Ricco rocks, but Kirchen keeps jersey

Italian Riccardo Ricco recovered from a heavy crash on the race's eighth stage to win the Tour de France ninth stage in spectacular fashion on Sunday.

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Massa quickest, Fisichella crashes at Hockenheim

Ferrari's Felipe Massa was quickest on Thursday's final day of Formula One testing for next week's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim while Giancarlo Fisichella crashed heavily in his Force India.

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Yao Ming to return to action this week

Yao Ming is likely to play his first competitive game since having surgery on his foot at this week's Stankovic Cup pre-Olympic basketball tournament.

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• Feng finishes 4th in Jamie Farr Classic
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Lahm sends fortunate Germany to final

Philipp Lahm scored a 90th minute winner to give Germany a thrilling 3-2 victory over Turkey on Wednesday and a place in the Euro 2008 final.

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Venus beats Serena for fifth title at Wimbledon

Venus Williams beat sister Serena 7-5, 6-4 yesterday to win her fifth Wimbledon title and seventh grand slam championship.

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Hoff continues to steal Phelps's thunder at US trials

Katie Hoff continued to steal Michael Phelps's thunder at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday by clocking the top times in the 200 metres medley and 200 freestyle preliminary heats.

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• Lakers sink Celtics to send series back to Boston

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