Unknown Nesterenko Makes World Headlines
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Belarus' Yuliya Nesterenko won the top  women's athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday,  triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of  doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia and steeplechaser Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar set world records at the Van Damme Memorial meet Friday.
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The chief of the private oil company Russneft is on the run in the wake of an international arrest warrant issued by Russia.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman to qualify for the women&#39;s 100 meters second round at the Olympic Games here on Friday.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus surged ahead at the finish to capture the Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre dash, nipping Lauryn Williams of the United States and breaking a 20-year-old American stranglehold on the title.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. -- While playing partners Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie grabbed most of the attention, Grace Park made history Thursday at the Samsung World Championship.
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Bothered more by the wind and her wrist wrap than her opponent, defending gold medalist Venus Williams overpowered Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-2 in the opening match of the Athens Games' tennis tournament. Andy Roddick made his Olympic debut with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) victory over Flavio Saretta of Brazil, swatting 12 aces and 16 service winners.
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Vouliagmeni, Greece - Watch Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, think Hermann Maier. Awful crash, unlikely fightback, gold within days. Instant Olympic lore.
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Exeter - A reclusive Russian may have solved one of the world&#39;s toughest mathematics problems and stands to win $1-million (almost R7-million) - but he doesn&#39;t appear to care.
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For the first time in 20 years, an American woman did not win the 100-meter dash at the Olympic Games. And now, after Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.
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Favored Russia has captured the Fed Cup tennis title for the first time, with a dramatic 3-2 win over defending champion France in Moscow.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Two decades of American dominance in the 100 meters ended Saturday when Yuliya Nesterenko rode a powerful closing surge to overtake Lauryn Williams, nipping the newest American track star at the finish.
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Greg Rusedski overcomes Ivo Karlovic in the first round of the Kremlin Cup.
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ATHENS -- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own world record in the pole vault last night to win a showdown with teammate Svetlana Feofanova for the gold with an effort of 16 feet 1&#188; inches.
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took place on May 9 in (regional capital) Grozny,&quot; Kadyrov was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Monday. Officials did not disclose the man&#39;s full name.
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The popularity of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in a nation otherwise dominated by hockey has been one of many surprises that have come with the tournament.