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Creamer in the clear after opening 60
SYLVANIA, Ohio (AP) — Paula Creamer birdied nine of the last 11 holes, including the final three, for a course-record 60 on the par-71 Highland Meadows layout on Thursday.
Creamer played superbly to break the course record at Highland Meadows.
It gave the flamboyant American, nicknamed ‘The Pink Panther’, a five-stroke lead after the […]
Czech shooter claims first gold of Olympics
BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese athletes won two gold medals on Saturday on a first day of Olympic competition marred by the stabbing death of an American volleyball coach’s relative and two doping controversies.
Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic celebrates Saturday with her husband after winning gold.
Matt takes gloss off Kostelic homecoming
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) Austria’s Mario Matt won a men’s World Cup slalom on Sunday, spoiling Ivica Kostelic’s homecoming.
Mario Matt of Austria scored an outstanding victory at a new venue for slalom.
Kostelic learned to ski on the Sljeme hill outside Zagreb and had hoped to win the first men’s World Cup slalom to be held […]
Woods opens with par as Rose leads Masters
AUGUSTA, Georgia Tiger Woods opened his bid for a Grand Slam sweep with a steady par 72 as Briton Justin Rose underlined his credentials as a potential Masters winner with a superb opening four-under-par 68 at Augusta.
Justin Rose leads the way in the 72nd edition of the Masters after a superb opening round 68.
Beaten Jankovic misses out on WTA top spot
MONTREAL, Canada (AP) — Second seed Jelena Jankovic was upset 7-5 6-2 by 19-year-old Dominika Cibulkova in the Rogers Cup quarterfinals in Montreal on Friday, squandering another opportunity to claim the No.1 world ranking.
Jankovic missed another opportunity to lead the world rankings after her defeat in Montreal.
England suffer crushing Test defeat
HAMILTON, New Zealand Michael Vaughan experienced his “lowest point” as England captain after watching the tourists thrashed by 189 runs against New Zealand in the first Test on Sunday.
Underdogs New Zealand celebrate an emphatic victory over out-of-sorts England in the first Test.
Seamer Kyle Mills ripped through the top order by claiming four wickets for […]
Phelps wins historic eighth Olympic gold
BEIJING, China (CNN) — U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps broke the Olympics’ most hallowed record Sunday by winning an unprecedented eight gold medals in an single Games.
Left to right: Brendan Hansen, Aaron Piersol and Michael Phelps celebrate Sunday’s historic win.
In modern Olympic history, no athlete has accomplished that feat.
Consolation victory for hosts Switzerland
(CNN) — Hakan Yakin scored twice to give Switzerland a 2-0 win over Portugal in Basel, helping the co-hosts end Euro 2008 on a high with their first-ever finals victory.
Yakin celebrates the first of his two goals to give Switzerland their first win in a European Championship finals.
With Portugal already through to the quarterfinals […]
Saunier Duval quit cycling after drugs bust
(CNN) — Saunier Duval have pulled out of cycling, blaming the drug scandal that engulfed the team at the Tour de France.
Ricco won two stages of this year’s Tour de France before testing positive for EPO.
The company acted after star Italian rider Riccardo Ricco failed a dope test on stage four — prompting the […]
Fingertip finish keeps Phelps’ hopes alive
BEIJING, China (AP) — By a fingertip, Michael Phelps is still on course for eight gold medals. He can thank Jason Lezak for getting him number two.
Michael Phelps poses with the gold medal for the Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay at the National Aquatics Center.
The oldest man on the U.S. swimming team […]
