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| Apr.16 |
 Boston |
American woman and Japanese man win Boston Marathon 
Map of Copley Square Boston MA USA Desiree (Desi) Linden, a two-time Olympian, battled the rain and wind to win the 122nd running of the storied race
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| Feb.22 |
 South Korea |
US beat Canada to take women's ice hockey gold Team USA won the shootout 3-2, with forward Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scoring the winning goal
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South Korea |
Alina Zagitova wins gold for OAR in women's single figure skating Fifteen-year-old Alina Zagitova won Olympic athletes from Russia's first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's single figure...
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| Feb.16 |
South Korea |
Lindsey Vonn misses medals in super G as Ester Ledecka earns shock win Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka claimed a shock victory in the women's super G as American Lindsey Vonn missed out on a medal on her Olympic ...
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| Jan.27 |
 Melbourne |
Caroline Wozniacki beats Simona Halep to win first Grand Slam title Map of Rod Laver Arena Melbourne Australia Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki beat Romanian Simona Halep to win her first Grand Slam title and regain the number one ranking at the Australian Open
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| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
Halep & Wozniacki reach Australian Open final Wozniacki, 27, enjoyed the more comfortable outing against the unseeded Elise Mertens, ( 6-3 7-6 (7-2) -- Halep dispatches Kerber 6-3 4-6 9-...
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| Dec.27 |
Saudi Arabia |
Chess tournament under fire from Israeli, female players
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| Nov.6 |
Manhattan |
American woman wins NYC Marathon for 1st time in 40 years
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| Oct.15 |
China |
Sharapova beats Aryna Sabalenka to win Tianjin Open title
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| Sep.9 |
New York |
Sloane Stephens beats Madison Keys to win title Unseeded Sloane Stephens completed a spectacular return from injury by beating fellow American Madison Keys to win the US Open
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| Sep.7 |
New York |
Stephens beats Venus Williams to Reach First Major Final |
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| Sep.1 |
Florida |
Serena Williams gives birth to baby girl |
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| Jul.15 |
 London |
Muguruza overpowers Venus Williams to win first Wimbledon title Garbine Muguruza is taking nine straight games to win her first Wimbledon crown, 7-5 6-0
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| Jul.13 |
London |
Wimbledon: Venus Williams reaches ninth final |
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| Jul.7 |
Florida |
Venus Williams 'drove lawfully' in fatal car crash in Florida |
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| Jun.10 |
 Paris |
French Open: Jelena Ostapenko beats Halep to win first Grand Slam Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko fought back to stun third seed Simona Halep and become Latvia's first Grand Slam champion at the French Open
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| Jun.8 |
Paris |
Birthday girl Jelena Ostapenko to face Simona Halep in final |
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| Apr.27 |
West Germany |
Sharapova: Russian wins on return from 15-month doping ban |
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| Jan.28 |
Melbourne |
Serena Williams beats Venus Williams to set Grand Slam record Map of Rod Laver Arena Melbourne Australia| Serena Williams beat sister Venus in straight sets to win her seventh Australian Open and an Open-era record 23rd Grand Slam singles title | |
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
All-Williams final as Serena faces sister Venus Venus edging free-swinging, fellow native CoCo Vandeweghe 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 6-3 before Serena crushed Croatian veteran Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2 ...
