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  • Venus beats Serena for her 5th Wimbledon title (AP) -

    Venus Williams holds her trophy, after defeating her sister Serena to win the Women's Singles Championship on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Saturday, July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)AP - Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 Saturday for her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh Grand Slam championship.


  • Phelps has unfinished business at Olympic trials (AP) -

    Michael Phelps celebrates his victory with a world record time of 1:54.80 in the men's 200-meter individual medley final at the US Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)AP - Michael Phelps is almost done at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The superstar has one bit of unfinished business: the 100 butterfly and a showdown with world recordholder Ian Crocker.


  • Rockies overcome 9-run deficit to beat Marlins (AP) -

    Colorado Rockies' Chris Iannetta celebrates after his single to drive in the winning run off Florida Marlins relief pitcher Kevin Gregg in the ninth inning of the Rockies' 18-17 victory in a Major League baseball game in Denver on Friday, July 4, 2008. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)AP - The blasts returned to Coors Field on Friday night, long before the fireworks.


  • Police: Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel dies (AP) - AP - Former Chargers safety Terrence Kiel was killed after he was thrown from a Chevy sedan he was driving, police said Saturday.
  • Valverde wins 1st Tour de France stage (AP) -

    The pack passes a bridge on the outskirts of Brest during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Brest and Plumelec, western France, Saturday July 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski)AP - Alejandro Valverde of Spain won the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday with a ride through flat country, the opening of a three-week race trying to restore its luster after years of doping scandals.


  • Favre considers return to NFL or does he? (AP) -

    In this Dec. 15, 2002, file photo,then-Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre passes against the San Francisco 49ers during an NFL football game in San Francisco. Favre is considering coming out retirement, according to an ESPN report Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The Packers' former quarterback retired March 6 after a 17-year career. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Brett Favre dismissed an ESPN report that he's considering coming out of retirement as "all rumor."


  • Report: Duhon agrees to deal with Knicks (AP) -

    In this Dec. 15, 2006 file photo, Chicago Bulls guard Chris Duhon runs down the court in a game against Milwaukee. Duhon verbally agreed to a deal with the New York Knicks on Friday, he and his agent told The Sporting News. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, file)AP - Chris Duhon verbally agreed to a deal with the New York Knicks on Friday, the point guard and his agent told The Sporting News.


  • Youkilis' bizarre triple spurs Red Sox past Yanks (AP) -

    Fans watch as a ball that popped loose out of New York Yankees' Johnny Damon's glove rests momentarily on the fence before dropping to the ground during the third inning against the Boston Red Sox in Major League Baseball action Friday, July 4, 2008 at Yankee Stadium in New York. Damon made a leaping attempt on a hit by Red Sox's Kevin Youkilis. Two runs scored on the play. Damon left the game after the play. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Kevin Youkilis created the drama. Mike Lowell gave Boston the win. Lowell hit a go-ahead, three-run homer two innings after Youkilis' shot squirted out of Johnny Damon's glove, bounced off the top of the left-field wall three times, and sat on the fence for several tantalizing seconds.


  • Real, Man Utd bosses 'to meet over Ronaldo saga' (AFP) -

    The Spanish sports daily AS has reported that Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo (seen here in May 2008).(AFP/File/Franck Fife)AFP - Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish sports daily AS reported Saturday.


  • Jagr signs with Avangard Omsk in Russian League (AP) -

    In this Jan. 22, 2008 file photo, New York Rangers right wing Jaromir Jagr, of the Czech Republic, looks to pass during the second period of an NHL hockey game in New York. The NHL free agent shopping season opens with big-name players such as Jaromir Jagr, Mats Sundin and Brian Campbell available on the open market. Traditionally, lucrative deals with star players come together quickly in the first few days of bidding. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)AP - Jaromir Jagr signed with a Russian team a day after his split with the New York Rangers, leaving the NHL after nearly two decades and returning to the club he joined during the 2004-05 lockout.


  • Game over: struggling UK basketball museum closes (AP) - AP - The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum has shut its doors due to falling attendance and financial problems.
  • Federer won't be fazed by go-slow Rafa (AFP) -

    Switzerland's Roger Federer waits for Russia's Marat Safin after beating him 6-3,7-6, 6-4, in the Wimbledon semi-finals on July 4, 2008. Federer insists he won't be knocked out of his confident stride by Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon final even if the Spaniard embarks on a Centre Court go-slow on July 6.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Roger Federer won't be knocked out of his confident stride by Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Wimbledon final even if the Spaniard embarks on a Centre Court go-slow.


  • Lee tied for lead in Arkansas after first-round 64 (AP) - AP - Seon Hwa Lee's approach shot hopped to the back of the green and stopped about 3 feet from the hole.

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