We might be seeing the finest coaching performance of John Thompson III ’s career. It’s still January, of course, but not many folks would have had the Hoyas at 13-1 , undefeated in three conference games and on an 11-game winning streak after Wednesday night’s comeback victory over No. 20 Marquette . JTIII obviously is no slouch on the bench; he took the Hoyas to the Final Four in 2007, but he had Jeff Green, Roy Hibbert and a strong supporting cast. Since then, Georgetown lost in the second round in 2008, missed the tournament entirely in 2009 and was upset in the first round each of the past two years. Read full article > >

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Georgetown basketball enjoying fountain of youth

The Open is set to return to the home of golf after it was confirmed the tournament will be held at St Andrews in 2015.

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Open set to return to St Andrews

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. — For most of Monday’s 4-hour, 10-minute U.S. Open men’s final , the spectacle on Arthur Ashe Stadium felt more like a heavyweight prizefight than a tennis match, with Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal trading full-body blows with their rackets. But the top-seeded Djokovic landed the more punishing hits, pummeling Nadal, the tournament’s defending champion, 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (7-3), 6-1, to win his first U.S. Open championship after finishing as the tournament’s runner-up in 2007 and 2010. Read full article > >

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2011 U.S. Open: Novak Djokovic overcomes back pain, Rafael Nadal to win marathon match

Ugandan Little League players watched from home as Saudi Arabia, the team they had beaten to advance to the World Series, took their place in the tournament against Canada at South Williamsport, Pa.

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Frustrating View of Game Day

Woods finished Friday’s second round at 10 over par for the tournament. That left him on the wrong side of the cut, something that had happened to him only twice since 1996.

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Looking Lost, Woods Takes Nearest Exit

British number one Andy Murray says he need to improve for the rest of the tournament despite a straight sets second-round victory.

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Murray eager to improve on game

AUGUSTA, GA. – Late Wednesday morning, throngs gathered around the 18th green at Augusta National Golf Club, necks craned and elbows sharpened a day before the Masters even begins. Tiger Woods arrived to polite applause, practiced his putting to several potential pin placements, and moved on, his preparation for the tournament all but complete.

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Masters 2011: Small group of Americans vying to take the U.S. flag from Woods, Mickelson

Two breakaway tries from lock Lionel Nallet help France dash Wales’ slim Six Nations title hopes in the tournament finale.

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France 28-9 Wales

South Africa book their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup and end Ireland’s hopes of progressing in the tournament with a 131-run win in Kolkata.

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Ireland exit as S Africa progress

Each March, college basketball’s regular season fades from memory as fans and players gear up for the NCAA Tournament and all the hoopla that comes with it: The brackets. Cinderellas. Buzzer beaters.

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‘Jimmermania’ sweeps college basketball

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament field will be announced at 6 p.m. Sunday night, the official opening bell for the spring rite known as March Madness .

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NCAA tournament: Will bigger field scare folks out of the pools?

Andy Murray is beaten by Marcos Baghdatis at the World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam in his first match since losing to Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final.

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Murray slumps to defeat on return

Former world number one men’s tennis player Pete Sampras has most of his tournament trophies stolen.

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Sampras’s tennis trophies stolen

Play will resume in the rain-hit Ryder Cup later but the tournament will now definitely not be completed till Monday for the first time in its 83-year history.

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The Europe and US Ryder Cup teams are banned from using Twitter until after the end of the tournament.

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