Feb 06
AUSTRALIA blow Qatar away with three first-half goals at Telstra Dome to win the World Cup qualifying match convincingly, getting new coach Pim Verbeek off to a triumphant start.
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Feb 06
Stafford, VA heavyweight “The People’s Champion” Jonathan Felton gives his side of the “Ballroom Brawl” with Askia Schneider in this interview.
Gabcast! Boxing Along the Beltway #98 – Ballroom Boxing Postscript: Felton Speaks!
After almost a week to reflect on what happened, Stafford, VA heavyweight “The People’s Champion” Jonathan Felton gives his side of the “Ballroom Brawl” with Askia Schneider.
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Feb 06
Manitoba Moose
PEORIA, Ill. – Drew MacIntyre made 24 saves, Manitoba scored three goals in the first two periods and the Moose held on for a 4-1 win over the Rivermen in Peoria Tuesday night in the AHL.
MacIntyre earned his 17th win of the season.
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Feb 06
Football Focus looks back 50 years
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Feb 06
Redknapp bought Jermain Defoe to replace Benjani
Zimbabwe striker Benjani’s protracted move from Portsmouth to Manchester City has been resolved with Pompey to receive an initial fee of 3.87m.
The 29-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half year deal with City after passing a medical on Monday.
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Feb 06
It looked like an American dream come true, but now somebody’s going to experience a nightmare.
Students, television and newsprint reporters packed the gym at Fernley (Nev.) High School to hear offensive lineman Kevin Hart give a verbal commitment to play football at the University of California. He chose Cal over Oregon.
“They really sold me,” Hart said, according to USA Today. “Coach [Jeff] Tedford and I talked a lot, and the fact that the head coach did most of the recruiting of me kind of gave me the real personal experience.”
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Feb 06
Serena Williams withdrew from the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, a Tier II tournament which starts February 11. The reason was urgent medical treatment.
Last week, Williams pulled out of the ongoing Open Gaz de France because of emergency dental surgery.
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Feb 06
OU junior garners first conference honor after winning all-around title against NU.
Feb. 5, 2008
IRVING, Texas – Fresh off her first career all-around title that propelled OU to a 195.275-194.950 victory over conference rival Nebraska, OU junior Ashley Jackson was named the Big 12 Gymnast of the Week by the league Tuesday.
The Big 12 honor was the first for the Hudsonville, Mich., native, and marked the third consecutive week an OU gymnast had been awarded the top conference honor. Kiara Redmond-Sturms had won the previous two, sharing last week’s award with Nebraska’s Emily Parsons.
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Feb 06
US-Mexico
9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
TV: ESPN2
If a 30-minute pre-game and 2-hour match is not enough to quench your cross border soccer thirst, don’t worry, US Soccer has you covered. In addition to the broadcast on ESPN2, you will be able to watch the final press conference pre-game stadium warm-ups and post-game show live on ussoccer.com.
Today at about 5pm ET/2pm PT, Bob Bradley and goalkeeper Tim Howard will meet the press for one last time. Tomorrow at about 8:30pm ET/5:30pm PT, they will provide a live look-in on the stadium warm-ups and after the match (about 11:30pm ET/8:30pm PT), they will air a post-game show (which will also stream on ESPN360.com).
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Feb 06
Daniel Nestor
Tennis Canada announced Tuesday that Daniel Nestor has been appointed as coach of the Miele Canadian Davis Cup team.
Nestor will represent Canada as both player and coach in the upcoming Americas Zone, Group I opening round Davis Cup by BNP Paribas tie between Canada and Mexico.
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