Hestrie out of Golden contention
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For Hestrie Cloete, the season is all but over, as South Africa&#39;s high jump world champion failed to continue her winning streak in the Golden League on Friday night in Brussels.
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Devin Hester used his leaping ability to save Miami from one potential loss this season. He used his speed to rescue his team from another.
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Sammy Sosa was out of the lineup against the Montreal Expos yesterday because of bursitis in his right hip. And his replacement, Ben Grieve, was injured while making a catch.
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Noguchi tamed a grueling course and ran away with the gold medal in the women&#39;s marathon at the Athens Olympics on Sunday. Noguchi, pulling away at the 25-kilometer mark, held off a late charge from Kenya&#39;s
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ATHENS, Greece Aug. 21, 2004 - Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal has lost some of its luster. A mistake in scoring of the all-around gymnastics final cost Yang Tae-young the gold that ended up going to Hamm, the International Gymnastics Federation said Saturday.
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Arizona leftfielder Quinton McCracken left the game with a strained right groin after chasing after a foul ball in the first inning...Bautista extended his hitting streak to eight games...Los Angeles first baseman Hee-Seop Choi is mired in an 0-for-12
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Britain's Tim Hemnan fears the onset of an energy crisis after crashing out of the 2.425-million-euro Madrid Masters with little left in the tank in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 loss to Ivan Ljubicic.
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An early leader out of the gate faces stiff competition in the stretch.
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ATHENS - Russian Yelena Slesarenko deprived Hestrie Cloete of the high jump gold medal by soaring to the title with a display bordering on perfection.
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D. &amp; J. Howes' Final Prophecy finished second behind 4-5 favorite Milky Way Guy in the $40,000 B.G. Smith Memorial stakes yesterday at Suffolk Downs but was placed first by the stewards when they ruled Milky Way Guy interfered with Final Prophecy in deep stretch.
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America's Cup challenger New Zealand lost two tests at sea yesterday. First it could not control its own sails. Then it was defeated by defending champion Alinghi.
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American Matthew Emmons fired at the wrong target on the verge of victory in the Olympics men&#39;s 50-meter rife three-position target event to surrender an almost certain gold medal to China&#39;s Jia Zhanbo on Sunday.
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ATHENS -- With Mardy Fish leading two sets to one against an opponent who seemed to be weakening and perhaps coming up lame, the gold medal match was his to lose yesterday.
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A closing double-bogey by Paul Casey in Friday's Dunhill Links Championship second round damaged the Briton's chances of clinching the European order of merit title.
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OLYMPIA, Greece -- US shot-putter Adam Nelson stood outside the throwing circle, his hands on the back of his head, his hopes just dashed by a foul on a throw that would have won the gold medal.
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Phil Mickelson walks to the 18th tee with a one-shot lead in the Scottish Open on Sunday and unravels again to lose in a playoff to Gregory Havret.
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Britain&#39;s Mark Lewis-Francis held off the USA&#39;s Maurice Greene on the last leg to win a stunning gold medal in the men&#39;s 4x100m relay.