S Sreesanth, India’s fast bowler, has denied clapping in the face of Andrew Symonds after he was dismissed in the fourth one-day match.

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Did you know that genome pioneer Craig Venter was a swimmer? A good one at that too. In A Life Decoded: My Genome, My Life (published Oct 25), the biologist writes of his love of swimming and its influence on his life

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Juan Carlos Navarro scored 19 of his game-high 21 points in the second half of the Memphis Grizzlies’ 102-99 exhibition loss to Spanish team Unicaja at NBA Europe Live on Tuesday. Pau Gasol added 18 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks, while Mike Miller added 17 points for the Grizzlies. It was Memphis’ first loss […]

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Spanish rider Oscar Pereiro will receive his yellow jersey as the retrospective winner of the 2006 Tour de France next Monday in Madrid, organisers have announced.

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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic defeated Robby Ginepri 6-3, 6-4 Tuesday to reach the second round of the BA-CA Tennis Trophy. The third-ranked Serb dropped serve three times in the opening set but broke Ginepri four times. “I was satisfied with my game from the baseline, but I was not happy at all with my serve,” Djokovic […]

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Tiger Woods has played the Dubai Desert Classic three of the last four years and is building his first golf course there. Chris DiMarco did a two-week swing through the desert last year at Abu Dhabi and Qatar. Scott Verplank is considering a trip next year. The United Arab Emirates is one of the […]

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Marat Safin struggled to beat Russian qualifier Denis Matsukevitch 7-6 (2), 7-5 Tuesday and advance to the second round of the Kremlin Cup. The 28th-ranked Safin, recently returned from a hiking trip in Nepal, was playing as a wild card. “I thought he would be scared,” Safin said. “But he wasn’t and dragged me to […]

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Finally, some good news for Michelle Wie. Barring a bad drop that gets her disqualified, or a recurring wrist injury that causes her to withdraw, she is guaranteed her largest paycheck this season. That’s only because the Samsung World Championship doesn’t have a cut, and last-place money of $12,499 is more than her total […]

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James Blake rallied past Swedish veteran Jonas Bjorkman 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-3 Tuesday in the first round of the Stockholm Open, the first step in his bid to win the tournament three straight years. John McEnroe and Boris Becker each won four times, but never three in a row. Blake, who is 11-0 in Stockholm […]

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SANTA CRUZ, California, October 9. EVERY year, UC Santa Cruz’s team swims from Santa Cruz to Monterey as part of the Transbay Swim. This 26-mile swim is done in a relay format, consisting of two rela…

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