Tennis: Argentina Still on Track After a Bumpy Year
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On paper, Argentina's Davis Cup team is weaker than some that have preceded it. But have worked their way through a tricky draw and put themselves within one victory of the trophy.
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Britain last won the Davis Cup in 1936. You can account for the paucity of confidence in the British team last weekend when you realise their last victory predates rationing.
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Four years ago in Barcelona, when Spain won the Davis Cup for the first time, Carlos MoyÃ¡ cut a rather sad and slightly dejected figure, an outsider who was forced to watch from the periphery because of an injured back.
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World number two Rafael Nadal stayed on course for an early title in the new year as he stormed into the quarter-finals of the ATP Chennai Open here on Thursday.
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By defeating Marat Safin in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, Argentina's David Nalbandian evened the Davis Cup final with Russia at 1-1.
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Argentina have comfortably beaten nine-man Paraguay 1-0 in the final of the men&#39;s soccer tournament to win their first Olympic gold medal in 52 years.
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Argentina on course for first elected woman president after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declares victory.
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Argentina surged past an outclassed Great Britain to move into a 2-0 lead in their Davis Cup World Group first round tie here on Friday.
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It was not quite what Carlos Moya missed the first time. The setting was not his country&#39;s tennis capital and his former home, Barcelona, but the capital of the Spanish region Andalusia.
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Argentina have returned to the top of FIFA's world rankings after winning their first two qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup.
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Marat Safin of Russia returns the ball to Guillermo Canas of Argentina during the semifinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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David Nalbandian beat Mark Philippoussis 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 Friday to give Argentina a 1-0 lead over Australia in the Davis Cup semifinals.
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MOSCOW -- Marat Safin and Dmitry Tursunov beat Argentina's David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, yesterday to put Russia within one victory of its second Davis Cup title.
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Argentina's economy kept up a strong recovery through the end of 2004 with early data Wednesday showing the country's gross domestic product rose 9.2 percent from a year earlier.
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October 11, 2004. The latest round of World Cup qualifiers in South America have produced some interesting results at nearly the half-way mark.
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ATHENS, Greece - The United States and Argentina will go after each other again in the Olympic men's basketball semifinals, and if their latest performances carry over, it'll be difficult for the South American rivals to win.    The game is scheduled for a 1 p.m...
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BRISBANE, Australia  - Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela will spearhead his country's challenge for the 2007 Hopman Cup mixed tennis tournament in Perth in December.