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Irishman McDowell wins US Open

21 Jun 10 | Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell won the US Open golf championship at Pebble Beach on Sunday, beating France's Gregory Havret by one shot to become the first European in 40 years to lift the trophy.

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Hewitt back on stamping ground with spring in step

21 Jun 10 | A renewed Lleyton Hewitt is in his element, writes Linda Pearce in London.

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Chilled-out Australia receive lukewarm praise

21 Jun 10 | LONDON: It can hardly be said the Australians warmed up against Middlesex at Lord's on Saturday, for it was distinctly chilly in London. And the county's bowling attack was too green - in essence second-string, apart from Tim Murtagh - to punish Australia's wobbly start with the bat.

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Eagles grounded as Bulldogs get big boost

21 Jun 10 | WESTERN BULLDOGS stayed within touching distance of the top-four with a percentage-boosting 60-point victory over lowly West Coast at Subiaco Oval yesterday.

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Dominant Kangaroos surge past Power to knock on top-eight door

21 Jun 10 | NORTH MELBOURNE coach Brad Scott finally has complete faith in his players after they moved within reach of the top eight by beating Port Adelaide yesterday.

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Once a Jolly Swans man is now a Magpie - and flying

21 Jun 10 | Darren Jolly's move to Melbourne confronted his family's sporting bias head-on but they've backed him all the way, writes Michael Cowley.

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Complacency, injuries halt Wallabies' momentum

21 Jun 10 | WALLABIES coach Robbie Deans emphasised the exasperation of every Australian rugby fan last night when he said: ''We take no comfort in retaining the Cook Cup because it finished in a way we're not satisfied with.''

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Crisis, what crisis? Tahu stays focused on Eels' clash with Newcastle

21 Jun 10 | TEN days after Timana Tahu walked out on the NSW Origin squad, the racism storm that has engulfed the game is still raining down with repercussions, responses and reviews. For Tahu, though, tonight is simply about football, as the Parramatta centre lines up for the first time since hightailing it out of Kingscliff in a blaze of controversy.

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Hail to the hill: Some fans throw punches

21 Jun 10 | Wests Tigers used an 18th man in their win against Canberra yesterday, but they won't be losing the two competition points. It was the legal use of their best friend - the Leichhardt Oval faithful, all 19,428 of them - that was instrumental in getting the Tigers home after they had trailed inside the last 10 minutes.

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He's handy on TV, but Beau shows he also knows how to find try line

21 Jun 10 | WESTS TIGERS winger Beau Ryan, in his popular ''Beau Knows'' spot on The Footy Show last week, said he knew Leichhardt Oval. It may be a comedy segment, but yesterday he was deadly serious in proving the point when he threaded a grubber kick through traffic and chased the ball through to score.

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Raiders will kick themselves for moment of indecision

21 Jun 10 | To kick for goal, or not to kick for goal. That is the question. Canberra were faced with this dilemma in the 64th minute of their bruising clash with Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval yesterday afternoon. The scores were locked at 6-6. The match was down to the stage where you start to believe the team that scores the next try will win.

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