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Super Dan leads China to badminton glory
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BEIJING: Bad boy Lin Dan led China to a gold bonanza in badminton,
as the hosts won three out of the five titles up for grabs, equaling
their tally in Athens four years ago.
Chinese coach Li Yongbo said he was satisfied
with the haul despite the formidable team, who dominate the world
rankings, gunning for a clean sweep but falling short in the men’s
and mixed doubles.
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Liu injury darkens China’s brightest Games
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BEIJING: Chinese superstar Liu Xiang sensationally pulled out of the
110m hurdles heats injured Monday, putting a huge dampener on
China’s celebrations at achieving their most successful Olympics.
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Bolt’s double bid in top gear
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BEIJING: Usain Bolt’s bid to become the first athlete since Carl
Lewis in 1984 to achieve the 100m-200m Olympic double got off to a
convincing start when the Jamaican reached the second round of the
200m on Monday.
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Filipino jins unaffected by
draw, says coach Samson
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BEIJING: Mari Antoinette Rivero and Tshomlee Go got hold of two
pieces of paper listing the draw results shortly after taking lunch
inside the Olympic Village, and then took a long deep look at them
before giving them back to coach Raul Samson.
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RP’s Torres sees action
in women’s long jump
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BEIJING: Marestella Torres of the Philippines makes her first
appearance on the biggest sporting stage of all when she competes
Tuesday in the women’s long jump event of the 29th Olympic Games
track and field competitions at the Bird’s Nest.
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Australia’s Snowsill blazes
to triathlon gold medal
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BEIJING: Australian triple world champion Emma Snowsill made light
of searing heat as she ran a blistering road race to win the Olympic
women’s triathlon by more than a minute on Monday.
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RP blanks Turkey-A in
World 16-Under chess tilt
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MERSIN, Italy: The Philippines lived up to its pretournament billing
by trouncing Turkey Gils-A, 4-0, at the start of the World Youth
Under-16 Chess Olympiad Sunday at the Mersin Great Municipality
Sport Hotel.
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Swede Pettersson captures
Wyndham Championship
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GREENSBORO, North Carolina: Sweden’s Carl Pettersson rallied to
fire a 68 and win by 2 shots in the final round of the $5.1-million
Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Wyndham Championship on
Sunday.
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Red-hot Potro pockets
fourth straight ATP title
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WASHINGTON: Juan Martin del Potro won his fourth title in as many
weeks by beating Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-3 in the final of the
$500,000 Legg Mason Classic on Sunday.
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Hull rules Canadian Open
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OTTAWA, Canada: Katherine Hull fired a 3-under-par 69 to win the
Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Canadian Women’s Open
by one stroke on Sunday.
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St. Francis begins title-defense
against Colegio de Sta. Monica
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A FOUR-GAME bill usher in the Seventh Universities and Colleges
Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament Tuesday at the
Ateneo gym in Quezon City.
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Homeless World Cup football
slated December in Melbourne
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MELBOURNE: A windswept pitch overshadowed by grim blocks of flats in
inner city Melbourne is about as far from Europe’s football
stadiums as you can get, both in terms of geography and glamor.
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