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Football: Real Madrid win race for Khedira
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:11:50 EDT Real Madrid are poised to sign German World Cup star Sami Khedira from VfB Stuttgart after the Bundesliga side confirm that a deal has been sealed between the two clubs. |
Athletics: Sprint hope Lemaitre doubles up
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:52:09 EDT New French sensation Christophe Lemaitre completed the 100-200 sprint double at the European Championships in Barcelona on Friday but only after a desperately close finish to the longer race. |
Golf: Fisher leads after blistering 61
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:23:15 EDT England's Ross Fisher has a three-shot halfway lead at the Irish Open after charging to a second round 61 at Killarney Golf Club in County Kerry. |
Golf: Tseng stars at Royal Birkdale
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:11:07 EDT Yani Tseng carded a second straight 68 to hold a four-shot halfway lead in the British Women's Open at Royal Birkdale. |
Motorsport: Red Bull's Vettel quickest
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:00:51 EDT Red Bull sets the pace again in practice as Sebastian Vettel records the fastest lap time in both sessions Friday ahead of this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest. |
Tennis: Murray stretched on return
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:43:38 EDT Top seed Andy Murray makes a winning return to the circuit in his first match since Wimbledon with a three-sets victory over American qualifier Tim Smyczek at the ATP tournament in Los Angeles. |
Tennis: Sharapova continues fine run
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:49:45 EDT Maria Sharapova continued her fine run at the WTA Bank of the West Classic in California with a straight sets win over Olga Govortsova of Belarus to reach the quarterfinals. |
Cricket: Dhoni slams featherbed pitch
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:59:22 EDT Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni slammed the pitch in Colombo after the second Test against hosts Sri Lanka petered out into a high-scoring draw Friday. |
Cycling: Champion Contador quits Astana
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:39:37 EDT Alberto Contador will ride for a new team when he seeks his fourth Tour de France title next year, after deciding not to renew his contract with Astana. |
Football: Ferguson defends Glazer family
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:56:12 EDT Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has defended the club's American owners telling CNN he has "no complaints" with the way they have done their job. |

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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 31, 2010 is:
sirenian \sye-REE-nee-un\ noun
: any of an order (Sirenia) of aquatic herbivorous mammals (as a manatee, dugong, or Steller's sea cow) that have large forelimbs resembling paddles, no hind limbs, and a flattened tail resembling a fin
Example sentence:
"Looking humanlike in certain aspects, sirenians are thought to be the basis of the myth of mermaids." (Michael McCarthy, The Independent [London], February 28, 2009)
Did you know?
"Sirenian" traces back via Latin to Greek "seirēn," which is equivalent to our word for the sirens of Greek mythology. And what is the connection between sirens and sirenians? Modern sirenians do not resemble the half bird, half woman creatures who lured sailors to their doom with their sweet singing. But as our example sentence states, sirenians are considered by some to underlie the ancient legends about mermaids. In European folklore mermaids were sometimes called "sirens," and apparently this confusion resulted in the granting of sirenians the name they bear today.
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