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  Sacramento Kings owners decide to cease owning city's WNBA franchise

  November 20th, 2009 - 15 h 27

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The owner of the Sacramento Kings will no longer operate the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs. League president Donna Orender said in a statement Friday that the WNBA is in discussions with potential investors to relocate the...

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  Jockeys asked to contribute mount fee to help injured Canadian with expenses

  November 20th, 2009 - 14 h 53

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A fund has been set up to help Canadian jockey Julia Brimo with her expenses during rehabilitation after she suffered serious head and back injuries at a race last month in Kentucky. Brimo, from Mississauga, Ont., was...

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  Local Olympic organizers have no power to include women's ski jumping: court

  November 20th, 2009 - 14 h 44

  VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia's highest court says Vancouver Olympic officials have no power to include women's ski jumping in the 2010 Olympics, so they can't be found to be violating the athletes' rights. The B.C. Appeal Court dismissed...

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  Nelson Mandela, wife Graca Machel share world children's rights prize

  November 20th, 2009 - 13 h 49

  STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Human rights advocate Nelson Mandela and his wife have won a global award for helping to promote children's rights over the past 10 years, the prize foundation said Friday. Mandela and Graca Machel will get about half of...

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  Canada's Hollingsworth wins World Cup skeleton race at Lake Placid

  November 20th, 2009 - 12 h 54

  LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada's Mellisa Hollingsworth edged Shelley Rudman of Great Britain to win the World Cup skeleton race at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Friday. Hollingsworth, of Eckville, Alta., led after a...

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  FIFA rules out replay of France-Ireland qualifier; Henry embarrassed

  November 20th, 2009 - 12 h 10

  LONDON - FIFA rejected Ireland's request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France on Friday, while Thierry Henry said a rematch would be "the fairest solution" to resolve the furor over his extra-time hand ball that set up the deciding...

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  Canadian Mariah Madigan wins silver medal at women's trampoline event

  November 20th, 2009 - 11 h 47

  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Mariah Madigan of Richmond Hill, Ont., won silver in the women's trampoline event at the sport's world age group championships on Friday. It was Canada's third medal of the competition and a second trip to the podium...

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  IAAF still in talks over future of gender-tested runner Caster Semenya

  November 20th, 2009 - 10 h 22

  MONACO - The governing body of track and field is working behind the scenes with Caster Semenya and the South African government to resolve issues about the 18-year-old runner's gender and career. The IAAF said Friday it cannot confirm the...

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  Lee Westwood takes 2-shot lead halfway through Dubai World Championship

  November 20th, 2009 - 9 h 47

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Lee Westwood shot a 3-under 69 Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Dubai World Championship, increasing his chance of winning the European money title. The English golfer put himself in...

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  Duncan a pleasant surprise to visitors in Vancouver Island's Cowichan region

  November 20th, 2009 - 7 h 08

  DUNCAN, B.C. - The centre of this Vancouver Island community consistently strikes visitors as a pleasant surprise, says Georgina Montgomery, author of a new book on the island's Cowichan region. Downtown Duncan is nothing like what motorists...

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