Rain puts crimp on match play
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US Open champion Retief Goosen was the only winner on a rainy opening day of the World Match Play Championship at Virginia Water, England, yesterday, beating Jeff Maggert over 36 holes by a record 12 and 11.
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Light rain has delayed the start of play on the outside courts at the Australian Open on Saturday.
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VALDERRAMA, Spain : Play was delayed for 80 minutes in the third round of the Volvo Masters here when a thunderstorm moved into the area.
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Of all the ICC Champions Trophies, this year&#39;s at England was the worst in terms of timing. The weather was cold and with rain interrupting the flow of the game, it didn&#39;t make for the excitement that a one-day game has.
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There were a couple of thunderclaps before the cloudburst that caused a rain delay of 3 hours, 42 minutes yesterday at Yankee Stadium.
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Organizers are facing their worst scheduling headache for 25 years at Wimbledon after rain once again disrupted play at the championships on Tuesday.
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Rain stops play with England 118-3 against Sri Lanka.
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Rain delays the start of Tim Henman's Masters Cup campaign against Andy Roddick.
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Heavy rain on Friday forced the ICC Champions Trophy match between England and Sri Lanka to be carried into Saturday&#39;s reserve day.
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Rain delayed the start of the third and final one-day international between India and South Africa at Stormont here Sunday.
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Wimbledon this ain&#39;t. When it rains in SW19, herds of well-drilled young men rush forward with tarpaulins to protect the hallowed turf.
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Rain has delayed the start of Tim Henman&#39;s match against Stefan Koubek in Great Britain&#39;s Davis Cup World Cup play-off against Austria.
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Rain is continuing to fall around Brisbane, threatening the deciding match in the Chappell-Hadlee one day series between Australia and New Zealand.
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Rain has delayed the start of the fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar series between India and Australia at Mumbai&#39;s Wankhede Stadium.
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Fans and players were left frustrated on the opening day of Wimbledon when rain delayed the start of the championships on Monday.
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Rain stops play with England on 237-5 on the final day of the third Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
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Last month was the country&#39;s wettest June since records began, provisional figures out Thursday showed, as a flood clean-up continued and a backlog of tennis matches stacked up at rain-soaked Wimbledon.