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Sports sunflashes (The Ottawa Sun)
Tue, December 26, 2006 Sports sunflashes By SUN WIRE SERVICES WOODS EARNS AP HONOUR Tiger Woods edged out San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson and tennis great Roger Federer for The Associated Press’ male athlete of the year award. The 30-year-old Woods earned the honour the fourth time in his career, tying the record set by Lance Armstrong, who won the last four years. Last season …
YE Sports in review for Monday (Provo Daily Herald)
For those who thought sports was about dealing with adversity, 2006 was for you. Almost no one came through it unscathed. Not Tiger Woods, who put together one of the greatest second-half runs golf has ever seen, but only after burying his father and dearest friend, Earl Woods.
ASPIRE Sports Dome wins international applause (AME Info)
Qatar’s ASPIRE, the Academy for Sports Excellence, has won international plaudits as both a host venue and a training centre, following the 2006 Doha Asian Games, the largest sporting event in the world’s most populous continent.