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Basketball: South Carolina hang on for women's collegiate crown
But he added he was proud of them for coming this far. Right before he was about to speak at the podium, Schaefer looked toward seniors Dom Dillingham, Breanna Richardson and Ketara Chapel, flashed the kind of smile one makes before they're about to shed tears of their own and congratulated SC.
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Paul Pogba closing in on Manchester United return
United's tally of 42 goals this season is 14 fewer than Arsenal's and 22 less than Liverpool's who have played two matches more. "He lost a penalty in the game 2-1 [against Bournemouth], he lost chances like other people did too, so I can not say now that if Zlatan and Mata played on Saturday we win the game, I can not say that".
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Roger Federer enters Miami Open as prohibitive favourite, eyes 91st title
He also became the oldest champion in the history of this tournament, at 35 years and 7 months. And arguably the game's greatest player followed that up in Indian Wells , beating countryman Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 7-5 in Sunday's final. Federer kept reminding everyone during the ATP Masters 1000 event that he was "on the comeback" and, wanting to see how he felt, hadn't planned beyond the first three months of year.
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Cubs, Cardinals fans getting used to new normal for rivalry
On a gorgeous early-April evening that turned rainy by game's end, the two teams squared off before a national television audience on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. I mean that in a really good way. It does not get much better than that. For me, mentally, the page has been turned. I think symbolically it will be turned next week.
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Social Reaction: Federer dominates Nadal to win the Miami Open
He also sent the Spaniard out a fortnight ago in early Indian Wells rounds before polishing his season record at Crandon Park. "Congratulations to you too Rafa on your great comeback to the tour", Federer said after the match. Federer leads their head to head hard court meetings 10-9 with Nadal's dominance primarily coming on clay. "Even if I lost for the third time this year with Roger, it was a good start of the season, playing already three finals, disappointing for me that every three ...
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Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus could return to action soon - Pep Guardiola
Second-placed Tottenham Hotspur look most likely to benefit from the leaders' slip up but Guardiola's side know they can close the gap to eight points with a win at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. So, the FA Cup is realistically the only chance Pep has left to win a trophy in his first campaign at the Etihad, and there's likely to be a number of players on his summer transfer wishlist ahead of the 2017-18 season.
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OR advances to Final Four after 74-60 win over Kansas
The Jayhawks (31-5), who lost as the top seed to Villanova last season, now have fallen one win short of the Final Four as the No. 1 seed four times under Self. "We couldn't catch a break", Jackson said. "I wasn't paying attention to the shot clock, so it was my fault". The rebound went by two Jayhawks and right to Bell , who passed the ball back to Dorsey .
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Butler scores 33, Bulls beat Hawks 106-104
Valentine knocked down two big 3-pointers as Chicago rallied from nine down in the last five minutes. Like his frontcourt partner DeMarcus Cousins (26 points, 18 rebounds), Davis was mostly effective around the rim and in the paint. NEW YORK (AP) - Brook Lopez scored 30 points, Trevor Booker had a season-high 23 and Brooklyn beat Orlando. ABOUT THE BULLS (37-39): Point guard Rajon Rondo continued his late-season surge with a season-high 25 points and 11 rebounds in Saturday's ...
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Women's hockey team, USA Hockey reach agreement, settling pay dispute
Women's National Team, in a press release issued about the agreement. It is incredibly refreshing to see so many prominent entities come together to try to achieve gender equality. "I'm proud of my teammates and cant thank everyone who supported us enough". Monique Lamoureux-Morando, a member of the players' leadership group, told ESPN .com that the new contract could, overnight, "make USA Hockey a model for what other NGBs [national governing bodies] should take a look at, and do for ...
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AJ Styles Defeats Shane McMahon At WrestleMania
This match was just a traditional wrestling match, so Shane tried his best to show off his grappling skills. Shane then found himself on the matt after being pulled onto the ropes, but was caught in a triangle by the Smackdown Live boss.
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Arsenal passed mental test, says Arsene Wenger
It was also a missed opportunity for Swansea, who could have pulled clear of the bottom three but instead remain deep in trouble themselves, just one point above Hull following their third successive game without a win. Arsenal had been hit by the loss of Mustafi's central defensive partner at half-time as an Achilles injury forced Koscielny off, with Gabriel on in his place.
