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[July 24, 2013]  (AP) -- An AP sports guide:

FORMER BOXING GREAT EMILE GRIFFITH DIES

Emile Griffith, an elegant fighter whose career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave an opponent in a title bout, dies at age 75.

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BARCELONA TURN TO GERARDO MARTINO AS COACH

Barcelona pulls a surprise by appointing Argentine Gerardo Martino as new coach to replace the ailing Tito Vilanova.

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DEVILS SIGN JAGR TO MAKE UP FOR KOVALCHUK EXIT

The New Jersey Devils make up for losing their best player Ilya Kovalchuk by signing one of the NHL's all-time greats Jaromir Jagr.

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ARMSTRONG URGES JUDGE TO DISMISS U.S. GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT

Lance Armstrong has urged a U.S. federal judge to dismiss the Justice Department False Claims Act lawsuit against him.

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F1 TO MAKE RETURN TO AUSTRIA

Formula One will return to Austria in 2014 at the Red Bull-funded Spielberg circuit, with no word yet on which race will make way.

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[Associated Press]

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