Sweeping giants: US dominates 200
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ATHENS -- A disruptive Greek chorus of whistles, chanting, and catcalls could not derail a crowd-silencing American sweep in the men's 200-meter dash at the Olympic Games last night.
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Sport: American takes 200m gold to become third man in history to win world championship sprint double.
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Fireballing American Andy Roddick improved his service serve mark blasting a record 155 mph serve in a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, win over Vladimir Voltchkov Friday earning the United States a 1-0 early lead lead over Belarus in the Davis Cup semifinals World Group.
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A record 97.5 million Americans tuned in to Sunday's upset victory by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots, marking the biggest TV audience in Super Bowl history and the second most-watched U.S. telecast ever.
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The United States wins three more swimming gold medals and Brazil's Thiago Pereira sets a Pan American Games record in the 200-meter backstroke Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.
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Steve Stricker and rookie Hunter Mahan led the way as Presidents Cup holders the United States dominated Thursday's opening foursomes to lead the Internationals by 5- points to a half.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - American Jeremy Wariner led the United States to a sweep of the medals in the men&#39;s 400 meter sprint Monday night at the Olympics.
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The United States finished atop the medal charts for the third straight Summer Olympics, with Russia the overall runner-up and China second in gold medals &#151; its best showing ever and the leading edge of a surge by Asian teams. The American team amassed 103 total medals, topping its target of 100, and won 35 golds to 32 for China and 27 for Russia.
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America may dominate the world in sports and culture but in one arena where size doesn't matter, the "Geography Olympics," the United States was 88th behind minnows such as Madagascar and the Marshall Islands.
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THE Americans have done it again. Just two days after making a clean medal sweep in the men&#39;s 400 metres, Shawn Crawford, Bernard Williams and Justin Gatlin clinched 1-2-3 placings in the 200m.
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THE share market reached a record high today, despite a negative lead from the US where markets fell overnight. At 1030 AEST, the benchmark S&amp;P/ASX 200 index was trading at 3595.
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A RAMPAGING Europe led by Colin Montgomerie put the United States on the rack when they rushed into a opening day lead of five points at the Ryder Cup today.
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Martin, Jordan each rush for 115 yards as New York grabs share of the division lead. By Andrea Adelson. EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- No miracles needed this time.
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An international team took a 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the &#36;3 million UBS Cup, the Ryder Cup-style competition the Americans have never lost.
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The United States women set themselves up as the team to beat at the world championships â and maybe next year in Beijing, too â with a razor-sharp and nearly mistake-free romp in qualifying yesterday in Stuttgart, Germany. They scored 245.025 points to take a 3.85-point lead over China.
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Europe&#39;s Ryder Cup team, with a scintillating display, smashed all records in their match against the United States yesterday, thrashing the home team by the almost unbelievable margin of 18.
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A trip to Spain for the Davis Cup final assured, the United States padded its margin in the semifinals against Belarus on Sunday, with Andy Roddick beating Alexander Skrypko 6-4, 6-2 to give the hosts a 4-0 lead.