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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Major League Baseball player David Segui may be called to testify in the perjury trial of ex-pitching ace Roger Clemens, the judge in the case ruled on Thursday.

VEDELAGO, Italy (Reuters) - Up-and-coming Italian Andrea Guardini inflicted a surprise defeat on world champion Mark Cavendish in a bunch sprint at the end of Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday.

VEDELAGO, Italy (Reuters) - Italy's Andrea Guardini won Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia in a bunch sprint on Thursday and Spain's Joaquim Rodríguez retained the overall lead.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Athletics Kenya (AK) has defended the country's athletes against doping allegations made by German national broadcaster ARD and said on Wednesday it would investigate the claims.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former champion Amir Khan will fight undefeated American light-welterweight Danny Garcia on July 14 for the WBC title.

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian sprinter Inna Eftimova, who was preparing for the London Olympics, has been banned for two years for doping, the Bulgarian athletics federation said on Tuesday.

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Olympic champion Usain Bolt hopes to clock 9.7 seconds in the 100 metres at the Golden Spike meeting in the Czech Republic on Friday as he continues his preparations for the London Games.

(Reuters) - A judge denied a motion on Monday to delay the start of the child sex-abuse trial of former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, according to court papers.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Liu Xiang lit up a rain-soaked Shanghai Diamond League meeting with the quickest 110 metres hurdles time of the year on Saturday, sprinting to victory in 12.97 seconds to the delight of his home town crowd.

(Reuters) - Britain and Russia grabbed quota places in each of the three weight categories in women's boxing which makes its Olympic debut in London this year, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said on Saturday.

(Reuters) - With the rolling Atlantic ocean behind him, yachtsman Ben Ainslie set the London Olympic torch relay on the road from Land's End in the extreme south-west tip of England on Saturday.

CERVERE, Italy (Reuters) - British world champion Mark Cavendish won his third bunch sprint of this year's Giro d'Italia and the 10th of his career in the race before confirming he would continue into the mountains.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asafa Powell thinks he has pinpointed why he has so often failed to produce on the big occasion and believes that if he is at his best he will win the 100 metres at the London Olympics.