Final round within reach for Americans
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WASHINGTON -- The heavy lifting has been done. The long plane rides to exotic lands and the tough nights on the road playing in front of raucous crowds are a memory for now.
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Bruce Arena pushed the right buttons in the United States national team's last match, against Jamaica in Kingston Aug. 18. Brian Ching and Cobi Jones entered the match with the US trailing in the second half, then combined for the tying goal, which could go far in advancing the team to the next round of qualifying for the 2006 World ...
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European and U.S. golfers enter the  final laps of their seasons over the next few weeks, a time for  the top players to preen and count their millions and the  also-rans to pray for overdue inspiration.
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A tale of the tape points to an early knockout in the Ryder Cup. Five Americans have won major championships, the best measure of poise under pressure. Europe doesn't have a major champion on its team for the first time in the last 10 matches. The Americans have seven players among the top 15 in the world. Europe has two.
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The last putt on the last hole of the last match. Bernhard Langer playing Hale Irwin and Langer has a six-footer for Europe to retain the Ryder Cup.
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Tomorrow, he faces a far more demanding task. Tomorrow, with one more increasingly precious chance at US Open glory on the line in a marquee quarterfinal, the last American legend standing
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President Bush and challenger John Kerry are making a final push for votes with just two days left before Americans elect their next president.
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Gary Russell Jr. won his bout in the 119-pound division and Raynell Williams won at 125 pounds yesterday to earn the final berths on the United States Olympic boxing team in Houston.The winners in the other nine Olympic weight classes were decided Saturday night: Luis Yanez (106 pounds), Rauâshee Warren (112), Sadam Ali (132), Javier Molina (141), Demetrius Andrade (152), Shawn Estrada (165), Christopher Downs (178), Deontay Wilder (201) and Michael Hunter (201-plus).The world championships will be Oct. 23-Nov. 3 in Chicago. The top eight finishers in each division will qualify for Beijing.
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ONLY two of the eight Olympics singles semi-finalists are left after two rounds of the US Open. On the men&#39;s side, all the medal winners -- Chile&#39;s Nicolas Massu (gold), American Mardy Fish (silver) and Chilean
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The Rest of the World face an uphill task in their bid to win the UBS Cup for the first time after the United States took the second day fourball session 4-2 to establish a 6 Â½ - 5 Â½ lead going into the final day singles at Kiawah Islandâs Cassique
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THESSALONIKI, Greece -- Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From 1 foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals.
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There are times when the Americans just can't win, such as the Ryder Cup. And sometimes, they don't even have to wait for the matches to get under way.
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What it will take to win hearts and minds outside the U.S.
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The Americans got off to a near-perfect start yesterday in the Presidents Cup, getting superb play from veterans and rookies alike in winning five and a half points out of the six alternate-shot matches at Royal Montreal. Despite a leader board covered with American red numbers, perhaps the most poignant moment of a gray afternoon was Jack Nicklaus, the United States captain, instructing Phil Mickelson and Woody Austin to concede a three-and-a-half-foot par putt on the 18th hole that assured Mike Weir of Canada and his International team its only point of the opening session.It was typical of Nicklaus, who famously conceded a putt about the same distance to Tony Jacklin in the 1969 Ryder Cup that allowed those matches to end in a tie. That gesture became a symbol of sportsmanship in match play between countries and continents. Then again, this was only the first day, and it was clear the Americans were in charge.
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AN injury-time goal lifted the United States to a 1-1 draw against Panama today, enough for the Amerians to maintain their lead in Group A in the third round of 2006 World Cup qualifying in the North and Central America and Caribbean region.
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Europe and America square up in the 35th Ryder Cup which gets under way on Friday.
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George Zahringer III is back for another shot at the U.S. Amateur. The New Yorker is one of three returning quarterfinalists for the tournament, which begins Monday at the Winged Foot Golf Club. Lee Williams of Alexander City, Ala., and Patrick Carter of Lesage, W.Va., complete the trio from last year's championship that was won by Nick Flanagan of Australia.