Makybe Diva Wins Second Straight Melbourne Cup Race
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Makybe Diva won the 144th running of the Melbourne Cup, becoming the first mare to win Australia&#39;s richest horse race in successive years.
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New world No1 Amelie Mauresmo beat Swiss Patty Schnyder 7-5, 6-4 in the second round of tennis&#39;s Filderstadt Grand Prix in Germany.
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Second seed Amelie Mauresmo of France  overcame a sluggish start to defeat Russian teen-ager Dinara  Safina 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the second round of the Australian Open  Wednesday.
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SYDNEY  - Novice super-maxi Nicorette won the storm-lashed Sydney to Hobart yacht race after raging seas forced out defending champion Skandia and joint favourite Konica Minolta.
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Valentino Rossi secured his fourth consecutive MotoGP world championship in style with a thrilling win in the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
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Makybe Diva secured her place in racing history when she became the first mare to land back-to-back runnings of the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.
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Karrie Webb shot a 4-under-par 68 Sunday for a two-stroke victory at the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters and her second straight tournament win.
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MAKYBE Diva, the shortest-priced favourite to win the Melbourne Cup in 50 years, inspired a record $126 million betting frenzy on the nation&#39;s TABs today.
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Sport: Horse racing: Yeats, from the Coolmore stable, galloped home to victory in the Gold Cup - his second successive win.
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CHAMPION Makybe Diva, the dual Melbourne Cup hero, may have run her last race in Australia. Trainer Lee Freedman said yesterday he was pushing hard to campaign Makybe Diva in the northern hemisphere
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Rain and strong winds in the Australian city of Melbourne is expected to bring a swag of international horses back into contention for the nation&#39;s best known horse race, the Melbourne Cup.
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Amelie Mauresmo comfortably came through her first match since taking over at the top of the world rankings. The Frenchwoman reached the quarter-finals of the Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt with a 7-5 6-4 win over Switzerland&#39;s Patty Schynder.
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Irish stayer Vinnie Roe&#39;s top weight of 58 kilograms was a telling factor as he finished second to favourite Makybe Diva in the rainswept Melbourne Cup, according to trainer Dermot Weld.
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Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star clinched his second King George VI Chase at Kempton on Wednesday.
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PHILLIP ISLAND (Melbourne): Italian Valentino Rossi is within a top-two podium finish of claiming his fourth consecutive premier class world title in the Australian MotoGP championship race here on Sunday.
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Makybe Diva thwarted a mighty effort from Vinnie Roe at a stormlashed Flemington racecourse today by becoming the first mare in history to win the Melbourne Cup two years running.
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Second-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland won her ninth WTA Tour title Saturday, beating local favorite Samantha Stosur 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the Australian women's hardcourt final.