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| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
Venus Williams beats CoCo Vandeweghe to reach Australian Open final |
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| Jan.23 |
Melbourne |
Venus Williams makes history at Australian Open semifinals |
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| Sep.10 |
New York |
Angelique Kerber beats Karolina Pliskova for title
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| Sep.8 |
New York |
Kerber beats Wozniacki to reach U.S. Open final |
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New York |
Serena Williams upset by Karolina Pliskova, will lose No. 1 ranking |
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| Sep.6 |
New York |
Wozniacki beats hobbled Sevastova, Djokovic tops Tsonga |
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| Aug.20 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Caster Semenya wins 800m gold for South Africa |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Joy of six as US wins women's basketball gold in Rio |
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| Aug.19 |
Rio de Janeiro |
United States women win gold in 4x100-meter relay |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Germany pips Sweden to Olympic women's football gold |
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| Aug.18 |
Rio de Janeiro |
US women make it 1-2-3 at Rio in 100m hurdles |
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Rio de Janeiro |
15-year-old 'perfectionist' wins Olympic diving gold for China |
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| Aug.16 |
Brazil |
Sweden ousts Brazil in penalty kicks to reach women's soccer final |
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Rio de Janeiro |
Simone Biles wins fourth Olympic gold on floor |
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| Aug.13 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Elaine Thompson wins 100m gold, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce third
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Rio de Janeiro |
Puig wins women's tennis final, the first Olympic gold for Puerto Rico
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| Aug.11 |
 Rio de Janeiro |
Simone Biles wins all-around gold at Rio Games in US one-two The US star showed just why she's the talk of town with another sublime showing to win gold in the women's all-around final
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| Aug.6 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Thrasher wins first gold medal of Rio Olympics Virginia Thrasher of the U.S. won the women’s 10m air rifle gold medal as she defeated China’s Du Li with a final round total of 208.0
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| Jul.9 |
London |
Serena wins Wimbledon for historic 22nd grand slam title
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| Jun.8 |
Russia |
Sharapova banned for two years for failed drugs test but will appeal 
| Maria Sharapova has been banned for two years by the International Tennis Federation after failing a drugs test | |
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| Jun.4 |
Paris |
Garbine Muguruza upsets Serena Williams to win French Open
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| Mar.7 |
Los Angeles |
Maria Sharapova failed drugs test at Australian Open | Former world number Sharapova, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has been taking since 2006 for health issues. | |
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| Jan.30 |
Melbourne |
Angelique Kerber stuns Serena Williams to win title Map of Melbourne Park Melbourne Australia Kerber stunned Serena Williams in a 6-4 3-6 6-4 thriller to open her grand slam account and deprive the American of a historic 22nd title
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| Sep.12 |
New York |
U.S. Open: Flavia Pennetta wins title, will retire
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| Sep.11 |
New York |
Serena Williams loses to Roberta Vinci in US Open
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| Jul.11 |
London |
Serena Williams beats Garbine Muguruza in final
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| Jul.5 |
 Vancouver |
USA beat Japan 5-2 in World Cup final Carli Lloyd scored an incredible 13-minute hat-trick as the United States thrashed Japan to win their third Women's World Cup title
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| Jun.30 |
Vancouver |
USWNT ousts Germany to reach World Cup final
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| Jun.6 |
Paris |
Serena Williams wins 20th Grand Slam |
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| Jan.31 |
Melbourne |
Serena Williams beat Sharapova in Australian Open final |
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| Oct.18 |
Moscow |
Serena & Venus Williams: Russian fined for 'brothers' jibe |
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| Sep.7 |
New York |
Serena wins US Open |
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| Jul.5 |
London |
Petra Kvitova thrashes Eugenie Bouchard in final |
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| Jun.7 |
Paris |
Maria Sharapova beats Simona Halep to win French Open |
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| Feb.20 |
Sochi |
Sotnikova makes history for Russia |
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Sochi |
Canada beat USA in overtime thriller |
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| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
Li Na wins Australian Open |
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| Sep.8 |
New York |
Williams wins fifth US Open title |
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| Sep.2 |
Florida |
Diana Nyad completes epic 110-mile Cuba-to-Florida, without shark cage The swimmer became the first person to swim the treacherous waters from Cuba without a shark cage two days after starting her 110-mile trek
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Florida |
Cuba-US swimmer nearing Florida |
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| Jul.6 |
London |
Bartoli wins first Wimbledon title |
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| Jun.8 |
Paris |
Williams clinches French Open title |
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
Azarenka defends Australian title |
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| Sep.9 |
New York |
Serena Wins U.S. Open |
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| Aug.10 |
London |
USA win relay with world record |
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| Aug.4 |
