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Sharapova captures Australian Open title
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MELBOURNE: Russia’s Maria Sharapova won her first Australian Open
title Saturday, powering to a straight sets victory in her glamour
final with Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic to claim her third Grand Slam
title.
The 20-year-old fifth seed ground down the
fourth-seeded Ivanovic, 7-5, 6-3, over one hour and 31 minutes,
successfully completing her mission to make amends for a thrashing
in last year’s final at the hands of Serena Williams.
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Sta. Lucia meets Alaska;
Purefoods faces Red Bull
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FOUR teams begin their quest for championship berths when the Smart-PBA
Philippine Cup best-of-seven semifinal round kicks off today at the
Cuneta Astrodome.
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Woods ahead by four at Buick Invitational
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LA JOLLA, California: Three-time defending champion Tiger Woods
fired a seven-under 65 Friday to open a commanding four-shot lead at
the $5.2-million PGA Buick Invitational.
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Israeli pair pockets men’s doubles title
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MELBOURNE: Jonathan Elrich and Andy Ram won Israel’s first Grand
Slam doubles tennis title with victory over Wimbledon champions
Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra at the Australian Open on
Saturday.
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Stable master to be arrested
on novice’s death
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TOKYO: Japanese police plan to arrest a sumo stable master and three
senior wrestlers who beat up a teenage apprentice the day before the
youngster died, a report said Saturday.
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Garnett seals win over former team
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BOSTON: Ten-time all-star Kevin Garnett scored 10 points and had 16
rebounds, returning to the Boston bench late in the game to help
seal the Celtic’s 87-86 win over his former team on Friday.
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Konica-Minolta Pro-Am set at Riviera
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THE Konica-Minolta Pro-Am Championship, with several top pros from
Thailand and Malaysia eyeing slots to the exclusive event, fires off
March 5 to 8 at The Riviera’s Langer in Silang, Cavite.
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Australia, New Zealand set for historic clash
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HONG KONG: Australia and New Zealand’s rugby union teams are set
to play each other in a historic one-off test in Hong Kong, the
first on neutral turf outside a World Cup, a report said here
Saturday.
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Local bets face tough challenge in
DHL-
WWExpress National Amateur Golf tilt
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WITH some of the national men’s team mainstays out of commission,
Jhonnel Ababa, Mark Fernando, Tonton Asistio and Gene Bondoc hope to
carry out the mission against foreign rivals when the DHL- WWExpress
National Amateur Golf Championships is staged January 29 at
Cangolf’s north course in Laguna.
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Turkey’s Ayhan gets a life ban for doping
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ANKARA: The Turkish Athletics Federation on Friday slapped a life
ban on former 1,500m European Champion Sureyya Ayhan for using
banned substances, her second testing scandal since 2004, a
federation spokesman said.
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NAAP bares Olympic program for Javier
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THE National Archery Association of the
Philippines has prepared a program that will prepare Mark Javier for
his Olympic stint.
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