Rain brings boost to Rank betting
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Wet weather and strong growth at the Blue Square internet business help to lift results at gaming group Rank.
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Rain suspends play for the day with Tim Henman at 1-1 in the first set against Feliciano Lopez at Wimbledon.
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Scott Verplank set himself up for the chance at a rare Texas two-step on the PGA Tour. Playing through periodic rain showers, Verplank had five birdies in 13 holes Saturday before the third round of the drenched Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial was suspended by impending darkness and more rain.
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Rain stops play with England on 237-5 on the final day of the third Test against Sri Lanka in Galle.
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The day began at Sun City with two South Africans expected to tussle for the lead at the Nedbank Golf Challenge in searing heat; but by the end of Friday&#39;s second round, storm clouds had gathered above the Gary Player Country Club, as an Australian seized
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World number two Rafael Nadal is taken to a fifth set by big-hitting Swede Robin Soderling when rain brings play to an end on Monday.
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Beijing, China (Sports Network) - For the second time in as many days, rain was a major factor at the inaugural $500,000 China Open.
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THE nation&#39;s bookmakers were fleeced yesterday as punters flocked to the Melbourne Cup favourites, plunging in the Flemington betting ring and splurging a record $126 million on the nation&#39;s TABs.
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Wimbledon this ain&#39;t. When it rains in SW19, herds of well-drilled young men rush forward with tarpaulins to protect the hallowed turf.
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It is ironic that the weather for the build up to the first games in the ICC Champions Trophy was out of this world and then as soon as cricket clothes are put on by the players then the rain comes.
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The Europeans carried the burden of expectation with flair on a rainy Saturday in County Kildare, extending their lead in the Ryder Cup to 10-6 going into SundayÂs 12 singles matches.
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Rain disrupted the first day of the Champions Trophy, just as we knew it would after a preceding week of unrelenting heat and sunshine.
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It may have been raining outside in Seville today but it didn&#39;t dampen the mood of either the Spanish or American teams, as they appeared before the world&#39;s press.
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Skies here were overcast by day, rainy by night. An uninitiated visitor might expect around-the-clock gloom to deepen despair over the local nine and their two-game
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When players awoke yesterday, there was rain. Lots and lots of rain. When they got to East Lake Golf Club for the start of the Tour Championship, there were streams and puddles where a day earlier there hadn't been streams and puddles.
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Loudon, NH -- As the rain began falling late Friday afternoon at New Hampshire International Speedway, the rich in the Nextel Cup garage got richer.
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Of all the ICC Champions Trophies, this year&#39;s at England was the worst in terms of timing. The weather was cold and with rain interrupting the flow of the game, it didn&#39;t make for the excitement that a one-day game has.