Briton aims to be first woman to solo both poles
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Laid neatly on a deserted London office floor in parallel lines designed to meet at the North Pole, 60 days' worth of energy-charged packages wait for Rosie Stancer.
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman to qualify for the women&#39;s 100 meters second round at the Olympic Games here on Friday.
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Retro Report May, 1991 - The first Briton into space blasted off yesterday - straight into the record books.   Helen Sharman, 27, was not only the first Briton in space, but also the first woman on a Soviet space mission since the 1984 voyage of Svetlana Savistskaya.
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FALMOUTH, England  - Ringed by a flotilla of fans,  Britain's Ellen MacArthur sailed home to a rapturous welcome  Tuesday after breaking the record for sailing solo round the  world.
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A transsexual golfer has made history by becoming the first to qualify for the Ladies&#39; European Tour. Danish-born but Australian raised Mianne Bagger, 37, said she was &quot;thrilled and excited&quot; to be taking part in the tournament next season.
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Julia Mancuso has moved atop the World Cup overall standings for the first time this season as she bids to become the first American woman to win the title in nearly a quarter-century.
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Britain's Ellen MacArthur became the fastest sailor to complete a solo non-stop circumnavigation of the globe, when she crossed the finish line at Ushant, off the French coast.
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LIBBY LENTON swam the fastest 100 metres freestyle relay split of all time to anchor a world-record effort by Australia&#39;s women&#39;s 4x100m medley relay at the world short-course championships in Indianapolis yesterday.
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A U.S.-born woman who faced deportation from Scotland despite living there for 78 years said Thursday she will be allowed to stay in Britain.
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Newly-crowned Olympic 800m champion Kelly Holmes sets her sights on a historic Olympic double.
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A Sherpa guide who sprinted up Mount Everest in eight hours and 10 minutes will keep the record for the fastest climb up the world's highest peak, Nepalese mountaineering officials said Thursday.
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Britain's "men in tights" have their first female chief.
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Ellen MacArthur is to be made a dame as she gets a hero's welcome after sailing around the world solo in record time.
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Britain's gold medal hope in the women's marathon Paula Radcliffe insists she is focused ahead of the race.
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Ellen MacArthur solves some of the problems threatening to end her bid to break the solo round-the-world record.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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British yachtsman Mike Golding turned back 80 miles in the Five Oceans solo round the world race to rescue rival and compatriot Alex Thomson on Friday.