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Alpine skiing-Maier rolls back the years with super-G victory

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Austria's Hermann Maier scored his first World Cup win in almost three years with victory in a super-G at Lake Louise on Sunday. ...  > full story

Fill wins Lake Louise World Cup downhill

LAKE LOUISE, Canada, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Italy's Peter Fill won a men's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill race on Saturday, according to provisional results. ...  > full story

Olympians battle to stay in the public eye

MILAN, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — Italy's triumphant Olympic fencers are using all their fighting skills to stay in the limelight and promote their sport now that post-Beijing interest has waned. ...  > full story

FIFA worried economic downturn will affect World Cup fans

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — FIFA on Monday expressed concern that the world economic downturn would impact on the number of visitors to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. ...  > full story

Wilson edges ahead in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Oliver Wilson maintained his quest for a maiden European Tour win by edging ahead of the field after the third round of the Hong Kong Open Saturday, while Bernhard Langer rolled back the years with a brilliant round. ...  > full story

Oosthuizen blitzes 62 to share Hong Kong lead

HONG KONG, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen fired a sizzling eight-under 62 to grab a share of the lead after the second round at the $2.5 million Hong Kong Open on Friday. ...  > full story

I could have been a good F1 driver, says Rossi

MUGELLO, Italy, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said Thursday he could have been a good Formula One driver if he had made the switch three years ago. ...  > full story

Player exodus makes life hard for Uruguay coach

MONTEVIDEO, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Few national team coaches face such an apparently thankless task as Uruguay's Oscar Washington Tabarez, whose country is the smallest to have won the World Cup. ...  > full story

Armstrong to ride classics, still unsure about Tour

PARIS, Nov. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Lance Armstrong will ride the classic races as part of his comeback from retirement but still has to decide whether he will race in the Tour de France, the American said on Wednesday. ...  > full story
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