Venus deals with Dementieva threat Defending champion Venus Williams held off a determined challenge from fifth seed Elena Dementieva to advance to her seventh Wimbledon final.Williams blasted through the opening set of the first semi-final for the loss of just one game but was made to fight all the way in the second before sealing a 6-1 7-6 (7/3) victory. (03/07/2008) 
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Serena sets up all-Williams final Serena Williams reached her fourth Wimbledon final and her third against her sister Venus after wrestling aside the plucky challenge of China's Zheng Jie 6-2 7-6 (7/5) on Centre Court.Williams produced another performance bristling with accuracy and intensity to fight past Zheng, the world number 133 who had already made history as the first player from her country to reach a grand slam semi-final. (03/07/2008)
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Schuettler seals epic victory Rainer Schuettler held his nerve to progress into a Wimbledon semi-final against Rafael Nadal thanks to an epic victory over Arnaud Clement of France.Resuming at 1-1 after bad light brought a premature halt to proceedings on Wednesday, the veteran pair were straight back into the groove on Thursday where Clement incredibly saved six successive set points after falling 6-0 down in the third-set tie-breaker - before losing it with a double fault, but he came back to claim the fourth. (03/07/2008)
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Coulthard to quit at end of season British driver David Coulthard has confirmed he will retire from Formula One at the end of the season.The 37-year-old from Twynholm in Scotland announced his decision ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix, which will be his 237th start. (03/07/2008)
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Jones relishing chance Ashes hero Simon Jones has described being back in international contention as "a great feeling" - after being named in England's 30-man provisional ICC Champions Trophy squad.Welsh paceman Jones has not played for England since a chain of injuries linking back to the penultimate match of the 2-1 Test victory over Australia in 2005. (03/07/2008)
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ICC change Test result The result of the controversial fourth Test between England and Pakistan at The Oval in 2006 has been changed to a draw.England were originally declared the winners after the tourists were deemed to have forfeited the match by umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove. Pakistan had refused to return to the field after being accused of ball-tampering by Hair. (03/07/2008)
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England name unchanged Test squad England have named an unchanged Test squad for the start of the npower series against South Africa.National selector Geoff Miller revealed the dozen names at Lord's on Thursday as those who have won four and drawn one of the past five matches against New Zealand were retained. (03/07/2008)
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Stump up Barry cash, O'Neill tells Reds Martin O'Neill has challenged Liverpool to end the stalemate over Gareth Barry's transfer to Anfield by meeting his asking price.The Villa boss has revealed he accepted Barry would be leaving the club a month ago and, after rejecting a bid of £15million from the Reds on Wednesday, he has urged manager Rafael Benitez to meet his £18million valuation. (03/07/2008)
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Chambers challenges Olympics ban Dwain Chambers' legal team have filed papers against the British Olympic Association in London in a bid to pave the way for him to compete at next month's Olympic Games in Beijing.Chambers is currently barred from competing in an Olympics under a BOA bylaw which bans drug cheats from the British team unless there are mitigating circumstances. (03/07/2008)
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Curtis coup for Villa Curtis Davies has joined Aston Villa from West Brom on a four-year contract after spending last season on loan from the Hawthorns.Davies made the switch across Birmingham last year but suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon which ruled him out for most of the season. (03/07/2008)
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