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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 33 Wimbledon draw favourable for Federer the associated press England fou time defending Champion Roger Federer will face 85thranked Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first round of Wimble to seeded Justine Henin looks to Complete a career grand opening against Argentine qualifier Jorgelina who Defeated Rafael Nadal in last years has never played Feder who will play on Centre court on is trying to become the first player to win five straight Wimbledon since Bjorn Borg accomplished the feat from 1976 to third seeded Andy Roddick is in Federer top half of the and could meet the Swiss Star in the Federer beat the american in the 2004 and 2005 i Roddick faces Justin Gimel Stob in an Al american first round matchup and could meet eight seeded Andy Mur Ray in the Federer other main rivals in his Section of the draw Are Marat James Blake and Dmitry Henin could face two time Champion Serena will iams in the will the seventh plays Lourdes Dominguez Lino of defending Champion Amelie who is seeded opens her title defense against american Jamea Jackson and could face French open run Nerup Ana Ivanovic in the Quad in the Maur Esmo could meet 2004 Champion Maria Sharapov or three time Winner Venus second seeded Sharapov and 24 Venus Williams Are lined up for a fourth round Sharapov leads 31 in career but Venus Williams beat her in the 2005 semifinals on her Way to her most recent Wimbledon Sharapov faces Chan Yungman of Taiwan in the first while Venus Williams plays Alia Kudryavtseva of rus Colorado put on probation for meals violations Denver Colorado was placed on two years probation and fined by the Mcaa on thursday for inadvertently in de charging 133 athletes for meals totalling Over six academic the school also was ordered to Cut one football scholarship for the next three sea the violations Are considered the infractions commit tee the Fine is to be paid to a hunger or homeless Relief Chari the probation will not limit Cus television exposure or Mcaa tournament most of the infractions occurred in football 86 and Wom ens soccer but also in Wom ens volleyball Tennis two and Golf one and in mens basketball sports briefs two of the violations found that some Walkon student athletes paid a dining Hall meal plan rate instead of the higher train instable Bucks extend contracts of Villanueva Milwaukee the Milwaukee Bucks picked up the final option years on the contracts of Cen Ter Andrew Bogut and Forward Charlie Villanueva on the 1 Overall pick in the 2005 and the seventh pick that Are now signed through the 200809 As part of the new collective bargaining their Rookie contracts in 2005 were two years in with team options for the third and fourth averaged career highs in Points rebounds and assists in 66 games last season while shooting percent from the Field in his Sec Ond struggled with injuries after being traded from Toronto last june for Point guard Villanueva appeared in 39 games and averaged Points and supreme court upholds limits on High school recruiting Washington Friday night lights Are lure enough for Young football the supreme court said thursday in a decision that upholds limits on High school sports the High court ruled in a Dis Pute Between a Tennessee athletic association and a football pow the private Brentwood Academy near the school challenged a Rule of the Tennessee secondary school athletic which gov erns High school sports in the the association bars schools from contacting prospective students about their sports games have wrote jus Tice John Paul Stevens in the unanimous it is Only fair that Brentwood follow hard sell tactics directed at Middle school students could Lead to distort Competition Between High school teams and Foster an environment in which athletics Are prize More highly than Stevens Brentwood argued that the re Striction violated its free speech even though it voluntarily joined the Greer shatters his record in wins eighth title Indianapolis with the javelin Competition still going Breaux Greer was already hustled away for a winners press con even when the competitions not officially its Greer didst need Long to go about his on his second throw of the Greer broke defending Champion and top mens seed Roger Federer is trying to become the first player to win five straight Wimbledon since Bjorn Borg accomplished the feat from 1976 to his american javelin record and won his eighth consecutive nation Al title thursday in the track and Field greers toss of 299 6 inches topped his previous Mark of which he set with his first throw of the in the Adidas classic in on May Only race Walker Henry Laskau has won More consecutive track he won 11 in a Row from 1948 to is tied for second with Ham Mer thrower James who won eight straight from 1889 to Deena Kastor captured her fifth to title in the final event of the she won going away in a time of 31 min 57 Somalia born Abdi Abdirahman won the mens at and Oregon Junior Galen Rupp finished second at Giguere staying with ducks goaltender Jea Sebastien Giguere has decided to stay with the Anaheim perhaps passing up More Money on the open Market to sign a million contract with the Stanley cup every single player in this league wants to play for this organization right Giguere said thursday on a conference its an amazing place to ownership is it just Doest get any better in the the 30yearold Giguere was acquired by the ducks from Cal Gary in 2000 for a second round draft he had a 134 record in the playoffs while appearing in 18 postseason games with a goal against average and a save Giguere had a 36108 a goal against average and a save percentage in 56 regu la season his 36 wins were a career Best and set a new franchise and his 10 regu lation losses were the fewest of any nil goalie who played in 50 or More Giguere earned million this Burke said he expected Ilya the ducks backup to ask for a Trade now that Giguere will be around another four Giguere won the Conn smythe trophy As the most valuable player in the 2003 playoffs after play ing in the first 21 postseason games of his Uci dope testers target tour de France favourites Paris cycling anti doping director said the Winner and top riders of the tour de France have a greater Chance of being clean this year because of tougher test Anne Gripper of the the sports governing would not say How Many unannounced tests riders will face before the tour Start on july but it would be More than the 153 Sutof compete Tion samples the Uci conducted in its a big step Forward in ensuring the integrity of the she said in a phone tour favourites and others More at risk of any form of Dop ing Are getting special some riders will have had three or four out Competition tests before the tour starts in with testing spread across All 21 she Gripper said robust Antidrug programs implemented by two of cycling top Csc and mean it would be almost impossible for the riders in those teams to even consider any form of sports newspaper Lequire re ported that the Uci is targeting six to seven potentially High risk riders but Gripper said its it May be six or seven riders for a period while we make sure they Are properly but then we get some More information on some other riders and so we May focus our attention on she lady vols coach Summitt released from Hospital Tennes see coach Pat Summitt was re leased from a Hospital Friday after being treated for de Hydra the 55yearold who won her seventh Mcaa championship this past had a dizzy spell and fainted at her Home on she was taken to marys Hospital for treatment for dehydration and spent the night for of lady vols spokeswoman Debby Jennings said running several summer basketball Camps in gyms without air Condi toning probably contributed to summits Summitt is the winning est basketball coach in Mcaa history with 947 Morton signs 6year Deal with panthers the Florida panthers signed right Wing Nathan Horton to a million Deal a first round pick by Florida in played in All 82 games for the panthers this past the 22yearold had a Ca ree High 31 goals and 31 the new Deal will play Horton million next and his Sal Ary steadily rises to million in the final in his three seasons with the Horton has played in 208 games with 73 goals and 58 As  
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