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<title><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong a target for Tour de France doping officials and Carlos Sastre]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Los Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol suiting up for Spain in European Basketball Championship]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Michelle Kwan returning to ice tour in August]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Sanya Richards extends 400-meters Golden League streak]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Claudia Pechstein, five-time Olympic gold medalist in speedskating, banned for doping]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Tom Boonen of Quick Step team cleared to ride in Tour de France]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Martijn Maaskant replaces injured Dan Martin on Garmin-Slipstream roster for Tour de France]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Dutchman Martijn Maaskant has replaced injured Dan Martin of Ireland in Garmin-Slipstream's Tour de France roster, the American team said on Thursday.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Alexander Vinokourov says he wants to return to Astana after doping ban ends]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Alexander Vinokourov will return to cycling when his two-year doping suspension ends later this month, and he said on Thursday that he hopes to ride with his former Astana team.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[British Olympic rowing champions Andy Hodge, Peter Reed win Henley Royal Regatta]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Leg injury forces Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba to withdraw from Bislett Games]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Thomas Dekker caught doping, removed from Tour de France field]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Thomas Dekker has been ruled out of the Tour de France after a positive test for the banned blood-booster EPO, his Silence-Lotto team said.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2009 07:55:31 PDT</pubDate>
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