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France, Croatia, and Czech enter last eight (The Hindu) [Mar 07, 2010] LONDON: France, Croatia and the Czech Republic have reached the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday. Tommy Robredo and Marcel Granollers came through for defending champion Spain to lead the gritty Swiss 2-1, and David Nalbandian helped swing the tie in Stockholm in Argentina's favour. [via YahooNews] More >>

ATP World Tour Delray Beach International Championships Results (AP via Yahoo! Sports) [Feb 27, 2010] Friday At Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis Center Delray Beach, Fla. Purse: $500,000 (WT250) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Quarterfinals Jarkko Nieminen , Finland, def. Benjamin Becker (3), Germany, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Ernests Gulbis , Latvia, def. Leonardo Mayer , Argentina, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Ivo Karlovic (2), Croatia, def. James Blake (7), United States, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1. Doubles Quarterfinals Bob ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia's Cilic making big impact at Australian Open (USA Today) [Jan 25, 2010] Standing out among the redwoods of Croatian tennis is a tall task. Marin Cilic is showing signs he could rise above them all. In one of the tournament's biggest upsets so far, 14th-seeded Cilic outslugged and ultimately out-steadied reigning U.S. Open champ Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina on Sunday to reach his second consecutive major quarterfinal. [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open seeds fared (AP via Yahoo! Sports) [Jan 24, 2010] MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- How the seeded players fared Sunday at the Australian Open at Melbourne Park (seedings in parentheses): Singles Men Fourth Round Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Ivo Karlovic , Croatia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Marin Cilic (14), Croatia, def. Juan Martin Del Potro (4), Argentina, 5-7, Andy Murray (5), Britain, def. John Isner (33), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2. Women ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Australian Open men's singles results (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports) [Jan 19, 2010] Results from Australian Open men's singles first round matches in Melbourne on Tuesday (prefix denotes seeding, * denotes new result) * 14-Marin Cilic (Croatia) beat Fabrice Santoro (France) 7-5 7-5 6-3 * Louk Sorensen (Ireland) beat Lu Yen-Hsun (Taiwan) 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-1 * Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) beat Jose Acasuso (Argentina) 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-2 Evgeny Korolev (Russia) beat Daniel Brands (Germany) 6-2 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Dinamo Zagreb release Cufre, Papadopoulos (AFP via Yahoo! News) [Dec 15, 2009] Croat champions Dinamo Zagreb said Tuesday they have released Argentina defender Leandro Cufre and Greek striker Dimitrios Papadopoulos who both joined the club earlier this year after poor performances. [via YahooNews] More >>

FIFA World Rankings List (AP via Yahoo! Sports) [Nov 20, 2009] ZURICH (AP) -- The top 25 in FIFA's world rankings released Friday (previous month's ranking in parentheses): 1. Spain (2), 1,622 points. 2. Brazil (1), 1,592. 3. Netherlands (3), 1,279. 4. Italy (4), 1,215. 5. Portugal (10), 1,181. 6. Germany (5) 1,170. 7. France (9), 1,122. 8. Argentina (6), 1,185. 9. England (7), 1,063. 10. Croatia (8), 1,050. 11. Cameroon (14) 1,035. 12. Greece (16), 1,028 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Stakhovsky wins St. Petersburg Open for 2nd title (Fox Sports) [Nov 01, 2009] Ukrainian qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky won his second career title Sunday, saving a match point before beating eighth-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7) in the St. Petersburg Open final. The 93rd-ranked Stakhovsky won his first title last year in Zagreb, Croatia. He is the third qualifier to win a tournament this year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Stakhovsky wins St. Petersburg Open for 2nd title (AP via Yahoo! Sports) [Nov 01, 2009] Ukrainian qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky won his second career title Sunday, saving a match point before beating eighth-seeded Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 2-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7) in the St. Petersburg Open final. The 93rd-ranked Stakhovsky won his first title last year in Zagreb, Croatia. He is the third qualifier to win a tournament this year. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia and Argentina head for quarter-finals (International Herald Tribune) [Mar 08, 2009] Croatia and Argentina reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals Saturday, winning in doubles to take unassailable 3-0 leads over Chile and Netherlands respectively. [via YahooNews] More >>

Argentina, Croatia into Davis Cup quarterfinals (Boston Herald) [Mar 08, 2009] LONDON - Argentina and Croatia eased into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, the United States took a lead over Switzerland, and protests outside the venue in Sweden... [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia, Argentina advance to quarters (El Paso Times) [Mar 08, 2009] LONDON -- Argentina and Croatia eased into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, and protests outside the venue in Sweden marred its match against Israel. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia, Argentina enter Davis Cup quarters (rediff.com) [Mar 08, 2009] Croatia and Argentina reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Saturday, winning in doubles to take unassailable 3-0 leads over Chile and Netherlands respectively. Seven times champions Sweden took a 2-1 lead over Israel with doubles victory for Robert Lindstedt and Simon Aspelin over Andy Ram and Amir Hadad. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia and Argentina first to reach quarters (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [Mar 08, 2009] Croatia and Argentina reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Saturday, winning in doubles to take unassailable 3-0 leads over Chile and Netherlands respectively. [via YahooNews] More >>

Argentina, Croatia into Davis Cup quarterfinals (SportingNews) [Mar 07, 2009] LONDON (AP) -- Argentina and Croatia eased into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday, while prote... [via YahooNews] More >>

Davis Cup: Argentina, Croatia into quarterfinals (Sports Illustrated) [Mar 07, 2009] LONDON (AP) -- Argentina and Croatia eased into the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Saturday while violent protests outside the venue marred Sweden's World Group match against Israel. [via YahooNews] More >>

Croatia and Argentina first to reach quarters (Reuters via Yahoo! News) [Mar 07, 2009] Croatia and Argentina reached the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Saturday, winning in doubles to take unassailable 3-0 leads over Chile and Netherlands respectively. [via YahooNews] More >>

Argentina, Russia, Croatia almost through to Davis Cup quarters (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) [Mar 07, 2009] NEW YORK - Argentina, Russia and Croatia swept their singles to be on the verge of reaching the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Basketball Headlines (TVNZ) [Mar 02, 2009] New Zealand's Junior Tall Blacks have been grouped with Argentina, Croatia and Kazakhstan in the draw for the U19 men's basketball world championship in July. [via YahooNews] More >>

Swimming HIGH SCHOOL BOYS HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Wrestling HIGH SCHOOL Golf AMATEUR Transactions (Winston-Salem Journal) [Jan 10, 2008] ATP Heineken Open (Yesterday, at Auckland, New Zealand) First-round singles David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Oscar Hernandez, Spain, 6-1, 6-2; Juan Monaco (3), Argentina, def. Thomas Johansson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-4; Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Tomas Cakl, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-3; Xavier Malisse, Belgium, def. Jarkko Nieminen (5), Finland, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Juan Carlos Ferrero (4), Spain, def. Jesse Levine, ... [via YahooNews] More >>