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SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil is known as a soccer powerhouse. But if Olympic medals are any measure, it might just as well be known as the country of sailing. The South American nation has enjoyed more success on the water than in any other discipline and Robert Scheidt is one of its biggest names. While not quite the household character in Brazil that former soccer ace Ronaldo is, he's not far off, at least when the Olympics come along. ...

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PORTO SANT'ELPIDIO, Italy (Reuters) - Colombian Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez won stage six of the Giro d'Italia from Urbino to Porto Sant'ElPidio on Friday. Italy's Adriano Malori took the overall race lead after finishing second approximate one minute 10 seconds back and Poland's Michel Golas was third. The Giro d'Italia finishes in Milan on May 27. (Editing By Alison Wildey)

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(Reuters) - College football players suffer knee injuries about 40 percent more often when playing on an artificial turf versus grass, according to a U.S. study.

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MADRID (Reuters) - The spectre of match-fixing loomed over Spanish top-flight football on Monday but the football league (LFP) and two of the clubs allegedly involved swiftly moved to distance themselves from the speculation.

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(Reuters) - Masters champion Bubba Watson struggled with fatigue as fellow American Ken Duke birdied two of his last three holes to grab a share of the lead in Thursday's opening round of the New Orleans Classic in Avondale, Louisiana. While Watson launched his title defence with a battling one-under-par 71 in blustery conditions at the TPC Louisiana, journeyman Duke capitalised on a strategy of patience to card a flawless 65. ...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Schalke 04 and Borussia Moenchengladbach are going into the penultimate match of the Bundesliga season locked in a race for the last automatic Champions League qualification spot. Third-placed Schalke, two points ahead of Gladbach, face relegation-threatened Hertha Berlin on Saturday, who are desperate for three points to maintain any hopes of staying up. Fourth-placed Gladbach, who escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth last season, take on Augsburg who still need three points to be mathematically sure of top flight football next season. ...

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ROSEAU, Dominica (Reuters) - Australia wicketkeeper Matthew Wade hit an impressive maiden test century in the third West Indies test on Tuesday but does not expect his achievement to change his status as understudy to first choice Brad Haddin. Haddin had to give up the gloves for this series for personal reasons and Wade has been accomplished both behind the stumps and with the bat. His ability as a batsman was illustrated with a sparkling 106 from 146 balls which rallied Australia to 328 before West Indies were reduced to 165 for eight by the close of the second day. ...

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ROSEAU, Dominica (Reuters) - - West Indies struggled to 75 for three at tea on the second day of the third test after Matthew Wade's maiden test century had led Australia to a first-innings total of 328 on Tuesday.

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(Reuters) - Pro-democracy protesters clashed with police in Bahrain's capital Manama on Friday as the Grand Prix event, a showcase for the Gulf state, got underway. Masked youths hurled petrol bombs at police, who had stopped them marching to a traffic roundabout that was a gathering point during an uprising last year, Reuters witnesses said. Police responded by firing tear gas and sound bombs. (Reporting by Warda Al-Jawahiry; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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MONTE CARLO (Reuters) - Czech Tomas Berdych overpowered world number four Andy Murray in their Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final on Friday to reach the last four for the second time in the season's first big claycourt event. Berdych, the sixth seed, made the Scot dizzy as he relied on his powerful forehand to prevail 6-7 6-2 6-3 in two hours and 48 minutes. The Czech, who already reached the semi-final of the Mediterranean glamour tournament in 2007, will face either world number one Novak Djokovic or Dutchman Robin Haase in the next round. ...

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