Dec 09
Dec 09
THERE was a sense of keen anticipation in the corporate tents at Coolum when Peter Lonard charged towards his third Australian PGA title.
It was not just the prospect of an Australian victory that was making pulses race; it was the prospect of free beer afterwards.
Last time that Lonard won at Coolum, in 2004, he shouted for the bar at the Hyatt Column and invited all comers.
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Dec 09
Manchester City’s Thai owner Thaksin Shinawatra is looking for additional investors to help subsidise his ambitious plans for the club – the latest of which might be a swap deal which would see Internazionale’s Brazilian striker Adriano arriving, with Rolando Bianchi conceivably heading back to Italy in his place.
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Dec 09
Ashton (second right) scores for the Hammers
Dean Ashton earned West Ham an impressive away victory at Blackburn.
Ashton tapped in from close range after George McCartney’s pull back to bring a low-key game to the boil.
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Dec 09
Challenging gender barriers, teen girls in Afghanistan enter the boxing ring
Nov 18, 2007
KABUL, Afghanistan – A group of teenage girls is taking up fisticuffs to challenge Afghanistan’s gender barriers.
“Move, move, move,” coach Saber Sharifi shouted as the 20-odd girls sparred recently. “Steady, watch your left shoulder.”
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Dec 09
Sophomore guard Osiris Eldridge scored 20 points as Illinois State improved to a perfect 6-0 record at Redbird Arena Saturday night, holding on for a 62-52 win over Cincinnati.
The Redbirds (6-3) held off a stiff Cincinnati rally late in the game after pulling ahead by as many as 19 points in the second half.
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Dec 09
Outside the Lines: No Garden Party
Despite back-to-back losses against the woeful Sixers, New York Knicks head coach Isiah Thomas was reportedly told by owner James Dolan that his job is not in jeopardy.
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Dec 09
AUSTRALIA’S Horse of the Year Miss Andretti ran one of the worst races of her life in the Group One Hong Kong Sprint, finishing 10th behind local champion Sacred Kingdom in the 1200m dash.
In a race which still provided significant joy for Australian racing, the Victorian mare was never comfortable racing in the clockwise direction and gave ground from the top of the straight after being four wide for most of the trip.
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Dec 09
Victory, and a bonus point in this Heineken Cup Pool Two game, came at a high price for the Gloucester coach, Dean Ryan, here last night as three of his key players, Olly Morgan (shoulder again), Mike Tindall (left leg) and Chris Paterson (ribs), were helped to the dressing-room with bad knocks.
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Dec 09
Didier Drogba is “90 per cent certain” to miss today’s Premier League encounter with Sunderland because of a chronic knee problem that may soon require surgery which could keep him out for several weeks, Chelsea’s manager, Avram Grant, confirmed yesterday.
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