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Marion Jones admits to steroid use Ivuti wins balmy Chicago Marathon
Australian Ol. chief says Jones should lose medals
Brady and Moss lift Patriots past Bengals
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Heatley and Senators agree to contract extension Pressure on Chinese athletes could be unbearable
Nigeria's Peter vows to be busy heavyweight champ
Ottawa Senators' Dany Heatley agreed to a six-year contract extension worth a reported $45 million just before dropping the puck on their season-opener.
Lewis Hamilton's bid to become Formula One's first rookie world champion remained on track on Friday after stewards cleared him of blame for a collision in Japan last weekend.
Chinese athletes at next year's Beijing Olympics could be placed under unbearable pressure to succeed, Sports Minister Liu Peng said on Wednesday.
Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes, two to receiver Randy Moss, to spark the unbeaten New England Patriots to a 34-13 road victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday.
Marion Jones should be stripped of the medals she won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics following her reported admission of steroid use, Australian Olympic chief John Coates said on Friday.
Kenyan Patrick Ivuti won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday after a tight two-man race to the finish with Jaouad Gharib of Morocco in unseasonably warm weather.
Samuel Peter fights the first of what the "The Nigerian Nightmare" predicts will be a busy schedule of heavyweight title defenses when the interim WBC champion takes on American Jameel McCline on Saturday.
Triple Olympic champion Marion Jones has admitted using steroids in preparation for the 2000 Sydney Games and plans to plead guilty on Friday to lying about her drug use, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Juventus striker David Trezeguet has lambasted France coach Raymond Domenech for leaving him out of the squad for this month's Euro 2008 qualifiers against the Faroe Islands and Lithuania.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter backed foreign owners such as those at Manchester United and Liverpool, describing them on Friday as "good for the game" and ruled out any interference by soccer's world governing body.
Trezeguet criticises Domenech for France omission Blatter backs billionaire club owners in Platini row
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