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- BBC SPRT / CYCLING
- BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | Golf | pen diary
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
- Sports fit for girls
- Sports Round-up: Roberts laps up home support with early running
BBC SPRT / CYCLING
BBC News – Jul 23, 2006
No Jan Ullrich no Ivan Basso. Who the hell was going to win the 2006 Tour de France?That was the question three weeks ago and remained so until Saturday when Floyd Landis seized overall victory in the final time-trial. The retirement of Armstrong and the withdrawals of the two favourites – caught up in a Spanish doping investigation – appeared to have robbed the race of star quality. But what followed by popular consent was the most open entertaining and unpredictable Tour in living memory. In Landis it also produced a winner and a story that will be etched deep into Tour folklore regardless of whether he ever races in another.
BBC Sport | Sport Homepage | Golf | pen diary
BBC News – Jul 23, 2006
The Royal and Ancient have a large silver pot to hand out we have the Rogers. Here are our inaugural winners.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: ther Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Jul 23, 2006
The match lived up to the billing with each game hard fought and all sets going down to the wire. In the end though the top-seeded Blake came away with a 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5) victory over the No. “This is one of the best finals I’ve ever played” Blake said.
Sports fit for girls
Pakistan Dawn – Jul 23, 2006
com ———- –>Sports fit for girlsBy Julian Gibbs. There is some laughter but mostly concentration. As the sequence of moves becomes complex a group of pupils breaks down in giggles but the two young women shout out encouragement and carry on unfazed. The giggling girls pull themselves together and begin following again clearly intent on learning. The dance class I am watching in a Midlands comprehensive carries on to an exuberant but ordered conclusion.
Sports Round-up: Roberts laps up home support with early running
Times nline – Jul 23, 2006
Used on article pages to rotate the images of a story. He defeated his compatriot 9-1 9-3 9-1 in 43 minutes at the packed 1300-seat Arena Manawatu in Palmerston North. Tennis SPAIN’S David Ferrer will meet Argentinian Jose Acasuso in the final of the Mercedes Cup clay court event in Stuttgart today after his 6-3 7-5 victory over Tomas Berdych. Acasuso advanced after coming from behind to grind down his countryman Juan Monaco 4-6 6-2 6-2 in the other semi-final. Third seed Ferrer sealed victory when his 20-year-old Czech opponent served a double fault on match point.
