By Steve Keating
 VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canadians awoke to something new on Monday, a strange feeling they could compete with the big boys and feel good about it.
As the flame went out on the Vancouver Olympics on Sunday, Games chief John Furlong told a cheering crowd: “It was time to look at the Canada that is [...]

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Game, set and…Serena Williams is here!
 
Serena Williams arrives in Nairobi on Monday. Photos/ MOHAMMED AMIN
By SAMMY KITULA
In Summary
•World number one tennis player arrives to follow up on her charity projects
Across the world, blue bloods, music stars, business tycoons, top political figures, drug barons and celebrity athletes populate the class of big money spenders capable of [...]

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Serena Williams of the US returns the ball to Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia during a past match at Wimbledon. Serena will be in Kenya on Monday next week. Photo/REUTERS
By AYUMBA AYODI
American tennis sensation Serena Williams visits Kenya on Monday for the second time on another charity mission.
During her three-day tour, the world number one will [...]

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By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK – After nearly two decades of bitter squabbling, Roy Jones Jr. and Bernard Hopkins still can’t share the same table.
Instead, the former champions appeared behind separate podiums Tuesday with placards that had only their own names and likenesses.
The stage inside the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square was [...]

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By ALLAN BULUKU
When Cesc Fabregas got off the bench to fire the Gunners to a thumping victory over a stubborn Aston Villa last weekend, I could only marvel at the Arsenal captain’s sheer ingenuity.
In sports, as in politics, there’s always one moment of brilliance which turns the pattern of a game or the destiny of [...]

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By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich, Ap Tennis Writer – 1 hr 2 mins ago
WIMBLEDON, England – Richard Williams refuses to watch his daughters Venus and Serena play each other. Says he simply can’t bear to see it, no matter the setting, no matter the stage.
So once again, the patriarch of the greatest [...]

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GAME 2 LAKERS VS MAGIC

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By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Tennis Writer
 
PARIS – Out of breath and out of sorts, Venus Williams played her way right out of the French Open on Friday with her most lopsided Grand Slam loss since 2001.
That the No. 3-seeded Williams would exit in the third round at Roland Garros is not quite so extraordinary, perhaps, [...]

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HOUSTON (AP)—Houston center Yao Ming has undergone tests on his sprained left ankle and will be re-evaluated before the Rockets’ playoff game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Yao had 19 points and 14 rebounds in the Lakers’ 108-94 victory Friday night that gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the series. Yao limped off [...]

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Kenya’s Josephine Achieng Owino (right).
By PHILIP ONYANGO
Kenya’s national basketball team player Josephine Achieng Owino will become the first Kenyan to play in the world’s top women’s basketball league, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) league.
The six-foot-four Mombasa High School alumnus and former Kenya Commercial Bank Lioness centre was drafted by Indiana at the end of [...]

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