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Former Nba Player Visits Swiss Guard Basketball Team
VATICAN CITY, April 19 (CNA/EWTN News) .- The former Los Angeles Lakers player Vlade Divac was thrilled to meet with the Swiss Guard to discuss sports and learn about their work at the Vatican."I was very excited to be here, and they have a basketball team here with very tall people," the 7-foot, 1-inch Divac joked in the Swiss Guard's barracks."I also told them that if they ...
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Columbias Joey Falcone a Military Veteran Hopes for a Baseball Career
Joey Falcone, a slugger for Columbia, knows what to do when he finds himself pressing at the plate. He eases his grip on the bat, takes a deep breath and assumes a more relaxed stance. Falcone has a harder time finding himself in life. After serving two tours of duty in Iraq and one in Afghanistan as a Marine Corps medic, after hitting .336 with 5 home runs and 25 runs batted in this ...
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Hyderabad through Bangalore gone
Sunday's five-wicket win over the Kolkata Knight Riders booked a semi-final berth for the Sunrisers Hyderabad - and booted the Royal Challengers Bangalore out of the 2013 Indian Premier League.Victory for Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday meant the Sunrisers needed to win to become one of the four teams to progress and they got home by five wickets after Darren Sammy smashed ...
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Wilkinson named Europes best rugby player
England rugby legend Jonny Wilkinson rounded off the perfect weekend after being named European player of the year on Sunday, a day after captaining Toulon to European Cup victory.The 33-year-old's unerringly accurate kicking game drove the French side through the knock-out stages of the tournament, defeating Leicester and Saracens before running out 16-15 victors against Clermont in ...
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LeBron responds to comments from Pacers coach
LeBron James said he didn’t understand what Pacers coach Frank Vogel meant when he said of the Heat, ';They’re just the next team that’s in our way.'; (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) LeBron James delivered a strong message to Indiana Pacers coach Frank Vogel on Sunday, three days before James’ Miami Heat take on Vogel’s team in the Eastern Conference ...
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U.S. takes bronze medal at the ice hockey worlds
JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images STOCKHOLM (AP) The United States won its first medal at the ice hockey world championships in nine years, taking the bronze by beating Finland 3-2 in a penalty shootout Sunday. Alex Galchenyuk scored back-to-back goals in the shootout for the Americans. Teammates Craig Smith and Paul Stastny found the net in the first period. Finland tied the ...
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Porto Claim 27th Title With Win at Pacos De Ferreira
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Sports Zarika stops Namugerwa in bantam weight bout
Zarika 's bout was not the main fight. Light weight six-round contest pitting Uganda's Hamza Wandera against Tanzania's Osward Maneno was the most exciting and could have gone either way. The ring judges however, gave victory to ...
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Sports Karuturi Sports beat Bandari as Sony win
It was Thika United, who went up first in the match after John Wanyonyi scored in the 23rd minute. The move was initiated by Kennedy Otieno, who picked a loose ball in the middle of the pack and shot on the turn. The goal bound shot was too fast for Joseph Ruto in goal. He palmed it allowing a waiting Wanyonyi to simply tap it home. Mathare United were back in the match after ten minutes and it ...
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Auburn womens golfers make NCAAs after season when coach and players parent battle cancer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The Auburn women's golf team had to overcome far more than the normal highs and lows of the sport to make the NCAA championships. Coach Kim Evans was diagnosed with clear cell ovarian cancer May 7. One of the Tigers' top players, Victoria Trapani, missed much of the spring after doctors found her mother's breast cancer had returned in December. Assistant ...
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Tarla on top at Limerick
Willie Mullins' prolific seven-year-old struggled in a Grade One over hurdles at Punchestown on her last start, but was an entirely different prospect here.Despite having fallen on her last two outings over fences, the Emmet Mullins-ridden Tarla made all of the running in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Chase to win by nine-and-a-half-lengths from Caheronaun.Willie Mullins' son, ...
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True gains deserved verdict
19 May 2013 True Verdict built on her promising comeback run to gain a deserved opening success in the Come Racing On June 8th Maiden at ...
