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Nadal ends Federer reign at Wimbledon Article — 08 Jul 2008, submitted by cloud81

Rafael Nadal cried in the locker-room after losing a superb five-set final to Roger Federer at Wimbledon last year, earning a rebuke from his uncle and coach, Toni, that no tennis match was important enough to warrant tears. Nadal cried again last night, but in the joy of an extraordinary victory at his third finals attempt, the claycourt master ha

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Google now tracking the Tour de France with Street View Article — 08 Jul 2008, submitted by ben

Summer may be a time for fireworks and barbecues in America, but halfway across the globe there's some serious bicycling underway. To celebrate the Tour de France as well as the recent inclusion of Street View in France proper, Google has created a custom Street View map for tracking the entire race route at eye level.

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Federer shows no mercy as Hewitt limps off for the rest of the year Article — 30 Jun 2008, submitted by cloud81

LLEYTON HEWITT would not have played had this not been Wimbledon, and for this year at least he will play no more. Even as it was revealed that a second child is expected in the Hewitt family in January, there was no prospect last night of a career rebirth for the champion of 2002.

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NBC’s Web Coverage Of Olympics To Clash With TV Article — 29 Jun 2008, submitted by ben

NBC’s online coverage of the Summer Olympic Games is expected to be immense in both the quantity of live and on-demand video. But it appears there will be exceptions made for watching August’s events in Beijing through a Web browser.

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Terry Bradshaw admits using steroids in '70s Rumor — 25 Jun 2008, submitted by simon

Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw admitted that he took steroids while playing football in the 1970s, according to several reports.

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New Mets? Nah, loss shows its just same old club Article — 25 Jun 2008, submitted by simon

They're sowing the seeds of something out there at Shea Stadium, tilling that fertile soil, in the now-infamous description of Jerry Manuel, hoping something wonderful will bloom. But the place remains a Field of Screams, on the field and in the stands, and no change of gardener - er, manager - is going to improve it any day soon.

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China’s Visa Policy Threatens Olympics Tourism Article — 24 Jun 2008, submitted by mikimo

With the Beijing Olympics less than two months away, hotel operators, travel agencies, and foreign businessmen say new Chinese visa restrictions are proving bad for business, casting a pall over Beijing during what was supposed to be a busy and jubilant tourist season leading up to the Olympic Games.

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Tiger Woods surges to second Article — 14 Jun 2008, submitted by simon

”All of a sudden, I started raining them in from everywhere,” said Woods, who at 2 under finds himself one stroke behind leader and close friend Stuart Appleby and deadlocked with Rocco Mediate and Sweden's Robert Karlsson entering the weekend at Torrey Pines.

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Kimbo gives CBS slice of victory Article — 02 Jun 2008, submitted by newsjunkie72

For the first time last night a mixed martial arts show appeared on network television, and CBS and Kimbo Slice did everything to give the national audience a taste of the fastest growing sport in America with respective victories. Slice had his hands full with James (The Colossus) Thompson, eventually winning by TKO.

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Dalai Lama: No Olympic Protests Article — 21 May 2008, submitted by fkr3

In a meeting with the British Parliament and a subsequent press session, the exiled Tibetan leader called for an end to protests against the Olympic torch relay ahead of the Beijing Games, urging his supporters to respect the symbol's progression through Tibet from June 19-21.