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A mesmerized crowd on Court 18 of Wimbledon could not take their eyes off as John Isner and Nicolas Mahut’s struggle carried on to a record 10 hours and 163 games without getting a winner; as bad light ensured the first-round match will go into a third day. With the score in the decider locked at 59-59 — that is right 118 total games in the fifth set when play was suspended just after 9pm, the players will try for a result tomorrow. In his second-round match, Roger Federer again had a torrid time against a newcomer before remaining on [...]

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Portugal dominated Korea DPR at  Green Point Stadium with a 7-0 victory and taking a huge step towards a place in the Round of 16. A Raul Meireles goal separated the two teams after a closely contested first half, while Portugal lay siege at the Korean goal in the second half and devastated their defense with three goals within eight minutes from Simao, Hugo Almeida and Tiago. FIFA World Cup 2010 favorites Spain got their campaign back on track with a win against Honduras. The 2-0 score line does not do justice to the way Spain played, the Central Americans were [...]

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Defending champion Roger Federer and No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic both barely escaped their first-round matchups Monday in the first day at Wimbledon. The 16-time Grand Slam champion came back from two sets down to beat Colombian Alejandro Falla 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1), 6-0. Djokovic needed five sets to pass over a determined Belgian Olivier Rochus 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Fifth-seeded Andy Roddick was a straight-set winner over Rajeev Ram 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.   No. 7-seeded Nikolay Davydenko was pushed to his limit in a 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 9-7 win over Kevin Anderson. Upsets for the [...]

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MLB saw a fairytale story come true with an age-defying feat, Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer threw eight innings of two-run ball and Shane Victorino hit a three-run triple as Philadelphia destroyed the New York Yankees 6-3 on Wednesday. The 47-year-old Moyer made his major league debut exactly 24 years ago to this day and became the oldest pitcher ever to beat the Yankees. Moyer (7-6) gave up nine runs in one inning in his last start, but came back with vengeance and completely shut down the dynamic Yankees offense, while the Phillies took a liking to Yankees starting pitcher A.J. [...]

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Phil Jackson, coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, established Tuesday that his team intends to take vengeance for its 2008 NBA Finals loss to the Boston Celtics. Deemed to be the ultra-cool team, the Lakers seldom shed their unruffled aptitude. According to the Los Angeles Times, Jackson reportedly said that his team is certainly going to be provoked in the replay this year by reminiscences of last years failure at TD Garden. The Lakers bore the brunt of a disappointing 131-92 loss in that deciding game and were abused by Boston fans. Jackson said the forthcoming game would be “a chance to [...]

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The San Diego Padres set the Petco Park scoring record with an 18-6 win over the New York Mets. The credit goes to Jerry Hairston Jr. who knocked a grand slam in the second inning. Chase Headley also pulled a homer down along with his four hits going 4-for-5, helping San Diego win its third straight and seventh of its last nine games.

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