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Swansea beats Boro to reach League Cup semifinals

Swansea needed a late own goal by defender Seb Hines to beat second-tier club Middlesbrough 1-0 on Wednesday and advance to the League Cup ...

Football

Juventus advances to Italian Cup quarterfinals

Juventus advanced to the Italian Cup quarterfinals by beating Cagliari 1-0 on Wednesday, but the Serie A leader lost two players to injury.

Football

Lyon needs late equalizer to draw at home to Nancy

French league leader Lyon needed a late equalizer from winger Michel Bastos to rescue a 1-1 home draw with relegation battler Nancy on ...

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Tennis

Clijsters beats Venus Williams in farewell game

Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match. Clijsters retired after the U.S.

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Svindal leads opening DH training in Val Gardena

Overall World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway led the opening training session Wednesday for the annual downhill on the Saslong course.

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Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi

'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...

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Lochte of US wins 2 golds at short-course worlds

Olympic star Ryan Lochte won two gold medals Wednesday as the United States dominated the first day of the short-course world championships in ...

Football

Celta Vigo beats Madrid; Messi stars for Barca
Celta Vigo upset Real Madrid with a 2-1 victory in the round of 16 of the Copa del Rey on Wednesday, and Lionel Messi scored his ...
Cup exit leaves Arsenal at new low
Lurching from one disappointment to another, Arsenal seems further away than ever from ending a seven-year wait for silverware that is testing the patience of fans and ramping ...
Chelsea dealing with jet leg ahead of semifinal
Chelsea is struggling to get over jet lag ahead of Thursday's Club World Cup semifinal against Monterrey of Mexico. Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez said the team is still ...
Top EU legal advisor backs free-to-air World Cup
The legal adviser to the European Union's top court on Wednesday backed the rights of football fans to see their World Cup and European Championship games free of charge on ...

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Racing

Ferrari drops appeal after FIA explanation
Ferrari dropped its plans to make an appeal against F1 champion Sebastian Vettel's passing maneuver at the Brazilian Grand Prix ...
FIA has an explanation for Ferrari in passing case
Formula One's governing body said Thursday that it will explain to Ferrari why it did not penalize Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel for an overtaking maneuver in the ...
Maldonado and Bottas to race for Williams in 2013
Pastor Maldonado and Valtteri Bottas will be the Williams team's drivers for the 2013 Formula One season. Bottas has been promoted from reserve driver for the past two seasons ...
Alonso says Ferrari needs to improve for 2013
Ferrari must improve its car to be able to contend for the Formula One title again next season, according to Fernando Alonso. Alonso said he needed the best season of his ...

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Tennis

Djokovic, SWilliams win ITF awards for 2012
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams are the International Tennis Federation's world champions for 2012. Djokovic won the men's ...
Sharapova entertains crowd in exhibition event
Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic won singles matches against Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in an exhibition event Saturday before losing to the Italians in doubles.
Sharapova aims for top spot after return to form
Maria Sharapova is looking to return to the No. 1 spot in the world rankings after rediscovering her best form this year. Sharapova endured a difficult few years after ...
Czechs win Davis Cup with 3-2 victory over Spain
It's a job for two when the Czechs win Davis Cup finals. Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek gave the Czech Republic the title for the first time as an independent nation by ...

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Fenninger fastest in World Cup downhill training
Anna Fenninger of Austria posted the fastest time in a World Cup downhill training run on Wednesday, finishing narrowly ahead of ...
Congress examines science behind HGH test for NFL
Back in August 2011, the NFL and the players' union signed off on a new labor deal that set the stage for the league to test for human growth hormone, perhaps as soon as a ...
Saints player suspensions lifted in bounties case
Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue has overturned the suspensions of four current and former New Orleans Saints players in the league's bounty investigation of the club.
Women's downhill at Val d'Isere now on Friday
A women's World Cup downhill has been scheduled at Val d'Isere on Friday instead of Saturday to take advantage of a better weather forecast. The International Ski Federation ...