Jankovic retires due to heat in Beijing
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Fourth-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain ground out a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 win over Tzipi Obziler of Israel on Saturday to advance to the Guangzhou Open final.
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Pavel Nedved, the Czech captain and playmaker, has retired from the national team because of persistent injury, the Czech soccer federation said Friday.
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Lindsay Davenport lost a tennis match for the first time since giving birth, falling by 6-3, 7-5 to Jelena Jankovic in the semifinals of the China Open Saturday in Beijing.
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Defending champion Maria Sharapova of Russia entered the Japan Open tennis final on Friday while Thai star Paradorn Srichapan was dumped out of the men&#39;s quarter-finalsby Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic.
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VILLANOVA (Pennsylvania): Third-seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia moved into the quarter-finals of the Advanta Tennis Championships on Wednesday when Jelena Kostenic of Croatia was forced to retire in the third set because of a strained groin.
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Conchita Martinez reached the Volvo Open final when Russia's Evgenia Linetskaya quit during the second set Saturday because of heat exhaustion.
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Four-time Olympic medalist Stephan Eberharter of Austria has announced his retirement from competitive skiing. Eberharter told reporters in Vienna that 20 years of the sport is enough for him.
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BEIJING -- Former Olympic sprinter Maurice Greene announced his retirement on Monday.
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Melbourne, Australia (Sports Network) - World No. 24 Czech Jiri Novak will skip next month&#39;s Australian Open, citing family commitments and fatigue.
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Jelena Jankovic, the worldâs third-ranked womenâs tennis player, struggled in the third round before pulling out a victory.
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Top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia secured a place in the Den Bosch Open final with a 6-3 3-6 7-6 win over last year's runner-up Dinara Safina on Friday.
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Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich announces his retirement from cycling.
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Czech Republic captain Pavel Nedved announced his retirement from international soccer Friday, citing a recurrent knee injury that doesn&#39;t allow him to play for both club and country.
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Three-day stint led to collapse from exhaustion, Chinese officials say.
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The win puts world number 36 Jankovic into a clash with the current teenage queen of the game Sharapova, who has played only one match to reach the last eight here after a bye.
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Maria Sharapova trounces Jelena Jankovic 6-3 6-1 to reach the final of the Australian Open.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova set up an intriguing semi-final showdown with fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova at the China Open after her opponent Jelena Jankovic retired hurt on Friday with an ankle injury.