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Players to be asked for agents names
The BCCI's plan to regulate player agents, announced on Sunday, will begin with the centrally contracted players being asked to submit the names of their agents for the accreditation process. Sunday's announcement, three days after ...
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Soccer Arsenal Edges Out Spurs for Final Champions League Berth
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Voleuse yields Vintage harvest
Dermot Weld's filly won the Irish Cesarewitch by 10 lengths from Missunited last season, and those two again fought out the finish in this Listed race over a mile and six furlongs.Voleuse De Coeurs was disappointing behind El Salvador on her seasonal return at Limerick, but left the 5-4 favourite back in third on this occasion.Steps To Freedom was slightly squeezed up by the winner a ...
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US Beats Finland for Bronze at Hockey Worlds
STOCKHOLM, May 19 (R-Sport) – Alex Galchenyuk scored twice in a shootout as the United States won its first medal at the world hockey championship in a decade with a 3-2 win over Finland in the bronze medal game on Sunday. After winning gold in 2011, the Finns finished fourth for the second year in a row. They came first in the Helsinki group stage at the 2013 tournament with 16 points. ...
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Koscielny clinches Champions League spot
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his current squad as one of the best he has ever assembled after they sealed Champions League football with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on the final day of the Barclays Premier League ...
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Rory Best to lead Ireland on tour
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger hailed his current squad as one of the best he has ever assembled after they sealed Champions League football with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle on the final day of the Barclays Premier League ...
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Arsenal reach 16th straight Champions League
IAN MACNICOL/AFP/Getty Images MANCHESTER, England (AP) -Arsenal qualified for the Champions League for the 16th straight season after edging Tottenham to fourth place in the Premier League, as Alex Ferguson bowed out as Manchester United manager with a 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. Laurent Koscielny's 52nd-minute volley sealed an unconvincing 1-0 for Arsenal at ...
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Cult of Hockey Can Oilers prospect Tyler Bunz bounce back from an awful rookie season
Tyler Bunz is living proof that goaltenders are difficult to predict. Bunz was drafted in the fifth round of 2010 by the Oilers, and went on to establish himself as a high-end WHL goaltender. In 2010-11 he was named to the WHL's second all-star team; in 2011-12 he was twice the CHL's goalie of the week and ended the season by being named the best goaltender in the WHL. He entered the ...
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Cricket McCullum reflects on where it all went wrong
A chance to leave a plaque on the New Zealand cricket hall of fame escaped the class of 2013 overnight at Lord's. The contagion of a dressing room filled with flying pads, gloves, bats and boxes as wickets fell was too much for the team to stomach as their batting collapsed. Unlike their 1999 predecessors, the New Zealanders failed to secure victory at the Marylebone Cricket Club. They were all ...
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Ricardas Berankis Beats Denis Istomin in Nice
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Auburn Womens Golfers Overcome Trying Season
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Arsenal win race for fourth as Fergie bows out
Arsene Wenger's side needed three points to guarantee a spot in next season's Champions League qualification rounds ahead of north London rivals Tottenham and Laurent Koscielny's second-half strike ensured they achieved that aim. Koscielny's goal meant more heartache for Spurs who have developed an unfortunate habit of missing out on Champions League action on the last day ...
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Baggies roar back to hold United
Tom Cleverley 's pass and drove his first goal since September into the bottom corner, plenty of home fans headed for the concourses even though there was less than a third of the contest completed.But Morrison managed to pull one back just before the interval and substitute Lukaku struck immediately afterwards.Order was quickly restored though as Valencia crossed for ...
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Dominican businesses expanding role in Haiti reconstruction
The Dominican Republic is already a regional leader in Central America and now looks poised to play an even greater role in the future of disaster-hit Haiti. The two countries are already major trade partners, and this relationship looks set to expand into rebuilding the country as well.
The Dominican Republic has one of the strongest economies in Central America and is one of the major trade partners of earthquake-beleaguered Haiti. For this reason, political leaders in the country have pointed out that it is vital for local businesses to continue or expand their involvement in Haiti’s reconstruction, or the country would lose an important source of revenue. Read more
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