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Shell Houston Open draws strong field ahead of Masters
And that goes for his caddie, too. Even though he is armed with Masters advice from none other than Jordan Spieth, and has the giddying experience in his locker of leading the Open Championship, Scott Gregory is prepared for his eyes to be on stalks when he drives down Magnolia Lane for the first time on Wednesday.
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Federer primed for Nadal clash
Nadal was humble as ever in defeat and full of praise for the Swiss. It was his third title here, and his first in 10 years. On Friday, after setting another mouth-watering clash with his arch rival, Federer joked about how it feels like going back in time.
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Oxford-Cambridge boat race to go on after WWII bomb removed
Image: The races between teams from Oxford and Cambridge are set to continue. The 25-year-old became only the third man in the race's history to switch sides and in the build-up made no secret of the fact that many of his former Cambridge friends barely speak to him any more.
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Sung Kang closing in on Masters spot at Shell Houston Open
Kang, meanwhile, wasn't quite as hot with his putter on Saturday as he was the first two days in Houston, where he made 300 feet of putts. He had eight birdies and one bogey Saturday. "It was a great day of golf, and I put myself in a position to win a golf tournament tomorrow", Fowler said. "It hasn't quite hit me yet that I've earned a spot to the Masters", said Henley, who started the week ranked 117th in the world.
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Keselowski pulls away and wins at Martinsville
It feels great to be able to join them and bring home a clock". The victory was the first for Ford on the 0.526-mile oval since 2002, and gave Keselowski five straight top-five finishes this year. Elliott 2 times for 20 laps; J. Logano 1 time for 1 lap. The middle of the run was shaky for us, but that last run we held on, which was really nice.
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Ossie Ardiles delivers Tottenham verdict after Burnley victory
It is always hard in the first game after global duty, all the players arrive at different dates , but we were very professional. But what it does tell us is that the Foxes are back playing like they did when they became champions of England last season, and in the hope that the worldwide break hasn't disrupted their current wellbeing then they look a solid wager to beat Stoke on Saturday afternoon.
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Major League Baseball 2017: Madison Bumgarner's Two Home Runs Equals History
Bumgarner flirted with a flawless game before settling for becoming the first pitcher to hit two homers on opening day. PHOENIX (AP) - Two big swings from Madison Bumgarner were undone by another bullpen meltdown in a wild opener for the San Francisco Giants that looked an very bad lot like last season.
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Crosby leads Penguins to 4-3 win over Rangers in shootout
The Penguins have been one of the NHL's best teams at home this season but came in riding a 0-2-1 skid at PPG Paints Arena, including a lopsided loss to Chicago last Wednesday. "It's nice, but he is way ahead of me". Pittsburgh Penguins' Ron Hainsey (65) clears the puck past the stick of Philadelphia Flyers' Radko Gudas (3) in the second period of the Stadium Series game on February 25.
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Zverev ousts top seed Wawrinka in Miami
In a topsy-turvy breaker, it was Berdych coming ahead with two match points at 6-4, but nearly predictably, he wouldn't win another point as Federer reeled off four straight and a Berdych double fault put the Swiss back into the Miami semifinals 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6).
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Arsenal confirmed line-up v Manchester City: Wenger makes three changes
Arsene Wenger, Manager of Arsenal looks on prior to kick off during the Barclays Premier League match between Swansea City and Arsenal at Liberty Stadium on March 16, 2013 in Swansea, Wales. The worst time in a football game to concede is just before half-time. Petr Cech, Aaron Ramsey and Alxe Oxlade-Chamberlain have dropped out of the starting line-up.
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Gonzaga and UNC advance to NCAA championship game
UNC, though, proved again why it's the best offensive rebounding team in the country. After the second of those misses Theo Pinson, the Tar Heels' junior forward from Greensboro, secured the rebound and passed out to Joel Berry , who was quickly fouled.
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3 things from the Mavericks 92-91 crushing loss to the Thunder
Westbrook's latest triple-double is one of his most impressive. Last Wednesday, Westbrook became the first player to record a triple-double while going flawless from the floor (6-for-6) and the free throw line (6-for-6), finishing with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists in a Thunder win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
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Stan Wawrinka calls Roger Federer an 'a**hole' after losing Indian Wells final
On being asked in the press conference that if it was the first time in his life that he had been called the expletive, the 18-time Grand Slam champion said he'd heard it "many, many times before" in a joking way. He broke back to make it 2-2 in the second set and broke Wawrinka's serve to clinch the match on a forehand victor. Vesnina stormed back from a set and 1-4 down to claim the title.
