ZURICH PULLS OUT OF 2014 GAMES
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Zurich has decided not to bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, just days after announcing it would not stage any of the 2008 European soccer championship matches.
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World number one Roger Federer pulled out of the Swiss Indoors tournament on Tuesday with a thigh muscle tear, organisers said. The Swiss is expected to be out for at least 10 days
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Britain's defending Olympic Games heptathlon champion Denise Lewis withdrew from the event after the fifth discipline.
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Former Australian and French Open  champion Mary Pierce has pulled out of next week's Auckland  Open, officials said Thursday.
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Greece's two top sprinters pulled out of  the Athens Games on Wednesday and apologized over a drugs drama  that besmirched the spiritual homeland of the Olympics.
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Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil have pulled out of the upcoming Paris Masters Series tournament due to injuries, the French Tennis Federation said Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Olympic field hockey champion Australia pulled out of a December tournament in Pakistan because of security fears.
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LAHORE: Australia has officially pulled out of the Champions Trophy hockey tournament being played here from December 4-12 on security fears.
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The Swiss city of Zurich believes it may still be able to host matches at the 2008 European Championship finals despite last month's announcement that the Hardturm stadium would not be ready in time.
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Zurich's chances of hosting any of the 2008 European Championship matches were dashed after officials said opposition to the new stadium meant it would not be finished in time.
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KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Falling snow and poor  visibility forced organizers to abandon Thursday's final  training session for this weekend's classic downhill race in  Kitzbuehel.
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European soccer's governing body threatened to remove the 2008 European Championships from hosts Austria and Switzerland, citing the Swiss for failing to build a new stadium in Zurich.
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Greece&#39;s top two sprinters pulled out of the Olympics Wednesday after inflicting six days of embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest with anti-doping enforcers.
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Controversial Greek sprinters and doping suspects Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou quit the Olympic Games on Wednesday moments after exiting an IOC inquiry which could have expelled them for missing a mandatory drugs test.
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Greece's top two sprinters pulled out of  the Olympics on Wednesday after inflicting six days of  embarrassment on their country over a hide-and-seek contest  with anti-doping enforcers.
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The South Korean city of Pyeongchang or the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Russia will stage the 2014 Winter Olympic Games after third candidate Salzburg was eliminated on Wednesday.
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GENEVA : Roger Federer has pulled out of Switzerland&#39;s Davis Cup first round match against the Netherlands next March to concentrate on holding onto his No 1 world ranking.