Nathan Adrian led all the way to win the 100-meter freestyle at the U.S. national championships on Wednesday, with Michael Phelps finishing next-to-last in a star-studded field.
Adrian touched in 48.31 seconds. Ryan Lochte was second in 48.96 swimming in the far outside lane. Jimmy Feigen finished third in 48.98.
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Top-ranked Novak Djokovic edged Gael Monfils 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2) on Wednesday in the second round of the Rogers Cup.
After a lopsided tiebreaker, Djokovic fist-pumped and yelled at the end of the match that lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.
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Caroline Wozniacki breezed through her second match in a row with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Klara Koukalova on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup.
If the fans had their wish, Wozniacki would be facing local favorite Eugenie Bouchard on Thursday. Instead, the former world No. 1 from Denmark will play American qualifier Shelby Rogers, who put a quick end to Bouchard's homecoming tournament in the second round.
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A man arrested this week suspected of involvement in the theft and leaking of a medical file on injured ex-Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was found hanged in his cell Wednesday, prosecutors said.
The man, whose identity was not disclosed, worked for a Swiss helicopter air rescue company, Rega, which organized the sportsman's transport from a French hospital to Switzerland in June, the Zurich prosecutor's office said in a statement.
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England's leading referee Howard Webb announced on Wednesday that he was retiring to become the technical director of the organization that oversees professional officials in English football.
The 43-year-old from the northern English town of Rotherham was a referee for 25 years and took charge of the 2010 World Cup final between Spain and the Netherlands in Johannesburg.
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Bayern Munich says it has reached an agreement to sign Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina ahead of the new Bundesliga season.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told the club's website that "the player will come to Munich in the next few days for a medical exam and to sign his contract."
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It was a day of unexpected absences at the Rogers Cup on Tuesday: Andrea Petkovic failed to make her match, Svetlana Kuznetsova pulled out injured, the power went out, and so too did an inconsistent Eugenie Bouchard.
Amid the surprising run of events, there were some predictable outcomes. Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska won through to the second round with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Barbara Zahlavova Strycova, while Ana Ivanovic and Carolina Wozniacki both breezed through.
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Roger Federer cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 victory over wild card Peter Polansky in the second round of the Rogers Cup, while Stan Wawrinka, Ernests Gulbis and Richard Gasquet also advanced in the U.S. Open warm up Tuesday.
Federer needed just 52 minutes to eliminate Canada's Polansky, who beat 2013 Wimbledon finalist Jerzy Janowicz on Monday. The second-seeded Federer had a bye into the second round.
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The San Antonio Spurs hired WNBA star Becky Hammon on Tuesday, making her the first full-time, paid female assistant on an NBA coaching staff.
Hammon, who plans to retire from the San Antonio Stars after this season, spent time working with coach Gregg Popovich and the Spurs last season and made a strong impression on an organization with a history of forward-thinking moves.
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Club doctors will have the final say on whether a player stays on the pitch after a head injury during English Premier League matches as part of new guidelines on concussion introduced for the new season.
Regulations for the management of concussion have been tightened up by the English Football Association, with players now forced off the field of play and not allowed to return if there has been a "confirmed or suspected period of loss of consciousness."
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