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U.S. women soccer players get plenty of ink for their accomplishments
You never forget the first time, Sydney Leroux says. In her case it came when she was just 13, after a bet with her mother over how many goals she would score in a national soccer tournament. For Shannon Boxx it happened in college — and it, too,...
Tags: ESPN (tv network), Awards and Prizes, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Soccer, Shannon Boxx
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Deal to mend fences with IOC caps marathon effort by USOC's Probst
When historians of such things seek the moment the U.S. Olympic Committee found a way to forge the agreement Thursday that put the U.S. back in the game as a potential Olympic Games host, they need look no further than Oct. 7, 2009.
It was five days...Tags: International Olympic Committee, Olympic Games, EA Tiburon, Philip Hersh, Corporate Officers
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Chelsea beats Bayern Munich in UEFA Champions League final
When Didier Drogba's penalty kick hit the back of the net in Munich's Allianz Arena on Saturday, giving Chelsea a 4-3 win over Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League final, David Engelberg leapt to his feet in a bar half a world away and pumped his...
Tags: Allianz AG Holding, Sports, Soccer, Roman Abramovich
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For U.S., the Olympics have become away Games
When the 2012 London Olympics begin less than three months from now, it will mark an anniversary that Americans might not want to celebrate. Ten years have passed since the Games last took place on U.S. soil. And with the bidding process extended years...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, White House, Sports, Barack Obama
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Swimmer Jessica Hardy gets another shot at the Olympics
Dave Salo watched his swimmer show up for work every morning in the fall of 2008, armed with more than determination and a desire to erase the past and push the fast-forward button four years.
But Jessica Hardy was not going to be able to settle or solve...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Trials, Sports, Manufacturing and Engineering, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Missed penalty kicks not the stuff of Champions
It was like Michael Jordan missing a game-winning free throw or LeBron James bouncing a dunk off the rim. It was Justin Verlander losing a World Series game on a wild pitch or Eli Manning blowing the Super Bowl with an interception in the end zone. It'...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Michael Jordan, Racism, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sports
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Stakes are raised in English soccer this weekend
As a die-hard Arsenal fan growing up in north London, and later as a standout defender for three English Premier League teams, Warren Barton learned to look forward to the final day of the Premier League season with equal parts fear and joy. On no...
Tags: Houston Astros, ESPN (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Soccer, Minnesota Twins
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Saudi prince says female athletes OK at Olympics
World NowPrince Nayef ibn Abdulaziz has said women can represent Saudi Arabia at the Olympics this summer as long as they don't contradict Islamic laws, a sign of change after human rights activists campaigned against the exclusion of Saudi women from sports.... -
There's no Koranic justification for banning Saudi women from sports
Just when you thought Saudi Arabia might be edging its way into the 21st century—or even the late 20th—the country’s sports minister dispelled that notion with the disappointing and troubling announcement that no women will officially...
Tags: Politics, Justice and Rights, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights, International Olympic Committee
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Saudi Arabia won't endorse female Olympians, official says
World NowCountering the earlier words of a Saudi prince who said that women could represent his country at the Olympics, the Saudi Arabian sports minister said his country won’t officially support female athletes.... -
Dullahan beats non-dyed Hansen in Blue Grass Stakes
Dullahan ran down Hansen in the final furlong to insert his own name among the Kentucky Derby favorites in the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. Dullahan went off at 3-1 odds, running the 1 1/8 miles on the Polytrack in 1.47.94...
Tags: Auto Racing, Feliciano Lopez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Air Transportation Industry, Golf
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Olympics urged to press for Saudi female athletes
World NowThe Saudi government severely restricts women athletes, kowtowing to fears that sports are “steps of the devil” that will lead girls into immorality, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. It argues that Olympic officials should demand...
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