Top seeds advance into quarters at Budapest WTA
Top seeds Alexandra Dulgheru, Anabel Medina Garrigues, and Agnes Szavay all advanced to the quarterfinals at the GDF Suez Grand Prix in Budapest on Thursday.
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Latest Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova News
Top seeds advance into quarters at Budapest WTA
Top seeds Alexandra Dulgheru, Anabel Medina Garrigues, and Agnes Szavay all advanced to the quarterfinals at the GDF Suez Grand Prix in Budapest on Thursday.
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Human Weapon [HQ] – Sambo: Russia’s Extreme Fighting part 3/5
The Russian martial art of Sambo was developed in the first several decades of the 20th century, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and the fall of the czarist regime. A martial arts training program within the Bolsheviks Red Army produced a new hand-to-hand combat system derived partly from traditional Russian and other native regional wrestling or grappling styles and influenced by various foreign martial arts, notably Judo and Jujitsu, as well as the traditional Olympic sports of boxing and Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The new system was dubbed Sambo (sometimes written Sombo or SAMBO), which is an acronym of the Russian words Samozaschita Bez Orujiya, or self-defense without weapon. From the beginning, Sambo has been a constantly changing system, adapting itself to fit the needs of its fighters, from soldiers on the battlefields of World War II to crime fighters on the streets of Moscow. Today, Sambo is practiced in three distinct ways: as a competitive sport, as a self-defense method and as a lethal combat system employed by police and military forces. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Russian Judo, Sambo was recognized as an official sport in 1938. It was included in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 as a demonstration sport, though it failed to gain the popularity necessary to become a competitive event. As a self-defense method, Sambo is based on body movements and joint locks, combined with punches and kicks, all aimed at defending ones self …
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Marathon man John Isner loses short match in Wimbledon
One day after winning the longest tennis match in history, John Isner lost the shortest men’s match at Wimbledon so far this year.
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Isner dispatched in short order; Federer wins
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) One day after winning the longest tennis match in history, John Isner lost the shortest men’s match at Wimbledon so far this year. It was back to normal, meanwhile, for defending champion Roger Federer, who showed he was back at the top of his game by sweeping Arnaud Clement in straight sets to reach the fourth round in his bid for a seventh Wimbledon crown.
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Wimbledon 2010: Venus Williams soaks up the pressure to win against Alisa Kleybanova
Venus Williams soaks up the pressure to win against Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova.
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Venus secures fourth round spot
US Venus Williams returns a forehand to Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London. Venus won 6-4, 6-2. (AFP) LONDON (AFP) – Five-time champion Venus Williams believes she can extend her dominance at Wimbledon well into the new decade after securing a place in the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Alisa …
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Venus reaches Wimbledon fourth round
&$ &$Venus Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London, June 25, 2010.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ Five-time champion Venus Williams secured a place in the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova at Wimbledon on Friday. Williams, who competed in eight of the last 10 Wimbledon finals, h …
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Human Weapon [HQ] – Sambo: Russia’s Extreme Fighting part 1/5
The Russian martial art of Sambo was developed in the first several decades of the 20th century, in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution and the fall of the czarist regime. A martial arts training program within the Bolsheviks Red Army produced a new hand-to-hand combat system derived partly from traditional Russian and other native regional wrestling or grappling styles and influenced by various foreign martial arts, notably Judo and Jujitsu, as well as the traditional Olympic sports of boxing and Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling. The new system was dubbed Sambo (sometimes written Sombo or SAMBO), which is an acronym of the Russian words Samozaschita Bez Orujiya, or self-defense without weapon. From the beginning, Sambo has been a constantly changing system, adapting itself to fit the needs of its fighters, from soldiers on the battlefields of World War II to crime fighters on the streets of Moscow. Today, Sambo is practiced in three distinct ways: as a competitive sport, as a self-defense method and as a lethal combat system employed by police and military forces. Sometimes incorrectly referred to as Russian Judo, Sambo was recognized as an official sport in 1938. It was included in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 as a demonstration sport, though it failed to gain the popularity necessary to become a competitive event. As a self-defense method, Sambo is based on body movements and joint locks, combined with punches and kicks, all aimed at defending ones self …
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Wimbledon 2010: Venus Williams soaks up the pressure to win against Alisa Kleybanova
Venus Williams soaks up the pressure to win against Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova.
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Venus secures fourth round spot
US Venus Williams returns a forehand to Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London. Venus won 6-4, 6-2. (AFP) LONDON (AFP) – Five-time champion Venus Williams believes she can extend her dominance at Wimbledon well into the new decade after securing a place in the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Alisa …
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Wimbledon 2010: Venus Williams soaks up the pressure to win against Alisa Kleybanova
Venus Williams soaks up the pressure to win against Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova.
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Venus secures fourth round spot
US Venus Williams returns a forehand to Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova during the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London. Venus won 6-4, 6-2. (AFP) LONDON (AFP) – Five-time champion Venus Williams believes she can extend her dominance at Wimbledon well into the new decade after securing a place in the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Alisa …
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Venus reaches Wimbledon fourth round
&$ &$Venus Williams of the U.S. hits a return to Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova at the 2010 Wimbledon tennis championships in London, June 25, 2010.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$ &$ Five-time champion Venus Williams secured a place in the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Russia’s Alisa Kleybanova at Wimbledon on Friday. Williams, who competed in eight of the last 10 Wimbledon finals, h …
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