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Just as cricket fans waited keenly for Daniel Vettori to earn a record 112th cap for New Zealand, his failure to be ready…

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Sergio Garcia has yet to speak to Tiger Woods after making an inappropriate remark about the world No. 1-ranked golfer…

1. Golf: Turner to make his senior major debut

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TNT Maddox broke a long drought in 2011, becoming the first woman in nearly 20 years, and just the ninth ever, to join basketball's…

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