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MELBOURNE (AFP) - Russian 20th seed Mikhail Youzhny withdrew from the Australian Open Saturday with a wrist injury, handing Poland's Lukasz Kubot a free ride into the fourth round.Published: 01/23/2010 at 01:00:24 GMT |
MONTE CARLO (AFP) - Finland's two-time world rally championship runner-up Mikko Hirvonen won the Monte Carlo Rally after leading from start to finish in the IRC opener.Published: 01/22/2010 at 23:50:51 GMT |
MONTE CARLO (AFP) - Finland's Mikko Hirvonen looked certain to triumph in the Monte Carlo Rally late on Friday after last year's winner and home favourite Sebastien Ogier had to retire just before the penultimate special stage of the event.Published: 01/22/2010 at 23:26:59 GMT |
PARIS (AFP) - Two-time European Cup champions Munster ensured they host one of the quarter-finals on Friday when they edged out Pool One rivals Northampton 12-9 to reach the last eight for a remarkable 12th time in a row.Published: 01/22/2010 at 21:49:05 GMT |
TALLINN (AFP) - Russia's Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin won their second ice dancing gold at the European figure skating championships here on Friday.Published: 01/22/2010 at 20:23:20 GMT |
GENEVA (AFP) - Reigning Olympic snowboard gold medallist Tanja Frieden will not be able to defend her title in Vancouver next month the Swiss Ski Federation (Swiss-ski) announced on Friday.Published: 01/22/2010 at 19:01:50 GMT |
ROME (AFP) - AC Milan forward Ronaldinho said his team will need to concentrate for 90 minutes against Inter Milan on Sunday to avoid a repeat of the 4-0 thrashing they suffered earlier this season.Published: 01/22/2010 at 18:13:13 GMT |
ZAKOPANE, Poland (AFP) - Austria's Gregor Schlierenzauer secured the 30th ski jumping World Cup victory of his career at the age of just 20 when he won the first of two events here on Friday.Published: 01/22/2010 at 17:46:42 GMT |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Brett Favre tries to lift the Minnesota Vikings to their first Super Bowl since 1977 on Sunday by beating New Orleans while the New York Jets try to end a 41-year hex and oust Indianapolis.Published: 01/22/2010 at 17:24:18 GMT |
BIARRITZ, France (AFP) - Veteran French lock Jerome Thion will end his career with Top 14 side Biarritz after he told AFP on Friday that he had signed a three-year contract with the Basque club.Published: 01/22/2010 at 17:24:12 GMT |
