Franz Wins Merc Award
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It&#39;s time to finally put the Big Country jokes to rest--Scottish rock is officially back. Glasgow&#39;s own Franz Ferdinand captured the UK&#39;s top music prize, the Mercury Music Prize, Tuesday
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Mario Matt of Austria won a men's slalom Sunday for his seventh World Cup victory. Matt led after the first run by more than half a second and protected his margin in the second heat to beat Felix Neureuther of Germany. Matt had a combined time of 1 minute, 35.66 seconds.
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Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand have won one of Britain&#39;s most prestigious music awards with their self-titled debut album.
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GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany  - World champion Mario Matt of Austria won a World Cup slalom race on Sunday with two classy runs down a steep and difficult course.
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Scottish alternative rock act Franz Ferdinand has won Britain&#39;s coveted Mercury Prize for its eponymous debut album. The annual music-industry award, recognizing the UK
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It&#39;s no F1 secret, but Spa-Francorchamps - not far from Michael Schumacher&#39;s German birthplace - is his favourite track. Ferrari&#39;s champion won last time out in Belgium (2002) and will probably wrap-up title number seven in the Ardennes on Sunday.
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08.2004. Last night, Scotland&#39;s Franz Ferdinand picked up the prestigious 2004 Nationwide Mercury Prize for its debut self-titled LP in a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House hotel in Central London.
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GOLD COAST (Australia): Brazilian Bruno Junqueira won an incident-marred Gold Coast Indy Champcar race in his Newman/Haas Racing team car here on Sunday.
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SESTRIERE, Italy - World Cup leader Bode Miller won a slalom Monday to join Marc Girardelli as the only men to win races in all four disciplines in a season.
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Spain&#39;s Miguel Angel imenez completed a 2&amp;1 victory over German Bernhard Langer in their delayed World Match Play Championship quarter-final at Wentworth on Saturday.
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Austria's Johann Grugger won the men's World Cup downhill, ahead of countrymen Michael Walchhofer and Fritz Strobl, for the first victory of his career.
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Scottish art-rockers Franz Ferdinand have scooped the prestigious Mercury music prize with their debut album.
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Austria's Hermann Maier wins giant slalom gold at the world championships in Bormio.
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Franck Montagny, R24-08, 119 laps, 526 km
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British driving great Sir Stirling Moss is awarded the FIA gold medal in recognition of his contribution to motorsport.
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VAL GARDENA, Italy -- Max Rauffer became the first German man in nearly 13 years to win a World Cup downhill Saturday in a race in which all the favorites fared poorly.
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ARE, Sweden -- Switzerland's Daniel Albrecht won the combined at the world ski championships Thursday, with Bode Miller finishing sixth after leading the downhill portion of the event.