Open-Unseeded Asagoe holds off Daniilidou fightback
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Shinobu Asagoe, the last unseeded player left in the women&#39;s singles, reached her first grand slam quarter-final with a 7-6 4-6 6-3 win over Greece&#39;s Eleni Daniilidou 7-6 4-6 6-3 at the US Open on Monday.
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Nikolay Davydenko survived a huge scare against 195th-ranked Moroccan wildcard Younes El Aynaoui before he scraped into the second round of the Dubai Open with a 6-7 7-5 7-5 victory on Tuesday.
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Senegal face Angola and Tunisia are up against South Africa in Sunday's Africa Cup of Nations Group D games.
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ATHENS (Kyodo) Masae Ueno captured the women&#39;s 70-kg gold medal, but Hiroshi Izumi had to settle for silver in the men&#39;s 90-kg in the judo competition at the Athens Olympics on Wednesday.
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Opponents aren't the only ones having a tough time matching Max Darrah's pace. Record-keepers are struggling to keep up, as well.
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WASHINGTON -- The black eye that goalkeeper Matt Reis was sporting as he stared down the next DC United penalty kick taker told the story.
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A tournament of enormous possibility for a large number of Europeans ended in anti- climax on Sunday. After four rounds of the NEC Invitational the five leading qualifiers from the world rankings remained
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Leon Lawson was watching over Andre Dirrell&#39;s shoulder last night, literally and figuratively, as the US middleweight tried to box his way into the medal rounds at the Olympic Games.
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Japan's Mao Asada took the women's gold medal at the Four Continents championships yesterday in Goyang, South Korea, by recording a season-best total score of 193.25, defeating world champion compatriot Miko Ando.
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Lindsay Davenport is two victories from a second U.S. Open title and the No. 1 ranking. After waiting out a day of rain, Davenport beat Shinobu Asagoe of Japan 6-1, 6-1 in just 46 minutes Wednesday to reach the Open's semifinals in a match that began with about 100 people in the stands at 9,645-capacity Louis Armstrong Stadium.
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Vitali Klitschko proved too strong for Danny Williams as he retained his world championship crown in Las Vegas last night. Williams vowed to continue boxing despite being outclassed by Klitschko.
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A late goal from midfielder Emerse Fae earned struggling Nantes a 2-2 draw against Sochaux in a Ligue 1 match on Sunday. Nicolas Savinaud opened the scoring for Nantes but Sochaux
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho could not hide his frustration as Saloman Kalou&#39;s disallowed goal meant his side failed to keep pace with their Premier League title rivals after Saturday&#39;s goalless draw with Blackburn at Stamford Bridge.
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Lille failed to reduce the lead of champions and Ligue 1 leaders Lyon when they were held 0-0 at Ajaccio on Saturday evening. Lyon, who drew 1-1 with Marseille on Friday and are aiming for a fourth title in
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Seventh-seeded Eleni Daniilidou overcame Jill Craybas of the United States 7-5, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the SEAT Open.
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Nikolay Davydenko overcame an ankle injury to advance to the quarterfinals of the ABN Amro, beating Marc Gicquel 6-3, 6-3 Thursday.
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BUCHAREST, Romania -- Rica Neaga and Cristian Ciocoiu scored in the first half as Steaua Bucharest held on to beat Besiktas 2-1 in a hard-fought UEFA Cup tie to go top of Group B on Thursday.