Back problems force Nieuwendyk to retire
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Florida Panthers forward Joe Nieuwendyk retired Wednesday because of chronic back problems, ending a 20-year career.
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Four-time Olympic medalist Stephan Eberharter retired from competitive skiing Friday after 16 years on the World Cup circuit. The decision was not an easy one, the 35-year-old Eberharter said.
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All in due time, Lindsay Davenport will decide whether she wants to retire. Only right now is not that time. &quot;I swear, it&#39;s so hard to answer that,&quot; she said after limping off from a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 loss to
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Seve Ballesteros has retired from golf at the age of 50.
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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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Former Olympic and world 100 meters champion Maurice Greene announced his retirement from athletics on Monday. "Today I'm officially announcing my retirement from the sport," the 33-year-old American told reporters in Beijing.
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COLUMBIA -- The Lou Holtz era at the University of South Carolina will soon come to an end. The 67-year-old South Carolina coach plans to officially announce his retirement Monday morning, ending one of the
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Lenny Wilkens resigned as coach of the New York Knicks yesterday, likely ending his Hall of Fame career after barely a year with his hometown team.
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Martina Hingis reached the Rogers Cup final when Anna Chakvetadze quit during the second set Saturday because of an injured right arm.
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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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French cycling star Richard Virenque retired Friday, ending a career marked by his fierce mountain climbs but tainted by his part in the Tour de France&#39;s worst doping scandal.
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Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich announces his retirement from cycling.
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Racked with pain from an excruciating back condition, Andre Agassi is unable to summon any more magic at his final U.S. Open on Sunday and falls to Benjamin Becker in four sets to close out a 21-year career.
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LINDSAY Davenport closed in on Amelie Mauresmo&#39;s world No.1 ranking today when the top seeded Frenchwoman was forced to retire injured in the final of the $US650,000 ($893,839) Filderstadt WTA event.
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Mark Philippoussis could end his tennis career because of a new knee injury.
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Matthew Pinsent, the four-time Olympic gold medallist, confirmed today that he is to retire from the sport - as reported in The Times yesterday.
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Toni Kukoc is set to conclude his National Basketball Association career, the 13-year veteran saying he plans to call it quits because the only clubs near his home are not interested in him.