Popov pulls the plug
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The 33-year-old, who completed the 50 and 100 metres sprint double at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and repeated the feat in Atlanta four years later, spent a decade training at the Australian Institute of Sport after following his coach, Gennadi Touretski
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Vyacheslav Koloskov announced Thursday he would resign as head of the Russian Soccer Union after multiple poor showings by the national team in international competition.
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in the UkraineJACKIE McNAMARA is fed up with hard luck stories and tales of what might have been. By the end of tonight&#39;s match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, he wants to be able to talk
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Over the past few weeks, Jason Varitek might have been humming an old chestnut with the lyric &quot;They&#39;re breaking up that old gang of mine.
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Macedonian Prime Minister Hari Kostov quit today over disagreements with ethnic Albanian parties in the governing coalition, triggering a government crisis in the ethnically tense Balkan state.
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The retailer becomes the first to pull the plug on analog TVs.
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Alex Rodriguezâs announcement appears to signal the end of his career with the team.
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Alexander Popov, twice a double-sprint freestyle Olympic gold medalist, said Thursday it was unlikely that he would compete again.
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Hockey Nik Antropov , who tossed his stick at officials Thursday night, has been heaved from the struggling Maple Leafs' lineup by the NHL. The top-line forward was suspended for three games for his actions at the conclusion of a 3-2 loss at Carolina. The Hurricanes scored the winning goal in overtime while Antropov was serving a hooking penalty. After ...
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The MNVO geared toward parents and kids has called it quits.
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Seve Ballesteros officially retired from competition Monday, ending a charismatic career filled with five major championships, a record 50 victories on the European Tour and a fighting spirit that reinvigorated Europe in the Ryder Cup.
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Text of report in English by Moscow Times website, on 11 December  A BBC radio broadcast is off the Russian airwaves for the second time in one year.
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(CP) - The NHL pulled the plug on hockey Wednesday, with an emotional Gary Bettman painting a bleak picture of a Grand Canyon-sized divide between owners and the Players&#39; Association.
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Going into the game in Poland, Eriksson was a man courting headlines for the wrong reasons. Indeed, following revelations about the his private life, and the subsequent capitulation of his team in Saturday&#39;s
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Alexandre Vinokourov's Astana team withdraw from the Tour de France after he tests positive for blood doping.
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The announcement by Olivier Panis here yesterday that he will retire from racing at the end of the season at the age of 38 to take up a testing role at Toyota not only created a vacancy
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Alexei Yashin's career with the New York Islanders officially ended Wednesday when the NHL team said they would buy out the last four years on his decade-long contract.