Slogan of women&#39;s game: The Russians are here
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com. Svetlana Kuznetsova: After Anatasia Myskina and Maria Sharapova won the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively, earlier this year, the unspoken slogan of the women&#39;s game has been &quot;The Russians are coming.
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The older the violin, the sweeter the music. And the Athens Olympics is proving the lyrics right as Martina Navratilova, Merlene Ottey and company are demonstrating the endurance of women with middle-aged ladies defying perceptions about age and competition in nearly every sport.
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The Americans will play host to defending champion Russia from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in a city that will be announced later this week but appears likely to be Portland, Ore.
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Russia has planted a flag on the ocean floor at the North Pole, Canada is talking tough and Washington wants to be a player. Who will win the world's new Great Game?
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The narrative of homegrown athletes triumphing over foreign opponents resonates with Russian sports fans, reaffirming their conviction that their country&#39;s athletes are no worse, and in many cases even better, than athletes abroad.
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The narrative of homegrown athletes triumphing over foreign opponents resonates with Russian sports fans, reaffirming their conviction that their country&#39;s athletes are no worse, and
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The Russians are assured of their third different women&#39;s champion in successive grand slams at Flushing Meadows today, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova having wiped the floor with their American opposition in yesterday&#39;s semi-finals.
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ST. LOUIS -- Among the thousands of phrases around sports that you never, ever expect to hear -- a list that includes &quot;Speak up, TO,&quot; &quot;Bonds cracks me up,&quot; &quot;I can&#39;t wait for the NHL to start again,&quot; and &quot;More WNBA, please&quot; -- is this one:
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The US Open Championship trophy engraver has his work cut out for him now. But he better get used to see double-figure letter names on the glorious trophy because the Russians clearly aren&#39;t going away on the WTA Tour.
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The men and women who will push for the podium at Athens and make the nation proud
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Staley&#39;s generation set the tone for America&#39;s dominance of women&#39;s basketball. She was hoisted off her feet by a player who represents the future of the sport, a generation that will be charged with keeping the gold medals coming.
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A well-rested US team is eager for a rematch against Russia. It&#39;ll get it tonight in a World Cup of Hockey quarter-final elimination game (CBC, 6 pm).
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Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Mara Santangelo of Italy, 6-1, 6-2, to the put the Russians ahead, 2-0, in the top team event in womenâs tennis.
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Have you noticed how women are beginning to dominate these Olympics? A week ago it was Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki who was a star of the show at the opening ceremony.
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ATHENS, Greece -- A Russian shot putter tested positive for steroids after winning the first women&#39;s gold medal at the site where the Olympics were born 16 centuries ago, international and Russian officials said Sunday.
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South Korea took an early lead, so did the Czech Republic. Hey, even New Zealand had the US women&#39;s basketball team down for a while.
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The mantra in the days leading up to this morning&#39;s start of the 35th Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills has been pride, heart, patriotism.