Makybe Diva wins Melbourne Cup
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MARK COLVIN: The track was dead, the weather was atrocious, but today&#39;s Melbourne Cup produced one of the great results, and rewrote the history of the race.
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Last year&#39;s winner and 5-2 favorite Makybe Diva on Tuesday became the first mare in the 144-year history of the Melbourne Cup to win Australia&#39;s most famous horse race twice.
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Makybe Diva thwarted a mighty effort from Vinnie Roe at a stormlashed Flemington racecourse today by becoming the first mare in history to win the Melbourne Cup two years running.
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COOLUM, Australia - Australian Peter Lonard won the Australian PGA Championship by two strokes for his third tournament title in as many weeks on Sunday.
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Underdogs Port Adelaide won their first Australian rules football title, beating Brisbane Lions by 40 points in the Grand Final at the MCG.
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Amelie Mauresmo comfortably came through her first match since taking over at the top of the world rankings. The Frenchwoman reached the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt with a 7-5 6-4 win over Switzerland&#39;s Patty Schynder.
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MAKYBE Diva, the shortest-priced favourite to win the Melbourne Cup in 50 years, inspired a record $126 million betting frenzy on the nation&#39;s TABs today.
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New Zealand beat Australia for the first time in almost three years in an exciting one-dayer in Melbourne.
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TRIUMPHANT trainer Lee Freedman is convinced Makybe Diva can win the Prix de l&#39;Arc de Triomphe. Freedman says the dual Melbourne Cup winner has all the ingredients to beat the world&#39;s best horses
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Japan&#39;s Makoto Tamada took advantage of an early collision and outlasted world champion Valentino Rossi to win the MotoGP Grand Prix of Japan today.
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Trainer Lee Freedman says Makybe Diva deserves the title as the world&#39;s best stayer after winning a second consecutive Melbourne Cup yesterday.
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Australia's Craig Parry won a  sudden-death playoff with Nick O'Hern Sunday to take the  Heineken Classic at Royal Melbourne.
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Holder Amelie Mauresmo breezed past fellow Frenchwoman Nathalie Dechy with a 6-3 6-2 win to reach the quarter-finals of the Paris Open on Thursday.
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France&#39;s Amelie Mauresmo thrashed Elena Bovina 6-2 6-0 to win her fourth title of the year at the $585,000 Linz Open on Sunday.
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ANTWERP, Belgium  - World number three Amelie Mauresmo was relieved to have finally secured her million-euro dream on Sunday by winning her third consecutive Diamond Games title and scooping a diamond-studded racket.
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wind, water and Makybe Diva â-ll came together to create an unforgettable Melbourne Cup yesterday. The Diva raced through driving rain to win for the second year in a row.
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A clash between the world&#39;s two best equine females is on the cards after Makybe Diva outgunned the gallant Irish stayer Vinnie Roe to win yesterday&#39;s Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington.