The Quiet American: Pete Sampras

P is for Power. Pistol Pete followed Boom Boom Becker into the game's wham-bam era. The American packed a lethal punch when it came to a serve. The sight of Pete Sampras serving will remain frozen in time forever.
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Don't look for Pete Sampras to pull a Michael Jordan.
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Forget an all-Williams final. The US Open will be a no-Williams affair.
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Former Wimbledon and US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt revealed that he was considering quitting tennis to play Australian rules football.
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Doctors at the Anderson Cancer Centre have ruled out any tumour in the Leander Paes' brain. The 30-year-old is out of danger and the doctors say his headaches were caused by a parasitic infection.
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It's been a controversial award, but after much confusion, shooting star Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat was jointly awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna with athlete K M Beenamol.
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Fernando Alonso claims pole, M Schumacher claims his worst position this season. How queer.
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Michael Chopra became the first British Indian to play in England's Premier League when he came on as a late substitute for Newcastle United in their 1-2 loss to Manchester United in Newcastle on Saturday.
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The first person David Coulthard sought out with his news was Bernie Ecclestone.
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Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya achieved good qualifying positions today coming second and fourth respectively, but will unfortunately both start for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix from the dirty side of the track.
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Lucky Strike BAR Honda drivers Jenson Button and Jacques Villeneuve face a tough challenge in tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix after disappointing performances at the Hungaroring in this afternoon's decisive qualifying session.
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Mark Webber put his Jaguar R4 on the second row of the grid for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix - the second time this season since Brazil and ahead of both McLarens and Ferraris. Mark will start tomorrow's race from 3rd place on the grid while new team-mate Justin Wilson starts from 12th place.
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Giancarlo Fisichella and Zsolt Baumgartner will line up 13th and 19th on the grid in tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix. The final qualifying session ran comparatively smoothly for Jordan Ford after an eventful morning during which Ralph Firman crashed heavily in the first practice session and was flown to hospital for medical tests.
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After thirteen rounds of the World Championship, Ralf Schumacher's average qualifying position is 5th, having started from pole position on three occasions the German has also started as low as 17th (Malaysia).
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Spaniard Fernando Alonso, seeking to become the youngest race winner in Formula One history, has put Renault on pole position for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Here's how the various team-mates compare in qualifying this season including Hungary.
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The following is the average difference between team-mates' qualifying times - where both drivers have actually posted a time - up to and including the Hungary GP.
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Paul Scholes is looking forward to another goal feast this lunchtime after a hat-trick on his last appearance at Newcastle.
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Paolo Di Canio has made his mark at Charlton - by holding impromptu opera sessions in the dressing room.
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