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Andy Murray Wins US Open Title
Murray beat Djokovic in five sets in 2012 to become the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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Sports
India's Magnificent Mary Eyes Boxing Gold
Ahead of the London 2012 Olympics — where women's boxing debuted — five-time world champion MC Mary Kom carried India's hopes for a historic gold.
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Lifestyle
Sachin Tendulkar, the 'Fundulkar': celebrating the hundredth hundred
Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century (March 2012) and his 39th birthday — a look at the milestone that defined an era of Indian cricket.
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Lifestyle
No golf lessons, ever: Bubba Watson wins the Masters
Bubba Watson beat Louis Oosthuizen in a 2012 Masters playoff with an impossible hooked wedge from the pine straw on the 10th — golf's most famous recovery shot.
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Sports
Sim Bhullar: The 7-Foot-5 Tower Breaking Basketball's South Asian Barrier
Toronto-born Sim Bhullar, a 7-foot-5 Sikh of Punjabi descent, became the first player of Indian origin to reach the NBA — starting at New Mexico State.
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Sports
Kabaddi Being Played in a US School
On a Fulbright teaching exchange in the Adirondacks, English teacher Ajay Kumar Nair introduced American students to kabaddi — shoes off, rules on.
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Interesting
In a Game of Millionaires, No Value for Ganguly
The 2011 IPL auction in Bangalore created 15 millionaires on day one — with Gautam Gambhir fetching $2.4M — while Sourav Ganguly went unsold.
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