Holder Dredge off to a flying start in Switzerland
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CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland  - European Masters defending champion Bradley Dredge fired his opening round with an eagle-two as the Briton took an early two-shot lead on Thursday with a five-under-par 66.
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With airport fire trucks blasting water cannons in salute, the crew of the Americaâs Cup champion Alinghi returned to Switzerland yesterday and was hailed by the countryâs president as a symbol of Swiss pride and diversity.Ernesto Bertarelli, the billionaire head of Alinghi, hoisted the silver trophy at the aircraft door. He was applauded by fans and a government delegation. âIâm enormously proud to be here in Geneva with you for the second time,â said Bertarelli, who made Switzerland the first European nation to successfully defend the title in yachtingâs premier event. Switzerland scored a major upset in 2003 by taking the Cup from the Kiwis, bringing sportâs oldest international trophy to Europe for the first time in more than 150 years. On Tuesday, Alinghiâs dramatic one-second win over Emirates Team New Zealand in Valencia, Spain, ended the closest Americaâs Cup regatta in 24 years, a 5-2 Swiss victory. Bertarelli declined to say whether the next Cup would be held in two or four years and whether it would be contested in Valencia.
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BORMIO, Italy Johann Grugger won his first World Cup race Wednesday, taking the downhill on the course that will host the upcoming world championships.
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Switzerland on Sunday held the final day of a legislative election which could see the far-right Swiss People's Party strengthen its place as the leading party.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Renate Goetschl claimed a fifth career win at Lake Louise on Sunday when she sped to victory in the opening super-G of the season.
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Holders Europe seized early control at   the 36th Ryder Cup after American world number one Tiger Woods   drew gasps from the packed galleries when he found water with   his opening shot on Friday.
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Once again, the landlocked Swiss are masters of the ocean. The Alinghi team from Switzerland -- a country more often associated with Alpine skiing and mountain climbing -- successfully defended the venerable America's Cup yesterday, beating Emirates Team New Zealand by one second to win the best-of-nine series, 5-2.
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Liechtenstein's Marco Buechel overcame a broken rib to win the first downhill of the men's Alpine skiing World Cup season yesterday in Lake Louise, Alberta, and deny Canada's Manuel Osborne-Paradis a historic victory.
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Bode Miller, of the United States, is airborne as he speeds past a gate on his way to capture fourth place in a men&#39;s ski world cup downhill race at Val D&#39;Isere, France, Saturday, Dec, 11, 2004.
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The first European hoisted in the air was Bernhard Langer, the champagne-soaked captain of the winning Ryder Cup team.
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Brazil&#39;s champions are being flown from Europe to compete at high altitude in Ecuador without acclimatization. Iraq is competing against the Palestinian team.
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GaÃ«l Monfils of France upset top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, yesterday in the first round of the Swiss Open in Gstaad. Monfils and Davydenko were tied at 5-5 in the third set Tuesday when rain forced the match to be suspended.Also, Stefan Koubek of Austria defeated second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, 6-4, 6-3, and third-seeded Richard Gasquet of France defeated Ruben RamÃ­rez Hidalgo of Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
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Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara wears the leaderâs yellow jersey into the final sprint stage of the first week of the Tour de France as riders tackle the 120-mile trek from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny today.
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Linus Gerdemann of Germany won Saturdayâs seventh stage of the Tour de France to take the overall leaderâs yellow jersey as the race entered the Alps.
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GOSSAU, Switzerland  - Squeezing 150 people into  Vince Peiro's flat in the foothills of the Swiss Alps would be  a very tight fit -- hence the tent city sprouting outside in  the July evening sunshine.
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NORTON, Massachusetts  - Canadian Mike Weir holed out from a greenside bunker at the opening hole on his way to an early tie for the lead in the Deutsche Bank Championship first round on Friday.
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Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr declared himself satisfied with a point from his sideâs 1-1 draw against Switzerland. Kerr had demanded four points from Irelandâs opening two World Cup qualifying