WOMEN&#39;S RANKINGS
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AMERICAN Lindsay Davenport ended 2004 with the WTA world No 1 ranking, while Maria Sharapova, who won the season-ending WTA Tour Championships yesterday, finished at No 4. Sharapova, the Russian 17-year-old
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Mercyhurst is the No. 1 team in both Division I national polls, ahead of such long-established womenâs powerhouses as Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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The Duke Blue Devils led the final AP women's basketball poll on Monday, receiving 46 of 50 first-place votes from a national media panel. Duke also was No. 1 in the final poll of the 2003-04 season but didn't make it to the Final Four, losing to Minnesota in the regional finals.
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The controversial sport now has female participants  -  with Brazil in the lead
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Athens -- While the men&#39;s 400 meters received most of the attention from the American media Monday night, the best race on the program was the women&#39;s 800.
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-- Connecticut was a clear choice as No. 1. Rutgers was more of a poll mystery. The Huskies regained the top spot in The Associated Press women's basketball poll Monday after receiving 38 of the 50 first-place votes. Connecticut had been No. 1 for seven straight weeks before falling to No. 2 last...
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American Lindsay Davenport will be the new number-one women&#39;s tennis player in the world when the official WTA rankings come out next week.
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Southern California and Oklahoma made it 11 for 11 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday. The top-ranked Trojans and second-ranked Sooners have lined up that way in the rankings since the preseason.
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Bowling Green has little time to celebrate its return to the Top 25. The Falcons joined The Associated Press women's basketball poll at No. 25 on Monday, and they'll face their biggest challenge of the season Tuesday night against No. 4 Duke in Cancun.
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Duke, Tennessee, Connecticut and North Carolina are selected Monday as the No. 1 seeds for the women's NCAA tournament.
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Sorenstam chosen AP Female Athlete of the YearBC-AP Female Athlete of the Year, Bjt, 1st Ld-Writethru,0944
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Today, the Financial Times and FT Deutschland, our German sister paper, publish our first ranking of top women in European business, turning the spotlight on those who have broken through to the highest levels of corporate life.
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The Maryland women go from 21st to 15th after a 92-77 win over North Carolina. It's the highest ranking for the Terps since the 1992-93 season.
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Lindsay Davenport will take over the world number one spot from Amelie Mauresmo when the rankings are released next week after brushing aside Dinara Safina 6-4
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It&#39;s safe to say Justine Henin-Hardenne is back on top of her game. She&#39;s healthy for the first time in months - and has a gold medal to prove it.
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-- Last week's three big-time matchups caused plenty of movement in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday, except at the top. For the fourth straight week, North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas were the top three teams in the rankings. Then came the changes courtesy of the high-profile...
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For the first time this season, the World Golf Rankings reflect popular opinion. Someone other than Tiger Woods is the No. 1 golfer in the world.