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Guilia Quintavalle secured Italy's first judo medal of the Olympic Games Monday when she took gold in the final of the women's 57-kilogram category event Monday at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium.
Quintavalle defeated Deborah Gravenstijn of the Netherlands, who won bronze four years ago in Athens, by yuko in...
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Greg Norman took the early
clubhouse lead in the second round of the 137th British Open and Royal
Birkdale Friday thanks to a par 70 round.
The 53-year-old Australian, who won the famous Claret Jug in 1986
and 1993, started the day level and although he made three early
birdies had to settle for another 70 for a total of 142 after...
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Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying for
Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren-Mercedes team-mate
Heikki Kovalainen as he seeks his third successive Formula One victory.
The 23-year-old Briton set a best time of 1 minute 20.899 seconds,
0.242 seconds ahead of Finland's Kovalainen to capture his fourth pole
position of the...
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When a bloodied South
African captain John Smit received the William Webb Ellis Cup from
French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday following his side's 15-6
victory against the defending champions England, it opened a door for
South Africa that goes far beyond just the sport.
South African coach Jake White said that winning the...
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Dmitri Fofonov of Kazakhstan
has tested positive for an illegal stimulant on the Tour de France, the
web site of the daily L'Equipe reported Sunday. The
31-year-old rider for the Credit Agricole team was found to have traces
of the banned substance heptaminol in his body after Thursday's 18th
stage. Heptaminol is an amino...
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Dmitri Fofonov of Kazakhstan
has tested positive for an illegal stimulant on the Tour de France, the
web site of the daily L'Equipe reported Sunday. The
31-year-old rider for the Credit Agricole team was found to have traces
of the banned substance heptaminol in his body after Thursday's 18th
stage. Heptaminol is an amino...
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Reigning world and Olympic
champion Jeremy Wariner was upset by LaShawn Merritt Thursday in the
final of the 400-metre of the US Olympic track and field trials in
Eugene, Oregon.
Merritt finished in 44 seconds while a few strides behind Warnier
finished in 44.20 seconds. Merritt also beat Wariner at a June 1 Golden
League race in...
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Ireland's Padraig Harrington successfully defended his British Open title at Royal Birkdale Sunday as a final round one under par 69 secured a total of 283 and a four shot victory over England's Ian Poulter.Poulter set a target of 287 after also shooting a 69 and although Harrington suffered a slight wobble at the end of his outward...
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Lewis Hamilton's victory at
a rain- soaked Silverstone has set up an even tighter battle for the
Formula One drivers' championship as it goes into the second half of
the season.
Britain's Hamilton joins Ferrari drivers Kimi Raikkonen of Finland
and Felipe Massa of Brazil on 48 points with nine of the 18 races
remaining following...
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South Africa won the 2007
Rugby World Cup by beating holders England 15-6 in a hard-fought title
match, played Saturday at the Stade de France outside Paris.
The tournament's leading scorer, Percy Montgomery, converted all
four of his penalty kicks and young Francois Steyn kicked another to
account for all of the points for the...
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