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Greece beats Ukraine 1-0 to qualify for World Cup

Greece advanced to its first World Cup in 16 years on Wednesday, beating Ukraine 1-0 after Dimitrios Salpigidis' first-half goal in the second leg. The Panathinaikos striker scored in the 31st minute after receiving a pass from Celtic forward Georgios ...
19-11-2009 - 08:13

NZ, England, France top Women's Rugby WCup pools

Defending champion New Zealand drew Australia, South Africa and Wales _ teams it has never lost to _ in its pool for the Women's Rugby World Cup next year in London. New Zealand's Black Ferns are the undisputed queens of rugby. They won the last three ...
19-11-2009 - 07:49

Inter defender Santon set for surgery

Inter Milan defender Davide Santon will undergo knee surgery after being injured in Italy's under-21 match with Luxembourg. Inter said Wednesday that tests revealed a tear in Santon's right meniscus. Santon has struggled to get playing time with Inter ...
19-11-2009 - 07:34

US LPGA announces trimmed 24-event schedule

The U.S. LPGA Tour announced a 2010 schedule with 24 tournaments _ 13 of them in the United States _ on Wednesday to give the tour its smallest schedule in nearly 40 years. The LPGA Championship, the oldest among the four majors, will be merged with an...
19-11-2009 - 06:40

Cycling aims for gender equality at 2012 Olympics

Cycling's governing body will deliver proposals to the IOC next month for a track race program at the 2012 London Olympics that offers equal gold medal opportunities for men and women. The Dec. 3 meeting with the International Cycling Union will work t...
19-11-2009 - 06:31

Ramzi stripped of Olympic 1,500-meter gold

Fifteen months after the Beijing Olympics, Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-meter gold medal Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified for doping at the games. The International Olympic Committee took act...
19-11-2009 - 05:31

Henry overhauls All Blacks for England test

New Zealand coach Graham Henry overhauled his team again Wednesday for this weekend's rugby union test against England at Twickenham. The team for Saturday features 13 personnel changes to the one that beat Italy 20-6 last weekend, and contains half th...
19-11-2009 - 04:19

England makes 3 changes for New Zealand test

England team manager Martin Johnson drafted in Ayoola Erinle on Wednesday for his first international start as one of just three personnel changes for his team's final November test against New Zealand. The Biarritz player will play out of position at ...
19-11-2009 - 03:25

Barcelona's Milito plays for 1st time in 18 months

Barcelona defender Gabriel Milito returned from a serious knee injury to play his first game in 18 months on Wednesday. Milito played in Barcelona's 4-1 friendly win over Bolivian club Bolivar on Wednesday. It was the Argentina defender's first match s...
19-11-2009 - 01:58

Federer drawn into same group as Del Potro

Top-ranked Roger Federer was drawn Wednesday to play both U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro and Andy Murray in the round-robin phase of the ATP World Tour Finals. Federer, who lost to Del Potro in the U.S. Open final, will also face Fernando Ver...
19-11-2009 - 00:28

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