Suzuki advances to semis
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Japan&#39;s world open-weight champion, aiming to make up for compatriot Kosei Inoue&#39;s shock loss in a lighter men&#39;s division, defeated Yury Rybak.
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OAKLAND, California  - Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki  could only manage a lone hit in five at-bats to draw within one  of the single season record of 257 as the Oakland A's picked up  a vital 3-2 win over the Mariners Thursday.
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In a fitting microcosm of the Seattle Mariners&#39; season, Ichiro Suzuki took oen more step toward history while his embattled team suffered another loss.
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Ichiro Suzuki showed he was a great hitter as soon as he arrived in the United States. Now he's proving to be one of the best in baseball history.
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The Seattle Mariners&#39; Ichiro Suzuki registered three singles to equal, break and then add to the Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game against the Texas Rangers Friday.
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auloises Fortuna Yamaha rider Valentino Rossi rode his Yamaha YZR-M1 to third place in today&#39;s provisional qualifying order at Sepang.
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Wimbledon semifinalist Mario Ancic of Croatia moved into the semifinals Friday at the International Tennis Championships. The third-seeded Ancic defeated Denmark&#39;s Kenneth Carlsen, 6-2, 7-5.
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Italian Valentino Rossi has moved a step closer to a fourth straight world title with victory in the Portuguese MotoGP. Yamaha rider Rossi edged Japanese pole-sitter Makoto Tamada by 5.111 seconds to claim
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Third-seeded James Blake shrugged off a string of unforced errors Friday to beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 and advance to the semifinals of the Thailand Open.
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Valentino Rossi was content to settle for second place in the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi after moving a step closer to his fourth consecutive world championship.
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Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki moved within seven hits of the major-league record for a season in last night&#39;s 5-4 loss at Texas.
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Braselton --- Mat Mladin took the first step toward sewing up a fifth AMA Superbike title, fighting off a charging Miguel Duhamel to win Saturday&#39;s round of the weekend Suzuki Superbike Challenge.
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Top seeded Lleyton Hewitt rallied from a first set loss Thursday to defeat Japan&#39;s Takao Suzuki, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-4 and advance to the Japan Open quarterfinals.
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Svetlana Kuznetsova moved closer to a third straight title, defeating Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-1 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Porsche Grand Prix.
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Ichiro Suzuki got one hit and plenty of help in knocking Oakland out of first place. Suzuki's fifth-inning single gave him 255 hits, two shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Athletics into second place in the AL West for the first time since Aug. 5 with a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.
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CHENNAI, India  - World number two Rafael Nadal shrugged aside a long rain interruption to race into the Chennai Open semi-finals with a 6-3 6-2 win over fellow Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Friday.
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John Hopkins caused a surprise by claiming provisional pole position this morning for the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi. The Suzuki rider, who has endured a mediocre season so far, stole the limelight from