Hitting Marks, U.S. Women Aim at Title
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STUTTGART, Germany, Sept. 2 -- There were no medals awarded for this performance. Still, what a great night for the Americans to say they have the best gymnastics team in the world.
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The streak is over, and so is the United States' bid for a third Women's World Cup championship. Brazil and its star player Marta put on a dazzling performance against the Americans and cruised to a 4-0 victory in the semifinals Thursday, ending the U.S. unbeaten streak at 51 games and sending the Brazilians into their first title match, against Germany on Sunday.
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The gold and bronze medal finals last night at the Athens Olympic Games mark the end of American women&#39;s soccer. Not the team, of course, which will go on to play, probably at the highest level, for decades to come.
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Seriously challenged for the first time in these Olympics, the U.S. women's basketball team fought through foul problems and long stretches of frigid shooting to clinch first place in its preliminary group with a 71-58 victory over Spain on Friday.
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SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina  - The elite of women's golf is lining up to dethrone Annika Sorenstam, no longer the sport's dominant figure, at the U.S. Open starting on Thursday at Pine Needles.
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Look at the field at the WTA Championships, it looks more like the Kremlin Cup than a tennis tournament in Los Angeles. Wednesdayâs first day of action had four of the five
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BALI, Indonesia (Ticker) - Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia is on the verge of producing a second straight title. Kuznetsova extended her winning streak to 10 matches with a 6-7 (1-7), 6-1, 6-2 triumph over fourth
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The United States shook off early shooting woes and sloppy play to claim its third straight Olympic women's basketball title Saturday, a 74-63 victory over Australia. They did it by turning up the defense, crashing the boards harder in the second half and, most importantly, finding their shooting touch.
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Deep into overtime, the breaks were going against the US women&#39;s soccer team. First came a last-gasp goal that stole victory in regulation, then came a wide-open shot that bounced off the goalpost.
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Players on the women&#39;s tour will be scrambling for final points this week as they attempt to secure spots in lucrative season-ending WTA Championships.
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The GW women's basketball team is determined to make it past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament this year, which will likely require winning the A-10 Tournament to get a high seed.
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The U.S. Women&#039;s Open has given Annika Sorenstam fits the last 10 years. On Friday, it gave her reason to believe her fortunes were changing.
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Cristie Kerr uses a birdie on the 14th hole Sunday as a springboard to her first U.S. Women's Open title with a two-shot victory over world No. 1 Lorena Ochoa.
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The winning streak is hardly foremost in their minds &#151; getting to the World Cup is another matter. Riding a 30-game unbeaten run, the U.S. women try to qualify for the 2007 World Cup when they face Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Wednesday night.
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Armed with a new look, a refurbished serve and a fortuitous draw, Russia's Maria Sharapova is primed to defend her U.S. open title.
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Sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze is the only woman left in this yearâs U.S. who hasnât won the tournament in the past.
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The United States women bounced back from mistakes that could have cost them gold and they bested defending champion China a year ahead of the Olympics in Beijing.