Feb 17
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Katie Hoff set her second American record in as many days Sunday when she and six-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps each cruised to a pair of victories at the Missouri Grand Prix.
Both easily won their respective 200-meter freestyle and 400 individual medley races on the second day of the meet.
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Feb 17
Top seed Justine Henin beat Italy’s Karin Knapp 6-3 6-3 to win the Proximus Diamond Games in her home Belgium. The Antwerp title is Henin’s second of the 2008 season, the first one was Sydney, and it's her 41st career title.
It was the first meeting between Henin and Knapp. World No.1 Henin continued her not-so-perfect play, but still she was more than Knapp could handle. I must point out, however, that the young Italian didn’t disappoint at all. She was a good opponent, and Henin didn't defeat her easily.
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Feb 17
Toronto FC
Edu scored in the 44th minute and again in the 61st minute to secure the victory.
"I think I’m feeling pretty comfortable with the guys in there and our team gelled well today," said Edu. "I think we had the better of the play for the most part, we created a lot of good chances and luckily I got on the end of a couple of them."
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Feb 17
France
PARIS – Tulio De Melo scored his 11th goal of the season as Le Mans upset six-time defending champion Lyon 1-0 in the French league Saturday.
The Brazilian forward flicked in a cross from Ibrahim Camara that was diverted by Hassan Yebda at the near post in the 71st minute.
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Feb 17
WHL
David Rutherford scored a pair of goals and Spokane ended a four-game slide Saturday with a 3-1 Western Hockey League win over the Tri-City Americans.
Tri-Cities (44-13-1-2), which had its nine-game win streak ended, got a power-play goal by Adam Hughesman and 23 saves from Chet Pickard.
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Feb 17
Ecclestone believes Hamilton will shrug off the racist abuse
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has dismissed the racist abuse suffered by Lewis Hamilton in Spain this month as “an isolated incident”.
And he said an anti-racism campaign launched by governing body the FIA was “not necessary”.
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Feb 17
Sweden’s Sorenstam last won in September 2006
FINAL ROUND LEADERBOARD
-10 A Sorenstam (Swe)
-8 R Gulyanamitta (Tha), L Diaz (US), J Park (US)
-7 A Park (Bra), M Ueda (Jpn)
Selected others:
-4 P Creamer (US)
-3 K Stupples (Eng)
Sweden’s Annika Sorenstam captured her 70th LPGA Tour title with victory in the season-opening SBS Open in Hawaii.
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Feb 17
LAS VEGAS — Although you wouldn’t know it from Kelly Pavlik’s history of dynamite knockouts, patience is among the middleweight champion’s greatest virtues.
Pavlik waited seven years for his first title shot against Jermain Taylor last year, and didn’t waste it. In the rematch Saturday night, Pavlik persisted until the late rounds, when he finally landed the big punches that kept him perfect.
With a strong finish to a bout with more tactics than theatrics, the pride of Youngstown, Ohio, beat Taylor on Saturday night for the second time in 4½ months, winning a unanimous decision.
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Feb 17
MATT Shirvington knows he is virtually a forgotten man in Australian athletics, but the veteran sprinter still feels he has one last good Olympic performance in him.
Shirvington surprised himself when he won the 100m at the grand prix meet at Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday night.
The winning time of 10.43 seconds was nothing special, but still good enough to give him the nod in a photo finish after 2003 world championships silver medallist Darrel Brown ran the same time.
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