Mahe Drysdale described the Olympic team's welcome home this morning as 'amazing' and says the support they have received makes it all worthwhile.
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Beatrice Faumuina, who flew in with the rest of the Olympic team this morning, has responded to media criticism following her poor performance in Beijing.
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DUBAI: Two Gulf Arab investors have expressed interest in buying General Motors Corp?s Hummer brand, the company?s Middle East chief told Reuters yesterday.
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Few No. 1-ranked players have entered a Grand Slam with lower expectations of going all the way than Ana Ivanovic
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Georgina Evers-Swindell and her sister Caroline defended their Olympic title in the double skulls at Beijing, picking up gold medals
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Dubai: Sharjah is gearing up for the upcoming 2008 Sharjah Ramadan Festival (SRF), which has chalked up a huge budget amounting to Dh20 million, a Dh3 million increase from last year.
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Friends, family and supporters gathered at Auckland International Airport this morning to welcome home New Zealand's most successful Olympic team for 16 years.
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This update has an international flair with Cherry Poppin' Daddies in Europe, Maroon 5 in Mexico, Panama and Dubai and Amy Macdonald in Europe. But we also have Roger Creager in the good ol' USA, making Your Latest Update a globe-trotting experience!
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Kiwi ace Marina Erakovic's form slump has continued, beaten first up by Pauline Parmentier of France 6-3, 7-6. Not surprisingly, Rafael Nadal had a better opening day. The world number one began his quest for a third Grand Slam title of the year with a straight-sets win.
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Trainer Steve Asmussen's barn continues to try to move forward after last week's accidental death of exercise rider Parker Buckley III.
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Olympics Castro defends actions taken by Cuban taekwondo athlete Fidel Castro defended the Cuban taekwondo athlete who kicked a referee in the face at the Beijing Olympics, saying yesterday that Angel Matos was rightfully indignant over his disqualification from the bronze-medal match.
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AZIZ SHAHASSOCIATED PRESSTiger Woods is already the world's top-ranked golfer and highest-paid athlete. And if all goes according to plan, he'll soon be sporting his biggest trophy yet: a luxury golf course hewn from the sands of the Arabian desert.
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DUBAI?Two Gulf Arab investors have expressed interest in buying General Motors Corp.'s Hummer brand, the company's Middle East chief told Reuters on Tuesday.
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