Russia sweeps long jump as Jones falls short
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Athens - Russia&#39;s Tatyana Lebedeva made up for her disappointment at only taking the bronze medal in the women&#39;s triple jump by capturing the Olympic Games women&#39;s long jump title on Friday.
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Jon-Robert Holden scores with two seconds remaining  and Pau Gasol's buzzer-beater rattles out, lifting Russia to a European championship over Spain.
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Marion Jones made a low-profile return to the Olympics on Wednesday, four years after her name was up in lights for the duration of the Sydney Games.
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In the precious milliseconds it took to miss the exchange of an aluminum relay baton, American Marion Jones&#39; brave smile gave way to a flood of tears.
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Venus Williams gave a supreme effort in the Fed Cup semi-final against Russia after coming off the high of winning her fourth Wimbledon title but came up short in Sunday's decisive doubles match in Stowe, Vermont.
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ATHENS, Greece - Dwight Phillips of the United States won the gold medal Thursday in the men&#39;s long jump. Phillips&#39; first jump of 8.59 meters held up through the competition and earned the American the title.
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Marion Jones failed an initial doping test at the U.S. national championships in June, according to a newspaper report.
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Russian depth simply short-circuited American power. Even without two injured players, Russia still had enough tennis talent to overcome slugging Venus Williams and the United States, 3-2, yesterday in Stowe, Vt., in the semifinals of the Fed Cup.
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Dwight Phillips of the United States proved he is the best long jumper in the world this year, winning the men&#39;s final tonight with a massive first leap of 8.59 meters at the Olympic Games here on Thursday.
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Nikolay Davydenko beat Juan Ignacio Chela 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 Friday to give Russia a 1-0 lead over Argentina in the Davis Cup final.
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Russia, Japan and the United States were 1-2-3 after the Olympic team technical event, the same places they finished in the duet competition a day earlier.
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ATHENS - Dwight Phillips of the United States completed a hat-trick of global long jump titles when he crushed the field with his opening leap in Thursday&#39;s final to win Olympic gold.
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Five-time Olympic medalist Marion Jones goes for gold medals in the long jump and 400-meter relay at the Athens Games, while the US basketball team plays Argentina for a spot in the men&#39;s basketball final.
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Tatyana Lebedeva led a Russian medal sweep in the long jump, relegating Marion Jones to fifth place in her only individual event of the Athens Games.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland  - The International Olympic Committee ended the once stellar Olympic career of U.S. sprinter Marion Jones on Wednesday, taking back her five Sydney 2000 Games medals after she admitted to taking drugs.
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The United States suffered their worst day of the Athens Olympics on Friday when a tearful Marion Jones flopped, their basketball "Dream Team" were humiliated and they captured only one of the 20 golds on offer.
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Marion Jones sat inconspicuously on the far side of the track, leaning back on her hands with a fierce look as she waited to take her second long jump of these Olympics.