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July 03, 2009 - 5:59 pm
Here are the sports results from Friday: CFL B.C. at Saskatchewan, 9 p.m. American League baseball N.Y. Yankees 4 Toronto 2 Cleveland 8 Oakland 3 (top 5th) Seattle 4 Boston 2 (top 7th) Tampa Bay 0 Texas 0 (top 3rd) Chicago White Sox 1 Kansas City ...


Laura Diaz, Sarah Kemp share lead at Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
July 03, 2009 - 5:26 pm
SYLVANIA, Ohio - Laura Diaz barely remembers the last time she led an LPGA Tour event. Sarah Kemp never had. Now those two unlikely front-runners head into the weekend chased by a strong group of pursuers at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic. With a surprised hop, Diaz tied Kemp ...


Tiger Woods shoots 4-under 66 to move into lead at the Congressional
July 03, 2009 - 4:40 pm
BETHESDA, Md. - The best of Tiger Woods came out on Friday when his game was falling apart. Woods lived up to his hopes of being a "greedy host" when he salvaged his round during a shaky stretch in the middle and shot 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead at his AT&T National with the ...


Cardplayers, celebrities and amateurs at World Series of Poker main event
July 03, 2009 - 4:32 pm
LAS VEGAS - Cardplayers, celebrities and amateurs with deep pockets are back in Las Vegas and hoping for a handsome score as the World Series of Poker main event begins. More than 1,100 players packed a conference room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino at the start of the US$10,000 ...


Free-agent Mikael Samuelsson says more than money attracted him to Vancouver
July 03, 2009 - 3:56 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. - The money was a factor, but what also convinced free-agent forward Mikael Samuelsson to sign with the Vancouver Canucks was the team's potential to be a Stanley Cup contender. Samuelsson, who won a Cup with the Detroit Red Wings, agreed to a three-year NHL deal worth ...


Roger Federer, Andy Roddick to meet in third Wimbledon final
July 03, 2009 - 3:23 pm
LONDON - Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channelled Pete Sampras on match point in the Wimbledon semifinals Friday, tucking both feet back beneath his body and uncorking an overhead smash. And now, after years of chasing Sampras, ...


Canadian hurdlers finished third and fifth at Bislett Games
July 03, 2009 - 3:22 pm
OSLO - Priscilla Lopes-Schliep came third and fellow Canadian Perdita Felicien finished fifth Friday in the 100-metre hurdes at the Bislett Games. American Damu Cherry won in 12.68 seconds, ahead of Jamaican Brigitte Foster-Hylton in 12.75 and Lopes-Schliep in 12.78. Jamaican Delloreen ...


Yankees beat Blue Jays 4-2 for eighth win in nine games
July 03, 2009 - 3:14 pm
NEW YORK - After he was knocked out in the third inning at Fenway Park in early June, A.J. Burnett vowed to improve. Has he ever. Burnett scattered six hits over seven innings to win for the third time in four starts as the Yankees opened their weekend series with a 4-2 victory over the ...


Armstrong can cause an upset, Hincapie says
July 03, 2009 - 2:24 pm
MONACO - Veteran rider George Hincapie helped Lance Armstrong win seven straight Tour de France titles and believes his old friend could surprise a lot of people this year. Back competing after 3 1/2 years of retirement, Armstrong will start his first Tour since 2005 on Saturday, in the ...


Lance Armstrong under doping watch at Tour de France
July 03, 2009 - 2:23 pm
PARIS - France's sports minister says Lance Armstrong will be "particularly monitored" in anti-doping checks at the Tour de France this year. Roselyne Bachelot, speaking in an interview on French cable TV on Friday, sent the warning to the seven-time Tour winner who has come out of ...


Tour de France ready for start with Lance Armstrong back
July 03, 2009 - 2:21 pm
MONACO - The Tour de France is ready for another edition with Lance Armstrong in the lineup. Saturday's first short stage may show whether Armstrong is ready to challenge for another title. Cycling's biggest name is also its comeback kid as the three-week race begins in Monaco, with a time ...


Speedskating great Claudia Pechstein gets two-year doping ban
July 03, 2009 - 2:14 pm
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Five-time Olympic gold medal winner Claudia Pechstein of Germany was given a two-year ban Friday because of a doping offence. The International Skating Union said an examination of Pechstein's blood profile indicated abnormal changes in a series of tests, in ...


Belgian star Tom Boonen cleared to ride in Tour de France
July 03, 2009 - 1:01 pm
MONACO - Belgian rider Tom Boonen has been cleared to compete in the Tour de France but fears his lack of preparation will hurt his chances to win the best sprinter's green jersey for a second time. The French Olympic committee arbitration panel ruled Friday in favour of Boonen's appeal ...


Striker Michael Owen joins Manchester United on two-year deal
July 03, 2009 - 12:25 am
LONDON - Michael Owen has joined English champion Manchester United, a striking reversal of fortunes for an injury-plagued striker who had been consigned to the England scrap heap by Fabio Capello. Owen, 29, was a free agent after his contract with relegated Newcastle expired, but said he ...


Canada opens Rugby World Cup qualifying road against U.S. Eagles
July 03, 2009 - 12:01 am
Looking to move into the fast lane to the Rugby World Cup, Canada plays the U.S. Eagles on Saturday (4 p.m. ET) in Charleston, S.C. in the opening match of a two-leg qualifying series. Victory in the total-points home-and-away playoff - the teams play again July 11 in Edmonton - is the ...


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