Sports
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A Day of World Cup Drama Goes Down to the Last Kick
Algeria’s players were strewn on the turf, their faces covered, their chests heaving. Their coach, Djamel Belmadi, seemed frozen by…
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Eluding an Array of Upsets, Four Powers Remain
The women’s Final Four are crowded with top seeds and familiar faces. There are the reigning champions, No. 1 seed…
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Comebacks for Wawrinka and Thiem Will Have to Be Continued
Tennis’s minor leagues are still a major challenge. The latest evidence arrived on Tuesday in Marbella, Spain, where Stan Wawrinka…
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Eluding a Fray of Upsets, Four Powers Remain
The women’s Final Four are crowded with top seeds and familiar faces. There are the reigning champions, No. 1 seed…
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For UConn, a Rougher Path Than Usual Still Leads to the Final Four
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — There were, after all these years, reasons to doubt the Connecticut women’s basketball team almost all season…
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Will Smith Owned the Williams Sisters’ Story Onscreen. Then He Stole Their Moment.
The table was set for a moment of family triumph. Venus and Serena Williams were dressed and seated for the…
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Kylie McKenzie Sues U.S.T.A., Claiming It Failed to Keep Her Safe
Kylie McKenzie, a once-promising tennis player whom an investigation found was “more likely than not” to have been sexually assaulted…
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For Albert Pujols, One Last Run Where It All Began
JUPITER, Fla. — Adam Wainwright remembers precisely where he was on that sad December morning when the best hitter of…
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U.S. Thrashes Panama and Pencils Itself Into the World Cup
The United States men’s soccer team is not in the World Cup, not just yet. There is still one last…
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Stopping Creighton’s Charge, South Carolina Heads to the Final Four
GREENSBORO, N.C. — South Carolina, the top-seeded team in the women’s tournament, is heading to its fourth Final Four after…