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Updated Apr 3, 2012 5:43 PM ET BRISBANE, Australia Australia Davis Cup player Bernard Tomic says his father “is the right guy to coach me” and he’s mystified that a recent on-court spat between the two made world headlines. World No. 36 Tomic appeared to have had a public falling out with father John at the recent Miami Masters when he asked the chair umpire to have his father removed from courtside seating. He said Tomic senior was “annoying” him. But Tomic told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday, as he prepared for Australia’s Davis Cup clash against South Korea, he [...]

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RT @shanecarwin: Anyone saying @DCBROCKLESNAR failed at MMA is not a real MMA Fan. Brock had an amazing run.MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more UFC news see: Is Jon Jones what ‘Greatness Is?’.

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Wednesday of Masters week is the day of the Par-3 Contest, which, these days, is televised. And it makes for great television, with legends playing, and with many younger golfers employing their children as caddies. The Augusta Par-3 Course itself makes for great TV, too, with its tiny greens and severe banks sloping down to water. Check out these Par-3 Course photos and read a little history about the the “little course” at Augusta, too. See also:More on The MastersAugusta National Golf Club MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more golf news [...]

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Red Bull’s chief technical officer Adrian Newey was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) for services to motorsport by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Tuesday. Newey’s Red Bull cars have won the constructors’ championship for the past two seasons and he has previously designed machines that have taken titles for Williams and McLaren. Former Formula One driver Nigel Mansell, who won the 1992 world championship in the Newey-designed Williams FW14B, was also in attendance at the ceremony. Mansell received a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) from Her [...]

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By Melissa Matters The Los Angeles Galaxy may not be having the most successful season. However, David Beckham continues to make a splash in the advertising world. The English midfielder, along with several other star athletes, has teamed up with Katy Perry in a new Adidas ad. The Ad The commercial promotes Adidas’ new ClimaCool Seduction line. The shoe claims to have “360-degree cooling for the entire foot.” The ad features Beckham, Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose, soccer legend Lionel Messi and singer Katy Perry. All of the athletes are running in various parts of the world. Perry is taking a [...]

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Updated Apr 3, 2012 10:18 PM ET CHARLESTON, S.C. Sam Stosur, Vera Zvonareva and Serena Williams all swept into the round of 16 at the Family Circle Cup with straight sets victories on Tuesday. On a day in which results went mostly according to plan at the clay-court tournament, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova also made it to the third round, Venus Williams continued her comeback from illness with a first-round victory and No.10 seed Anabel Medina-Garrigues was the highest-ranked casualty. Australia’s Stosur, seeded fifth and the highest-ranked player left in the tournament after Agnieszka Radwanska’s withdrawal, beat American Jamie Hampton 6-0, 7-5. [...]

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The 2012 Masters pairings are out for the first two rounds, and you can see the full list below the fold. But first things first: Tiger Woods is playing with Miguel Angel Jimenez and Sang-Moon Bae. That grouping tees off at 10:35 a.m. in the first round and 1:42 p.m. (second to last tee time) in the second round. Rory McIlroy is playing with Bubba Watson and Angel Cabrera, and that group has the opposite times from Woods’ group – 1:42 p.m. on Thursday and 10:35 a.m. on Friday. Other notable pairings include Phil Mickelson and Hunter Mahan with Peter [...]

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Pirelli have announced which dry-weather tyres will be available to the teams at rounds four to six of the 2012 season. In Bahrain, medium and soft tyres will be raced in the hot temperatures at Sakhir, whilst in Spain the hard and soft compounds will be used. In Monaco, meanwhile, the soft and super-soft rubber will be in action. “Our nominations this year are designed to push the envelope of performance, as can be seen from our latest choices,” explained Pirelli’s motorsport director Paul Hembery. “Only the super-soft tyre is the same compound as last year: the other compounds are [...]

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