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New Tokyo Olympic Stadium to Be Completed in 2019

The International Olympic Committee says the new stadium for Tokyo 2020 will be completed two months earlier than planned to allow organizers time to stage more test events before the games.

Japanese organizers told IOC vice president John Coates during a two-day IOC "project review" that the completion date would be moved from January 2020 to November 2019.

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Sharapova Wins her 600th Match and Asks am 'I Getting Old?'

Maria Sharapova reached a career milestone on Friday, which came as a nice surprise after a tough match.

"Oh, wow. I've won 600 matches?" Sharapova said, when an on-court interviewer congratulated her for the achievement earned by winning her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open.The No. 5-seeded player then thought a moment, and laughed nervously.

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Healthy Nishikori back in Australian Open Round of 16

Kei Nishikori came to the Australian Open this year hoping to put his injury-ravaged 2015 season behind him.

Just five matches into the season, though, spectators at Margaret Court Arena cringed at a familiar sight on Friday: Nishikori plopped down in his chair during a changeover, grabbed his heavily taped right wrist and called for the trainer.

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Guardiola Unsure of Bayern's Level as Hamburg Loom

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola admits he is unsure of his team's form ahead of Friday's Bundesliga match at Hamburg in the wake of their shock defeat at Karlsruhe.

Bayern lost 2-1 at second division Karlsruhe last Saturday in their final warm-up before facing Hamburg away in the first German league match of 2016.

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Emotional Farewell as Hewitt Goes down Fighting

Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt bade an emotional farewell from tennis on Thursday after a combustible Australian Open defeat in which he was warned for swearing and slammed the umpire as an "idiot".

The intensely competitive Australian, roared on by a partisan crowd, couldn't live with Spain's David Ferrer and he went down 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 to exit what was his final tournament before retiring.

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Locker-Room Edge Helps Murray Beat Groth

Andy Murray seized on a crucial psychological edge before dismantling Sam Groth, the holder of the world's fastest serve, as he swept into the Australian Open third round on Thursday.

In the locker-room before the match, the wily Scot overheard Australia's Groth saying he was playing at Rod Laver Arena, with all the pressures of a big home crowd, for the first time.

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Messi, Suarez-Less Barca Edge towards Cup Semis

Holders Barcelona overcame the absence of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez to take a huge step towards the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 2-1 win at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday.

Messi was absent due to a hamstring problem, whilst Suarez completed a two-game Cup ban, but the visitors still took control of the tie with two goals in six first-half minutes from Munir El Haddadi and Neymar.

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Tennis: Osaka, Starring on Debut, Feels Japanese Love

Teenage qualifier Naomi Osaka gave a bow to the crowd after moving into the Australian Open third round on Thursday, in a gesture to the hordes of Japanese fans supporting her.

It was a nice touch from a player who is enjoying an amazing Grand Slam debut and who represents the Asian nation -- yet understands virtually no Japanese.

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Azarenka in best Shape 'Body-Wise, Spirit-Wise'

Two-time champion Victoria Azarenka Thursday said she was feeling in great shape "body-wise, spirit-wise, everything-wise" as she kept up her scintillating form to reach the Australian Open third round.

The Belarusian former world number one was again in fine touch as she hammered Montenegro's Danka Kovinic 6-1, 6-2 on Margaret Court Arena to progress.

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Cavs Bounce back, Warriors March on

Kevin Love scored 17 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers got back to winning ways on Wednesday with a comfortable 91-78 win over the Brooklyn Nets.

Still smarting from a humiliating 132-98 home defeat to the Golden State Warriors on Monday, the Cavs rebounded to score an emphatic victory at the Barclays Center.

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