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South Africa is basking in the glory of successfully staging the first World Cup on African soil but the country's thoughts have already shifted to another top sports event - the Olympic Games.
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The Olympic rings are the most recognised logo in sport, and one of the most zealously protected. When the Games arrive in London in two years' time, the organisers are determined to "fearlessly defend" their sponsors – who have paid millions of pounds to attach their name to the event – from the ambush-marketing attempts that football's World Cup witnessed in South Africa earlier this month.
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Norway beat France 2-1 in a friendly match in Oslo on Tuesday. The game was a crucial test for new French coach Laurent Blanc and his new squad of 13 uncapped players and 16 French league players after the team’s woeful World Cup performance.
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LONDON (Reuters) - England bounced back from the nadir of their dismal World Cup campaign with a 2-1 victory over Hungary in a friendly Wednesday which suggested the future might not be as bleak as it seemed for Fabio Capello's men.
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