UPDATE 19-Tennis-Australian Open women's singles round 1 results

Jan 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Australian Open Women's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday30-Tamira Paszek (Austria) beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 4-6 6-4 7-515-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 3-6 6-0 6-1Zheng Jie (China) beat Zhang Yuxuan (China) 6-1 3-6 6-411-Marion Bartoli (France) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 6-2 6-4Valeria Savinykh (Russia)...

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Djokovic starts Australian Open defense

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic cruised through his first match at Rod Laver Arena since his shirt-ripping victory celebration last year, opening his bid for a third consecutive Australian Open title with a 6-2, 6-4, 7-5 win over Paul-Henri Mathieu on Monday.The top-ranked Djokovic faced only three break points, saving them all, and lifted his tempo when it counted most against Mathieu.Djokovic's...

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UPDATE 15-Tennis-Australian Open men's singles round 1 results

Jan 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Australian Open Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Monday23-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) beat Matthew Ebden (Australia) 4-6 6-7(0) 6-2 7-6(4) 6-3Tim Smyczek (U.S.) beat Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) 6-4 7-6(5) 7-5Somdev Devvarman (India) beat Bjoern Phau (Germany) 6-3 6-2 6-3Tobias Kamke (Germany) beat Flavio Cipolla (Italy) 6-1 6-4 6-11-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat...

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More for college athletes: not if, but how

MIAMI (AP) — After decades when paying college athletes was thought to violate the spirit of amateurism, the enormous television revenue generated by sports — football and basketball in particular — and the long hours of work by the players have changed the debate.The head of the NCAA now supports a stipend for athletes to cover costs beyond tuition, books and fees, and both coaches in Monday's BCS...

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Fighting Irish vs Crimson Tide: 2 storied programs try to live up to hype in BCS title game

MIAMI - Sometimes, the buildup to a game can overwhelm what actually happens on the field.Certainly, No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama would have to play nothing less than a classic to live up to all the hype for Monday night's BCS championship.Before either team stepped on the field in balmy South Florida, this was shaping up as one of the most anticipated games in years, a throwback to the era...

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Money for college athletes: not if, but how

e for the BCS National Championship college football …more RELATED CONTENTView PhotoNotre Dame head coach Brian Kelly …View PhotoAlabama head coach Nick Saban speaks …MIAMI (AP) — After decades when paying college athletes was thought to violate the spirit of amateurism, the enormous television revenue generated by sports — football and basketball in particular — and the long hours of work by the...

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Reports: Twitter 'insult' brings 2-year Kuwait prison sentence against social media activist

KUWAIT CITY - Kuwaiti media say a social media activist has been sentenced to two years in prison for a Twitter post deemed insulting to the Gulf nation's ruler.Authorities across the Western-allied Gulf Arab states have sharply increased crackdowns on perceived dissent among bloggers and others using social media. The sentence passed Sunday in Kuwait is not the harshest in region, but is likely...

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Kuwaiti gets two years for insulting emir on Twitter

KUWAIT (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti court sentenced a man to two years in prison for insulting the country's ruler on Twitter, a lawyer following the case said, as the Gulf Arab state cracks down on criticism of the authorities on social media.According to the verdict on Sunday, published by online newspaper Alaan, a tweet written by Rashid Saleh al-Anzi in October "stabbed the rights and powers of the...

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'Facebook Dead': How to 'Kill' Your Friends

Email Share 11 Print View Photo ABC News - 'Facebook Dead': How to 'Kill' Your Friends (ABC News) Rusty Foster discovered he was dead last week, at least according to Facebook. He had been locked out of his account, which had been turned into a "memorial page," because someone had reported the Maine man as deceased to the social media site. He tweeted Thursday,...

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French actor Depardieu in Russia to meet Putin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - French film star Gerard Depardieu arrived in Russia on Saturday to meet President Vladimir Putin, who granted him citizenship after a public spat in France over his efforts to avoid a potential 75 percent income tax.Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the two would meet in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where Putin was spending part of the 10-day New Year and Russian Orthodox...

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