Lukas goes &#39;all-in&#39;; Azeri goes to Classic
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Azeri, the queen of thoroughbred racing for the past three years, could exit the game royally flush or as a royal bust in the Breeders&#39; Cup World Thoroughbred Championships here Saturday.
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Mikhail Youzhny, the 11th-seeded man in the draw, won his first-round match in convincing fashion, beating Nicolas Devilder, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. Youzhny, a Russian, has had chronic back problems, so a quick victory was an ideal way to begin what he hopes will be another deep run. Last year, his defeat of [...].
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The United States and Spain will be favourites to win their respective Davis Cup semi-finals this weekend. But Belarus, who travel to Charleston to face the Americans, and France, who visit Alicante to play Spain, will hope to upset the odds.
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GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas Oct 31, 2004 - Azeri&#39;s racing career isn&#39;t over yet. The champion mare who took on the boys and finished fifth in the $4 million Breeders&#39; Cup Classic on Saturday could race in Kentucky or California early next year.
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Marat Safin, on current form, will start the favourite for the Masters Cup that begins in Houston a week today, the 24-year-old Russian having won his third Paris Indoor Open in five years yesterday with a 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 victory over the Czech qualifier
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Let&#39;s start with handing a Player of the Week Award to Anastasia Myskina, who defended her Kremlin Cup title (beating Elena Dementieva in the final) and taking the doubles (with Vera Zvonareva).
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John Senden carded a pair of eagles, Harrison Frazar shot a 31 on the front nine and Glen Day recorded seven birdies to finish Thursday&#39;s first round of the
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Former Horse of the Year Azeri will run against males in the $4 million Breedersâ Cup Classic on Saturday, according to trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
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If D. Wayne Lukas, Bob Baffert, Bobby Frankel, Jerry Bailey and Pat Day are at the same track on the same day, it must be the Breeders&#39; Cup.
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LATVIAN and NHL hockey star Sergei Zholtok died during a Belarus championship game yesterday between Dynamo Minsk and Latvia&#39;s Riga 2000.
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A review of the main games from Saturday's qualifiers.
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ANDRE AGASSI produced a comprehensive 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 win over Max Mirnyi at the $US2.425million ($3.35m) Madrid Masters yesterday (AEST) after five weeks away from the circuit.
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Sir Alex Ferguson v Roy Keane. This one's worth following, so join Mike Adamson NOW!
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MADRID : Top seed Tim Henman and number three Marat Safin set the pace past Spaniards with Paradorn Srichaphan tacking on a third loss for a home hope at the 2.425-million-euro Madrid Masters.
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Marat Safin won his first title in two years, beating Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (4), 7-5 Sunday in an all-Russian final. Safin, a former US Open champion who has been struggling since an injury-plagued 2003, advanced to No.
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Azeri, the world&#39;s all-time leading money-earning female, has been retired from racing. Michael Paulson, who heads his father&#39;s Allen Paulson Living Trust that raced Azeri, made the decision
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Azeri, Horse of the Year in 2002 and a near certainty for the Distaff Race in the Breeders&#39; Cup at Lone Star Park Saturday, is to run instead in the tougher but much more prestigious $4 million Classic.