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11 Years After First Victory, Super Serena Wins French Open

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SERENA-9-06-13SERENA Williams cemented her status as far and away the best player in women’s tennis by winning a second French Open title 11 years after her first.

Roland Garros has been the American’s most troublesome Grand Slam venue but she looked the...
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Unstoppable Nadal Edges Djokovic To Berth In Final

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NADAL-BACK-ok-8-6-13• Serena, Sharapova In Epic Final Saturday

IT was a great tennis battle between the current best player in the world and the greatest claycourt player of all time. At the end, Spaniard Rafa Nadal outclassed Serbia’s Novak Djokovic to reach...
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Arsenal Ready To Spend Big Money On Players, Says Gazidis

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ARSENAL chief executive Ivan Gazidis says the club are ready to “escalate” their spending next season.

Asked whether Arsenal could afford to spend a £20m transfer fee on a single player, and offer salaries of £200,000 per week, he said...
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Wenger Would Waste Cash, Robson Warns Arsenal

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Wenger-p62-27-4-13MANAGER Arsene Wenger should not be trusted to spend Arsenal’s summer transfer budget, according to former Gunners midfielder, Stewart Robson.

Arsenal are determined to improve the side ahead of next season to mount a long-overdue assault on...
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Falcao Eager To Take Monaco To European Elite

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RADAMEL Falcao is full of ambition following his move from Atletico Madrid to Monaco and intends to storm the best in Europe with his new team.

The Ligue 2 champions have already secured the services of a number of high-profile names with Falcao...
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Hradecka, Cermak win mixed doubles

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FIVE years after teaming up, Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka won their first doubles title together at the French Open.

The players from the Czech Republic won the mixed doubles title yesterday by defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and...
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Sharapova hits final, beats Azarenka

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DEFENDING champion, Maria Sharapova overcame 11 double-faults and earned a return trip to the French Open final yesterday, beating Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 in a match punctuated by shrieks and grunts.

Sharapova’s opponent Saturday will...
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Nadal, Djokovic in French Open semifinal showdown

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Serena-pg-61-07-06-13RAFAEL Nadal groused last week that he was playing so badly he might soon be home fishing in Mallorca.

Then came a transformation. Nadal stood at the net following his latest French Open win wearing that familiar crooked grin, clay caked on...
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Man City signs Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho

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MANCHESTER City has signed Brazil midfielder, Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk, the Premier League club said Thursday.

The pacy 28-year-old had been on City’s radar for much of the season and is known in England for scoring in the Ukrainian...
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Return to Newcastle was ‘living nightmare’, says Keegan

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KEVIN Keegan has described his second spell as Newcastle United manager as “an absolute living nightmare”.

Keegan, a favourite with the club’s fans during his playing days and a successful manager from 1992-97, returned in 2008 hoping to...
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Neymar can be better than Messi, says Pele

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Neymar-pg-62-07-06-13PELE couldn’t be happier about Neymar teaming up with Lionel Messi at Barcelona, but the Brazilian legend once again sparked the conversation of which striker is better.

Speaking to Goal, Pele attempted to clarify statements made last year when...
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Trace Sports’ Rising Star showcases Neymar, others on DStv

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NeymarTHEY are young, ambitious and already well on their way to becoming household names. Messi and Ronaldo have both cemented themselves as current world greats, but who can follow their footsteps and become the next superstars?

On Friday at 9.00 p.m...
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Sharapova fights back to reach French Open semi

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Sharapova-06_06_13REIGNING champion, Maria Sharapova lost the first six games, then won the last four to reach the French Open semi-finals.

The defending champion overcame a miserable start in the quarterfinals Wednesday to beat Jelena Jankovic, 0-6, 6-4, 6-3.

It...
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