Chinese Olympic champion Zhang Yining wins women’s gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China defeated defending champion and compatriot Guo Yue in six sets Tuesday to win the women’s singles title at the table tennis world championships. China’s Zhang wins women’s gold at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China defeated defending champion and compatriot Guo Yue in six sets Tuesday to win women’s singles title at the table tennis world championships. Arbitrator reduces swimmer Jessica Hardy’s doping suspension to 1 yearLOS ANGELES — Swimmer Jessica Hardy has had her two-year suspension for a failed drug test reduced to one year, allowing her to return to competition this summer. Centennial celebration: First and foremost about racing, Indy’s impact has gone beyond the 500INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Motor Speedway has made the reputation of racing greats: A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears, the Unser family. Two-time MVP Lauren Jackson decides to return to Seattle Storm this seasonSEATTLE — Two-time MVP Lauren Jackson is staying in Seattle. Olympic champ Zhang reaches all-Chinese final at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic champion Zhang Yining of China advanced to the women’s singles final with a six-set win over compatriot Liu Shiwen at the table tennis world championships.on Monday Tennis player Jelena Dokic says she was physically abused by her fatherSYDNEY — Tennis player Jelena Dokic says that her father, Damir, physically abused her during their tumultuous relationship earlier in her career. 1 dead, 12 injured in crash of bus carrying 2nd place Spanish junior female volleyball teamMADRID — Officials say one member of Spain’s second-place junior female volleyball team has died and 12 others have been injured — two seriously — in a bus crash in northwest Spain. Kastor wins Great Edinburgh Run in first race since breaking foot in Olympic marathonEDINBURGH, Scotland — American Deena Kastor pulled away from the field on Sunday to win her first race since breaking her foot in the Olympic marathon, winning the 10-kilometer Great Edinburgh Run by 36 seconds over three-time champion Jelena Prokopcuka. China claims first gold medal at table tennis worlds, win mixed doublesYOKOHAMA, Japan — Li Ping and Cao Zhen defeated compatriots Zhang Jike and Mu Zi in the mixed doubles final Sunday to give China its first gold medal at the table tennis world championships. Armstrong, Mellow Johnny’s teammates miss pile up on second to last lap of Tour of Gila stageSILVER CITY, N.M. — Lance Armstrong didn’t disappoint the fans who traveled to this sleepy mining town from as far as the Netherlands to see him take on a speedy — and potentially dangerous — race around 1-mile downtown course in the Tour of the Gila. China’s Zhang advances in table tennis worlds women’s singlesYOKOHAMA, Japan — Olympic gold medalist Zhang Yining of China defeated Hungary’s Krisztina Toth on Saturday at the table tennis world championships. Some Little Leagues feeling recession’s pinch with drop in donations and sponsorshipsLittle League baseball has always been as much about fundraisers and concession stands as balls and strikes. This year, teams expect a scramble to get a sponsor’s name on the back of their jerseys. USC hires Los Angeles Sparks coach Michael Cooper to oversee women’s basketball teamLOS ANGELES — Michael Cooper will leave the Los Angeles Sparks to coach Southern California’s women’s basketball team. Budget cuts at U of Washington: Men’s, women’s swimming being eliminatedSEATTLE — The University of Washington is cutting its men’s and women’s swimming programs. Winning Colors: Patrick hoping new paint scheme will regenerate Indy success for AndrettiINDIANAPOLIS — Danica Patrick took one quick glance at her nifty, new orange-and-black car Friday and thought back to 2007. Japan’s Fukuhara, Hirano advance in women’s doubles at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Ai Fukuhara and Sayaka Hirano of Japan advanced to the third round of women’s doubles with a six-set victory over Turkey’s Sirin He and Melek Hu at the table tennis world championships on Friday. From Alabama to New York, swine flu prompts cancellations and rescheduling of sports eventsMONTGOMERY, Ala. — The swine flu outbreak has forced the cancellation or postponement of sporting events across the country, affecting everything from prep contests in Texas and Alabama to a college baseball road trip in Delaware. Dementieva advances to set up quarterfinal against BartoliSTUTTGART, Germany — Second-seeded Elena Dementieva overcame a slow start to beat Agnes Szavay of Hungary 7-6 (4), 6-1 on Thursday and set up a quarterfinal match against Marion Bartoli at the Porsche Grand Prix. Croatia’s Primorac rallies to beat Britain’s Drinkhall at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Croatia’s Zoran Primorac rallied from three sets down Thursday to defeat Britain’s Paul Drinkhall in seven sets at the table tennis world championships. 3 more track athletes nabbed in doping scandal shows track still faces perception problemWith a gold medalist in one of its top events busted for doping at the Beijing Games, the troubled sport of track and field is once again at the center of an Olympic drug scandal. Bahrain’s 1,500-meter gold medalist, 2 cyclists, 3 others caught in Beijing doping retestsLONDON — The gold medalist in one of track and field’s glamour races and a silver winner in cycling are among six athletes from the Beijing Games nabbed for blood doping in the latest Olympic drug scandal. Dominican Comm. says weightlifter Contreras tested positive for doping at Beijing OlympicsLONDON — The last of the six athletes caught in drug retests from the Beijing Games has now been identified — it’s Dominican women’s weightlifter Yudelquis Contreras. Welshman Roberston advances at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — Welshman Adam Robertson defeated Dino Suarez of Ecuador on Wednesday to qualify for the table tennis world championships. All 9 Mexican soccer games this weekend with be closed to public because of swine fluMEXICO CITY — All nine Mexican first-division soccer games this weekend will be played behind closed doors, a move aimed at stemming the spread of swine flu. After leading US to gold medal in Beijing, Anne Donovan joins Liberty as assistant coachNEW YORK — Anne Donovan is back in the WNBA. Russia’s Anastasia Zueva sets new world record in women’s 50-meter backstrokeMOSCOW — Anastasia Zueva has set a new world record in the women’s 50-meter backstroke by clocking 27.48 seconds at the Russian summer swimming championships. Obama salutes UConn team, shoots hoop with women’s teamWASHINGTON — Championship ceremony is a White House standard for sports teams. Shooting hoops with the president, now that’s something to remember. White House salute for champion University of Connecticut women’s basketball teamWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has welcomed the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team to the White House, saluting the squad’s national title and undefeated season. China out to maintain dominance at table tennis worldsYOKOHAMA, Japan — With Olympic singles champions Ma Lin and Zhang Yining headlining a powerful world championship team, China is expected to maintain its dominance in table tennis that it highlighting last August in Beijing. |
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