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South Korea's Kim Jiyeon wins women's sabre
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» South Korea's Kim Jiyeon won the Olympic Games women's fencing sabre gold medal on Wednesday defeating Russia's Sofya Velikaya 15-9.
Sharapova avenges Wimbledon loss against Lisicki
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Maria Sharapova avenged her Wimbledon defeat against Sabine Lisicki as the world number three savoured a 6-7 (8/10), 6-4, 6-3 victory over the German in the third round of the Olympics on Wednesday.
US auto sales grow but GM, Ford stumble
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» US auto sales posted their best July performance since 2007 on Wednesday, but results were mixed as Ford and General Motors stumbled to a loss as rivals Chrysler, Toyota and Honda saw big gains.
Lochte bests Phelps in semi-final showdown
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Ryan Lochte may have helped Michael Phelps to a record-setting 19th Olympic medal, but he signalled Wednesday he won't be taking it easy on the Games great when they're in different lanes.
HP claims win in legal battle with Oracle
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Hewlett-Packard declared victory Wednesday in a legal dispute in which it accused business software titan Oracle of reneging on a contract to use HP servers.
Social news site Digg rises from ashes
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Digg, the once high-flying social news site, relaunched Wednesday under new ownership after a six-week rebuilding.
Mobile ad spending up 62%, US tops Japan: survey
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Mobile online advertising spending is expected to jump 62 percent worldwide in 2012, with the United States overtaking Japan as the top market, a research firm said Wednesday.
Games shine light on badminton intrigue
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Suspicious injuries, sudden illnesses and patently playing to lose -- match-throwing has a long history in badminton, but the London Olympics format made this an accident waiting to happen.
'Missile' shot down in heartbreak loss
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» The London Olympics have become a nightmare for James Magnussen with the Australian world champion shattered a second time in his split-second loss in the 100m freestyle final on Wednesday.
Japanese appeal bantamweight defeat
AFP, Published on 02/08/2012
» Japan have appealed against Satoshi Shimizu's defeat by Azeri Magomed Abdulhamidov in an Olympic bantamweight second round contest on Wednesday.