Torakichi Nakamura, 92, Golf Pioneer, Is Dead
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Mr. Nakamura helped fuel a post-World War II golf boom in Japan by winning the 1957 Canada Cup.
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One of the most famous American band leaders of the swing era, clarinettist Artie Shaw, dies aged 94.
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US-born chess legend Bobby Fischer has died in Iceland at the age of 64, his close friend Gardar Sverrisson told AFP on Friday.
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Chandler Harper, who won the 1950 PGA Championship and was a major figure in Virginia golf for more than 70 years, died Monday. He was 90.
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Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has died of an unspecified illness, a spokesman for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64.
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Woods no longer holds any of the major championships, while after a record span of 264 weeks Vijay Singh replaced him as No 1 when the Fijian finished first to Woods&#39;s share of second place
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Former Japanese Prime Minister and veteran lawmaker Kiichi Miyazawa dies at the age of 87.
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Par of the century. Best par in history. Unbelievable. And that's just what the other team was saying about the magic act Laura Davies conjured up on the 16th hole at the Solheim Cup yesterday in Halmstad, Sweden.
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Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura has vowed to &quot;fight like a challenger&quot; as he cancelled his 29th birthday party to take part in Japan&#39;s crash training course ahead of their Asian Cup defence.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Oscar Peterson, who sat atop the world of jazz piano for decades with his driving two-handed swing, technical wizardry and rapid-fire solos, has died, a friend of the artist said on Monday. He was 82.
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Golf entered a new era yesterday at 5:44 p.m., the moment Fiji-born Vijay Singh rolled in his short putt on the 18th hole and officially logged his three-stroke victory in the Deutsche Bank Championship. For the first time in more than five years -- a total of 264 weeks -- someone other than Tiger Woods walked off a ...
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Bobby Fischer, the most powerful American chess player in history, died on Thursday in a hospital in Iceland. No cause of death was given.
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John "Buck" O'Neil, a key figure in Negro Leagues baseball and a ground-breaking coach in the major leagues, has died at the age of 94.
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Payne Stewart&#39;s presence is still with the US Ryder Cup team, nearly five years after his death. Stewart died in a plane crash in 1999, but his memory lives on in the American team room at Oakland Hills.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Marlene Stewart-Streit was inducted Monday into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Also inducted were Tom Kite, Isao Aoki and Charlie Sifford, the first African-American so honoured.
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Bobby Fischer, the chess champion who made a name for himself by beating the Russians then turning his back on America - and the game - has died
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Angel Cabrera was the last survivor to par Friday, but only because of an amazing birdie on his final hole that made Phil Mickelson extinct at this U.S. Open. Cabrera finished off a calamitous day at Oakmont with a sand wedge from 135 yards that skipped to a stop about a foot from the hole, giving him a 1-over 71 and a one-shot lead over Bubba Watson.