Olympic ski champion Stephan Eberharter retires
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Four-time Olympic medallist Stephan Eberharter announced his retirement from competitive skiing on Friday. In 16 seasons on the World Cup circuit, Eberharter won 29 races and four world
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Richard Virenque, one of France's most popular and successful cyclists, has retired from the sport aged 34.
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Anja Paerson's  three-race winning streak at the world championships ends Tuesday when she falls in the giant slalom.
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Former European Ryder Cup player and Volvo Masters champion Pierre Fulke has announced his retirement at the age of 36.
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Marcelo Bielsa has resigned as coach of Argentina less than one month after steering the national football team to their first Olympic gold medal.
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Former Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich retired from cycling Monday amid continuing investigations of his alleged role in a Spanish doping scandal.
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Max Rauffer became the first German man in 12 years to win an Alpine ski World Cup race when he beat the favorites in a wind-affected downhill at Val Gardena.
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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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Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich announces his retirement from cycling.
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Norwegian Lasse Kjus won a World Cup giant slalom for the first time in eight years on Saturday. The 33-year-old, a former world and Olympic champion and a circuit regular
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Aksel Lund Svindal wins the men's giant slalom to claim his second gold of the World Ski Championships in Are, Sweden.
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With 15,000 Austrians willing a Maier triumph, the Canadian skied to his second giant slalom victory in three days on Tuesday after 12 years without a single World Cup win.
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Australia's greatest ever swimmer Ian Thorpe announced his retirement from the sport at the age of 24 on Tuesday.
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Alexander Popov retires from swimming, according to French newspaper L'Equipe.
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THOUSAND OAKS, California  - South Africa's Rory Sabbatini withdrew from the Target World Challenge before the start of Sunday's final round, citing personal reasons.
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MONZA, Italy  - Michael Schumacher, the most   successful Formula One driver of all time, said on Sunday that   he was retiring from the sport at the end of the season.
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Philadelphia Flyers center Keith   Primeau announced on Thursday that he is retiring after 15 NHL   seasons because of lingering effects from a concussion he   suffered last year.