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Tiger Woods falls outside top 100

For the first time since 1996 Tiger Woods has fallen outside of the top 100 in golf’s world rankings. The 14-times major champion last featured on

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Kharlan and Limbach win sabre gold in Seoul

Ukraine’s Olga Kharlan produced a stunning performance to outclass Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States in the final of the women’s saber Grand Prix

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Turkish heartbreak on Day Two of Samsun Judo Grand Prix

The Samsun Judo Grand Prix continues in Turkey, where 169 competitors were in action on Saturday. Rustam Orujov broke the home crowds’ hearts when he

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Xtreme Verbier sees fourth win for Ducroz in Freestyle World Tour finale

The final event of the Freeride World Tour season has been held in Verbier for the 20th edition of Xtreme Verbier Lighter snow cover on the course

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Sobirov strikes gold at Samsun Judo Grand Prix

The opening day of the Samsun Judo Grand Prix saw five gold medals for the taking. The heaviest weight on the day was the men’s -66 kilo division

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Inside Sport: the basics of squash

Born out of the game Rackets, Squash was invented at Harrow School in England around 1830. Pupils discovered that a punctured ball, which “squashed”

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Switzerland win World Women's Curling Championship

Switzerland won the 37th edition of the World Women’s Curling Championship at Sapporo in Japan for their third crown in four years. The defending

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FIFA presidential race: Blatter under fire

FIFA president Sepp Blatter endured heavy criticism of his leadership when he attended the Uefa Congress in Vienna on Tuesday. The 79-year-old, who

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Fencing Grand Prix: Novosjolov and Shin strike gold in Budapest

The second Fencing Grand Prix of the season took place in Budapest Hungary. The epee event gathered 515 of the world’s best but there could only be

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SportAccord pushes into Russia with new Moscow office

SportAccord has opened its first regional headquarters, in Moscow, with a host of past and current sporting stars on hand for the launch. The new

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Slovenia win team ski-jumping title

Slovenia’s four-man ski-jumping hold-up in Planica saw them take the team title on home ground from under the noses of the Austrians. Led from the

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Crystal run continues for US as Shiffrin skis to slalom title

Three in a row for Mikaela Shiffrin as the American world and olympic champion won the slalom in Meribel , her fifth world cup win of the season, to

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Hirscher clinches Overall and Giant Slalom skiing World Cup double in Meribel

Austrian Marcel Hirscher’s fourth place in Meribel was enough to ensure he could not be beaten to this year’s Giant Slalom Crystal Globe. The result

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Cherniak celebrates maiden Grand Prix gold in Tbilisi

The second IJF Grand Prix of the season began on Friday. Day one of three of the Tbilisi Grand Prix saw five gold medals up for grabs. World number

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Prevc triumphs in Planica

The Slovenian fans certainly got their moneys worth on Friday as the ski jumping season heads towards a thrilling climax. Peter Prevc won the

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Champions League: Manchester City have mountain to climb

Manchester City fans will be hoping Manuel Pelegrini’s men have what it takes to pull off a huge Champions League upset when they take on Barcelona

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Hamburg chosen as German bid city for 2024 Olympics

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Gravity: Kristoffersen breaks 4-month famine while Fenninger is on the brink

Welcome to Gravity our weekly programme dedicated to downhill skiing. Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen, who won the first slalom of the season, tasted

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Severin Freund makes it three-in-a-row on the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo

Severin Freund clinched his third successive win on Saturday, this one on the imposing Holmenkollen. The large hill World Champion sealed victory in