London |
Serena crushes Sharapova to achieve Golden Slam |
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| Aug.2 |
London |
Douglas wins Olympic gold in all-around |
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| Aug.1 |
London |
Olympic badminton players disqualified| 8 players have been disqualified from the women's doubles competition after being accused of 'not using one's best efforts to win'. Two pairs from S. Korea | |
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England |
Britain's 1st gold comes in women's pair rowing |
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| Jul.30 |
London |
Agnel wins second gold |
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| Jul.28 |
London |
China's Yi Siling wins London Games' first gold The first athlete to qualify for the London Olympics also won the first gold medal
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| Jun.9 |
Paris |
Sharapova completes career Grand Slam Maria Sharapova overpowered Sara Errani to win the French Open final at Roland Garros for the first time and complete a career grand slam
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| Jun.7 |
Paris |
Back at No. 1, Sharapova into final |
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| Jan.28 |
Melbourne |
Azarenka crowned Open champ |
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
Sharapova-Azarenka in final |
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| Sep.11 |
New York |
Stosur stuns Serena in final |
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| Jul.17 |
 Japan |
Japan celebrates World Cup win Japan had come into the tournament helping rally a nation that had been devastated by the earthquake and nuclear disaster
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West Germany |
Japan win World Cup on penalties over US |
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| Jul.2 |
London |
Kvitova takes Wimbledon glory |
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| Jun.27 |
London |
Serena, Venus, Wozniacki all lose |
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| Jun.4 |
Paris |
China's Li wins French Open title
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| Jan.29 |
Melbourne |
Clijsters triumphs in Australian Open final |
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| Sep.11 |
New York |
Clijsters wins U.S. Open -- again |
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| Jul.3 |
London |
Serena powers to fourth Wimbledon title
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| Jun.6 |
Paris |
Italian makes history in Paris |
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| May.14 |
Sydney |
Australia hails solo yachts girl| Australians have gathered around harbour to welcome back Jessica Watson, 16, from her record round-the-world sailing adventure | |
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| Apr.28 |
Beijing |
China stripped of 2000 Olympic bronze |
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| Apr.7 |
USA |
Martina Navratilova has breast cancer |
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| Feb.25 |
Vancouver |
Korea's Kim skates to gold |
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| Jan.30 |
Melbourne |
Serena powers to Australian Open glory |
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| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
Serena, Henin gets to Australian final |
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| Nov.19 |
South Africa |
Semenya to keep gold medal |
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| Sep.19 |
South Africa |
SA athletics chief issues Semenya apology |
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| Sep.13 |
New York |
Unseeded Clijsters wins U.S. Open
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| Sep.12 |
New York |
Clijsters wins as Serena has outburst |
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| Aug.20 |
South Africa |
SA fury over athlete gender test |
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| Jul.2 |
London |
Sisters Williams beat Russians |
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| Jan.31 |
Melbourne |
Serena claims 4th Australian Open
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| Sep.7 |
New York |
Serena Williams wins U.S. Open
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| Aug.14 |
Beijing |
Liukin wins all-around gold in gymnastics
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| Jul.5 |
London |
Venus retains her title in straight sets
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
Sharapova claims Australian Open title
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| Sep.8 |
New York |
Henin routs Kuznetsova to win U.S. Open
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| Jul.7 |
London |
Venus Williams romps to her fourth title
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| Jun.9 |
Paris |
Henin seals French title hat-trick
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| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
Unstoppable Serena stuns Sharapova
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| Sep.9 |
New York |
Sharapova powers to US Open title
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| Jul.8 |
London |
Mauresmo's Wimbledon title triumph
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| Jun.10 |
Paris |
Henin-Hardenne retains title
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| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
Amelie Mauresmo wins Australian |
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| Sep.10 |
New York |
Clijsters claims first grand slam |
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| Jul.2 |
London |
Williams regains Wimbledon title |
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| Jun.4 |
Paris |
Henin wins French Open |
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| Jan.28 |
Melbourne |
Williams gets Aussie title over Davenport |
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| Aug.19 |
Greece |
Patterson made gold in all-around |
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| Jan.30 |
Melbourne |
Henin claims Australian crown |
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| Jul.6 |
London |
Serena takes Wimbledon title |
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| Sep.8 |
New York |
Venus whips Serena for U.S. Open title |
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| Jul.8 |
London |
Venus won Wimbledon |
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
Capriati won Aussie Open |
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