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1 hr ago | The China Post

Purdy takes title shot while Khan looks for future foe

England's Lee Purdy has his first chance to fight for a world crown on Saturday while countryman Amir Khan looks to another main event bout to see about future world title opportunities.

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Related Topix: Sports, Boxing, More Sports, Olympic Boxing, Olympics, Welterweight Boxing, Summer Olympics, Anthony Ogogo, Randall Bailey

5 hrs ago | Burnley Citizen

Smith to appear on My Secret Past

Louis Smith MBE is set to reveal the truth about living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder for the third series of My Secret Past.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Gymnastics, Summer Olympics

6 hrs ago | Connecticut Post

Denmark's Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body

Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Badminton, Summer Olympics

10 hrs ago | BBC News

Wiggins withdrawal reignites Tour talk

I felt so sorry for him on Thursday's short stage to Treviso, it must have been one of the hardest days, emotionally and psychologically, that he has ever had to endure.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympic Cycling, Mark Cavendish, Olympics, Vincenzo Nibali, Summer Olympics, Ryder Hesjedal, Cycling, Victoria Pendleton, Discovery Channel

Fri May 17, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Report: Michael Phelps planning comeback

A report Friday evening from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Michael Phelps, Summer Olympics, Olympic Swimming, Ryan Lochte, Swimming

The Globe and Mail

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal withdraws from Giro d'Italia in 'heartbreaking' decision

Canada's Ryder Hesjedal pedals during the eight stage of the Giro d'Italia, Tour of Italy cycling race, an individual time trial from Gabicce to Saltara, May 11, 2013.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympic Cycling, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Ryder Hesjedal, Discovery Channel, Cycling, Dave Brailsford, Bradley Wiggins, Vincenzo Nibali

WKRN

Prince to miss a few weeks to play for Russia

The Brooklyn native will miss a few weeks of the WNBA season to join the Russian national women's basketball team for the EuroBasket tournament from June 15-30. Prince will leave the Chicago Sky on June 4 to train with the Russian team for a week before the tournament begins.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Chicago Sky, WNBA Women's Basketball, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Becky Hammon, Olympic Basketball

The Citizens' Voice

D2 Tennis Doubles: Scranton Prep and Delaware Valley teams earn gold medals

In the District 2 Class AA final, Scranton Prep freshman Pete Kazmierczak followed a double fault with a powerful ace that helped him and his teammate, Keller McGurrin, win the doubles championship over the top-seeded team from Wyoming Seminary, Henry Cornell-Matt Cartwright, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, Thursday at Kirby Park.

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Related Topix: High School Sports, Pennsylvania High School Sports, Sports, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Tennis

South End Standard

Jessica Judd shocked to post world best 800m time

CANVEY'S middle-distance star Jessica Judd admits being the fastest 800m runner in the world this season "feels a bit surreal". Judd, 18, raced to a personal best time of 2m 00.37s in Watford making her not only the fastest under-20 in the world at the moment, but the fastest female full stop over the two-lap distance.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Paula Radcliffe, Summer Olympics, Olympic Athletics

BBC News

Global brand who remained the genuine article

David Beckham was not quite the outstanding British footballer of his generation.

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Related Topix: Sports, Soccer Players, David Beckham, England World Cup, FIFA Soccer World Cup, Ryan Giggs, Olympics, Olympic Football, Summer Olympics, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard

Thu May 16, 2013

CNN

Role in retirement

After David Beckham's long and distinguished football career ends on a remote plastic field in northwestern France, his life promises to be far more glamorous once he steps away from the game he loves.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Thiago Silva, Olympic Football, Summer Olympics, England World Cup, FIFA Soccer World Cup, Soccer Players, Bafetimbi Gomis, Brandao

AdelaideNow...

Coach rolls out red carpet for Erin

Phillips, 28, started for Indiana Fever as they won the 2012 WNBA championship but the commitment cost her the chance to represent Australia at last year's London Olympics.

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Related Topix: Erin Phillips (2008 Beijing Olympics), Erin Phillips, Sports, Kristi Harrower, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Kathleen Macleod, Olympic Basketball, More Sports, WNBA Women's Basketball, Indiana Fever

SFGate

Geneva auction sells huge diamond for $26.7M

This is a Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo of the Royal Oak Chronograph Leo Messi No.

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Related Topix: Lionel Messi, Argentina World Cup, FIFA Soccer World Cup, Sports, Soccer Players

Western Gazette

Sherborne pays tribute after shock death of Olympic medallist Andrew Simpson

A STUNNED community paid tribute to a "larger-than-life family man" after the death of British Olympic gold medal winning sailor Andrew Simpson.

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Related Topix: Iain Murray, Sports, Olympics, Andrew Simpson, Summer Olympics, Olympic Sailing, Sailing News

Jerusalem Post

Israeli Paralympian eyes 2016 Games in Rio

Pascale Bercovitch has a firm handshake and a ready smile. She's hard to keep up with as she takes an elevator to a cafe on the ground floor of her gym in northern Tel Aviv and talks about her hopes to compete in 2016 in Rio De Janeiro.

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Related Topix: Sports, Olympics, Olympic Gymnastics, Summer Olympics, Swimming

Messenger Newspapers

Trafford Metro Centenary Gala Success

TRAFFORD Metropolitan Borough Swimming Club celebrated a 100 years of competitive swimming with a spectacular swimming gala held at Sale Leisure Centre on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Swimming

Wed May 15, 2013

Salisbury Journal

Black sees more from Ohuruogu

UK Athletics performance director Neil Black insists the best is yet to come from Christine Ohuruogu as she targets her second world 400m title in Moscow later this year.

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Related Topix: Sports, Christine Ohuruogu, Olympic Athletics, Olympics, Greg Rutherford, Mo Farah, Summer Olympics

San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Lakers Notebook: Pau Gasol has his sights set on 2014 World Cup

Pau Gasol has immediately penciled himself out of playing for the Spanish National team during the FIBA European Championship.

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Related Topix: Sports, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Basketball, NBA Players, Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Basketball

Monterey County Herald

Swimming hall of fame may move from Fla. to Calif.

The lease for its Fort Lauderdale museum, open since 1965, expires in 2015. Hall of Fame officials say the city's planned redesign for the aging Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex and its swimming pools would move the museum to an unappealing building and would fail to attract more visitors.

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Related Topix: Sports, Swimming, Olympics, Summer Olympics, Olympic Swimming

NBC New York

World Wrestlers to Face Off in Grand Central Terminal

Commuters and visitors passing through Grand Central Terminal Wednesday might run into something unusual: an international wrestling match in Vanderbilt Hall.

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Related Topix: Sports, Coleman Scott, Olympic Wrestling, Olympics, Summer Olympics

Olympic Medal Count

    Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russian Federation 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
8 Italy 8 9 11 28
9 Hungary 8 4 5 17
10 Australia 7 16 12 35