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Jordan Bell is Oregon's Difference Maker
Indeed, a whole lot of people had a hand in it. OR got the big nights they needed from their best players, with Tyler Dorsey , Dillon Brooks , and Jordan Bell filling up the box score and making huge plays on both sides of the ball. At the start of the second half, Kansas looked like it was pressing - shooting early in the shot clock and trying to push the pace - and that proved costly, only extending the Ducks' lead.
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West Ham chief makes major admission about Slaven Bilic's future
In the 53rd minute the home side equalised through an unlikely goalscorer as Andrew Robertson scored a delightful goal as he burst through the West Ham back-line. We can climb up a few places if we win games, we can go a few places down if we don't win games. One of the worst lines of defense in the league, which for 29 rounds brought in their own goal 58 goals, could not help but reflect on the positions in the standings.
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Wild's Loss in Nashville Clinches Division for Blackhawks
Louis and may have said goodbye to third place in the process. The Predators needed one point to lock up a playoff spot in the Western Conference. Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said Steen's goal was a momentum swing. "You've got to give him some credit as well". "He's a tremendous goaltender".
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Roger Federer wins Miami title to complete hard court sweep — ATP Miami
Incidentally, Federer has had to go through Nadal en route to all three title victories. Roger Federer has won the Miami Open title after powering his way to a straight-sets victory. This is Roger Federer's third title out of four tournaments this season. Federer won Key Biscayne in 2005 and 2006 and hasn't been to the final since.
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Federer Beats Nadal In Straight Sets To Win Miami Open Title
In the first set Federer broke at 4-3, and both players in the second set fought off break chances until the Swiss broke at 4-4 then closed it out. It's been a fabulous couple of weeks here in Miami . Skimming the top of the tape with a stretch forehand, Federer fired a forehand victor saving a fourth break point in the seventh game as he held for 4-3.
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We're coming for you, Pochettino tells Chelsea
Mauricio Pochettino has urged Tottenham to be ready to capitalise on any more Chelsea slip-ups after moving within seven points of the Premier League leaders. "I think reducing three points to Chelsea was an important thing for us", he told reporters. "In every game here, anything can happen because the league is so strong".
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South Carolina Wins NCAA Women's Basketball Title
They were pretty easy to work with, though they also seemed pretty confused. We had our pride stepped on previous year by another great team. "If we win, we're in the stands kissing babies and mamas", Schaefer had said. Morgan William, the breakout star of the NCAA Tournament, had seven turnovers. "Time was just ticking". She had a layup attempt blocked at the end of regulation.
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Wizards unable to keep up with red-hot Warriors at Oracle
Westbrook recorded 40 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to move him to just one behind the all-time record of 41 triple-doubles set by Oscar Robertson in 1961-62. When you have a lead like that, you shouldn't be shooting a 3-pointer. Warriors star Kevin Durant went down with a left knee injury in a 112-108 loss at Washington on February 28 and is still working back.
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Chelsea suffer shock loss at home to Crystal Palace
It's been rumoured that Spanish giants Real Madrid are interested in signing him this summer, and as you can see in the video below, after Benteke burst out in laughter next to him, the playmaker's response to the reporter was just fantastic.
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IPL 2017: Final of IPL 10 to be held at Hyderabad
India's other major positives from the gruelling home season - Ravindra Jadeja (Gujarat Lions) and (Umesh Yadav Kolkata Knight Riders) - will also miss the first few matches of IPL. Mumbai: Mumbai Indians' hopes of starting IPL's season 10 well got a boost with West Indies T20 specialists, Kieron Pollard and Lendl Simmons reaching in time for their lung-opener against Rising Pune Supergiant on April 6.
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Frustrated Mourinho blasts defensive West Brom approach
The Red Devils were looking to move to within four points of Liverpool after Jurgen Klopp's men were 3-1 winners against Everton in the day's early kick-off. 'We beat everyone on quality of play and direction of the game, possession, creation and ambition but we drew too many matches'. Jose Mourinho called the consistency of his attacking players into question after Manchester United were held to a 0-0 draw by West Brom on Saturday.