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By GRAHAM DUNBAR, Sports Writer FRIBOURG, Switzerland – Roger Federer hopes to recapture the emotion ofSwitzerland’s 2001 Davis Cup victory against the United States when they meetagain in the first round this weekend. Federer recalled the Swiss win on Tuesday, when as a 19-year-old he wonthree matches for a 3-2 victory in his home city of Basel. “I think it was my first emotional outburst on a tennis court because I wasso exhausted on Sunday after winning singles, doubles and singles,” Federersaid. Switzerland’s Davis Cup te… – Feb 7, 9:32 am EST Switzerland’s Davis Cup te… – Feb 7, 9:28 [...]

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Tiger Woods believes long putters should be banned, and he’s even talked to the head of the R&A about how do it. Woods dropped that news into a press conference at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Tuesday, immediately sending a ripple across Pebble Beach’s practice putting greens, where more and more tour pros can be seen using long putters – both belly and broomstick – each year. Woods said that he’s a traditionalist when it comes to putting, and believes the putting stroke requires moving both hands and the end of the putter. So Woods’ idea is that anchoring [...]

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He may have been away from the sport for the last two seasons but that didn’t stop 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen from topping the timesheets, as this year’s opening test got underway in Jerez on Tuesday. Raikkonen clocked a best time of 1m 19.670s at the Spanish circuit in the new Lotus E20. Paul di Resta was second in Force India’s 2012 car, the VJM05, ahead of Nico Rosberg, who was third in the 2011-spec Mercedes. Rosberg’s team mate Michael Schumacher was also in action in the MGP W02 during the day and took the sixth slot. The team [...]

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LONDON, Feb 1 – Some of Britain’s poorest regions are battling each other and neighboring France to boost their local economies by hosting Olympic athletes at training camps before this year’s Games. Britain has budgeted to spend 9.3 billion pounds ($ 14.68 billion) on staging the Olympic and Paralympic Games, mostly on facilities in London, and the capital is expected to hog most of the benefits. But regional authorities dealing with government funding cuts and high unemployment rates want a slice of the cake. “Clearly it’s difficult times that the country is going through in terms of austerity but the [...]

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WASHINGTON – D.C. United have signed midfielder Marcelo Saragosa, whoreturns to MLS after two seasons in Azerbaijan. The 30-year-old Brazilian will be playing for his fourth MLS club. He playedin 116 games with the Los Angeles Galaxy, FC Dallas and Chivas USA from 2004-10. Saragosa left MLS following the 2010 season to play in the Azerbaijan firstdivision, first with FC Absheron and then with Ravan Baku. United announced the signing Monday. MySportNews іѕ a sports news digest publication that compiles real time, on demand sports news, articles, аnd resources. This article was distributed by Syndicated Sports news wire and aggregation service, For more MLS news see: DC United sign veteran midfielder Marcelo Saragosa .

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LONDON – Novak Djokovic won the top individual honor at the 2012Laureus Sports Awards on Monday, and Barcelona captured the team prize. The top-ranked Djokovic won sportsman of the year at the ceremony in London,one week after the Serbian triumphed at the Australian Open to become the fifthman in the Open era to win three Grand Slam titles in a row. Barcelona was recognized as the best team after a stellar 2011 in which PepGuardiola’s players won the Spanish league and Champions League. Kenyan distance runner Vivian Cheruiyot, winner of the 5,000- and10,000-meter titles at the world championships last year, [...]

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Toro Rosso followed in the footsteps of Sauber and unveiled the car with which they will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship at Jerez on Monday afternoon. The Ferrari-engined STR7 will make its on-track debut on Tuesday morning, when this week’s opening pre-season test gets underway at the Spanish track. The Italian team’s 2012-spec line-up, Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne, were in attendance at the pit-lane launch. Toro Rosso hope the new car – and new signings – will help them establish a firmer foothold in the midfield, after they finished eighth in the 2011 standings. [...]

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The PGA Tour is at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week, while the European Tour plays the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Tiger Woods switched up his early season schedule this year and is playing at Pebble Beach. Some fans might have the impression that Woods loves Pebble Beach Golf Links; it’s an iconic course, he’s won this tournament before, and he dominated the 2000 U.S. Open on this course. But this is the first time since 2002 that Woods is playing the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Scuttlebutt over the years was that Woods hated the bumpy poa annua greens [...]

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