Stephanie Rice dumped by Jaguar over anti-gay tweet

MELBOURNE:   Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice has lost the sponsorship of Jaguar after she posted an anti-gay tweet on Twitter.

Rice, 22, was dumped by the luxury carmaker after former rugby league star Ian Roberts branded her and "anyone who sponsors her" a "complete idiot".

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Hoffman wins Deutsche Bank; Tiger stays at No. 1

NORTON:   Charley Hoffman couldn't count all the perks that came with winning the Deutsche Bank Championship, just like he lost track of the 11 birdies he made in a Labor Day masterpiece.

He moved up 57 spots to No. 2 in the FedEx Cup standings, giving him a shot at the $10 million bonus.

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Aussie swimmers allowed to abandon CWG if felt unsafe: Report

MELBOURNE:   Australian swimmers have been given permission to abandon the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi if they are worried about their safety, a report said.

Swimming Australia president David Urquhart said he had told the team any swimmer who felt unsafe after landing in New Delhi and wanted to leave would be given a paid flight home, even before their events.

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Three Indian swimmers test positive

NEW DELHI:   Three Indian swimmers, including two from the country's Commonwealth Games squad, were provisionally suspended on Sunday for failing dope tests.

National record holder Richa Mishra and Jyotsna Pansare, both part of India's 26-member aquatic squad for the Oct. 3-14 Games, tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, used as a nasal decongestant, along with Amar Muralitharan, Swimming Federation of India (SFI) secretary general Virendra Nanavati said.

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Snedeker is leading in Boston; Woods shoots 65

NORTON:   About the only thing fun for Jason Day was being atop the leaderboard in the Deutsche Bank Championship.

One day after he opened with a 63 in conditions so calm he might as well have been playing indoors, Day found out quickly what he was up against Saturday in tree-shaking wind on the TPC at Boston.

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