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Sharapova battles into second round at WTA Stanford

Five-timeGrandSlamchampionMariaSharapovamadeabattlingreturntoUShardcourtsonMondaywitha6-1,4-6,6-0victoryoverAmericanJenniferBradyinStanford,California."Ifeellik

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Sri Lanka to probe 2011 World Cup cricket defeat

Sri Lanka's sports minister gave his support Wednesday for an investigation into the country's controversial 2011 World Cup loss against India, amid fresh allegations of match fixing.

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Wimbledon: Match stops players wearing wrong color underwear

Amen’sdoublesmatchofWimbledon’sJuniorGroupwassuspendedonWednesdaybecauseoftheunderwearwornbyapairofplayersfailedtomatchtheAllEnglandClub’sallwhitedresscode.WuYi

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Djokovic reaches quarter-finals despite shoulder problem

Three-timechampionNovakDjokovichasclaimedthelastspotinthequarter-finalsatWimbledon.ThesecondseededSerbhadbeenscheduledtotakeonFrance'sAdrianMannarinoonMonday,bu

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India vs West Indies: MS Dhoni scores slowest 50 by Indian in 16 years

Itwasthe46thoverofthefourthOne-DayInternationalbetweenWestIndiesandIndiainAntigua.KesrickWilliamswasthebowlerandMSDhonitookasingleoffthefirstballoftheovertobrin

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Human go grandmaster trounced by Google-developed AI player

Thematch,thelastofthreebetweenKeandAlphaGo,wastheculminationoftheFutureofGoSummitinWuzhen,EastChina'sZhejiangProvince,withzeropointsforhumanplayerswhoalsotookon

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World’s top weiqi player Ke Jie loses third match against AlphaGo

Theworld’sNo.1weiqi(Go)playerKeJielostthecontestagainsthisartificialintelligence(AI)rival,AlphaGo,inthethirdandalsofinalmatchofthesummitonSaturday.KeJieplaysaga

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China's Chen Lei defeats Meciaz at ONE men's catchweight match

China'sChenLeifightsagainstIndonesia'sJeremyMeciazduringtheONEmen'scatchweightmatchatSingaporeIndoorStadiuminSingapore,onMay26,2017.ChenLeiwonthematch.(ASIAPACI

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In pics:China's Chen Lei defeats Meciaz at ONE men's catchweight match

China'sChenLeifightsagainstIndonesia'sJeremyMeciazduringtheONEmen'scatchweightmatchatSingaporeIndoorStadiuminSingapore,onMay26,2017.ChenLeiwonthematch.(ASIAPACI

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Nishikori fights back to reach Geneva semis

Second-seedKeiNishikorisavedthreeconsecutivematchpointsinthefinalsettobeatSouthAfricanKevinAnderson2-66-47-6inthequarter-finalsattheGenevaOpenonThursday.The27-y

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Head of AFL praises success of landmark match in China

TheheadoftheAustralianFootballLeague(AFL),theprofessionalarmofAustralia'snativefootballcodewhichhostedahistoricmatchinShanghaionSunday,hashailedthelandmarkgamei

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Murray bows out as Nadal, Djokovic march on in Madrid

WorldnumberoneAndyMurray'sslumpinformcontinuedashecrashedoutoftheMadridMastersthirdround6-3,6-3toluckyloserBornaCoriconThursday.RafaelNadalextendedhisflawlessre

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Nothing better than playing against Lin Dan in Rio, said Austria's shuttler

Austrian shuttler David Obernosterer said that it is an honor to play against China's multi-world and Olympic champion Lin Dan in the first badminton match at the Rio Olympic Games.

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Lee Sedol plays beautifully despite 4-1 loss to AlphaGo in historic Go match

​Go grandmaster Lee Sedol of South Korea showed a beautiful play, challenging a Go-playing artificial intelligence (AI) to the last minute, despite a 4-1 loss in a historic match of the ancient Chinese board game.

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AlphaGo defeats Lee Sedol 4-1 in historic Go match

​Google's Go-playing computer program AlphaGo on Tuesday ended a historic match of the ancient Chinese board game with Go grandmaster Lee Sedol of South Korea by taking a 4-1 lead with its fourth victory in the final match of the best-of-five series.

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Striking back against the machine: Korean Go player beats Google program

Lee, one of the world's top players and a holder of 18 international titles, recovered from three consecutive losses against the AlphaGo program developed by DeepMind.

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Human Go champion finally defeats AI after 3 straight losses

Human Go champion Lee Sedol of South Korea finally defeated Google's Go-playing artificial intelligence (AI) AlphaGo on Sunday in the fourth match after three straight losses at the ancient Chinese board game.