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...clinch over 50% of the vote and avoid a runoff against Idrissa Seck, 47, once Wade's most loyal lieutenant and now his most bitter rival. Despite noting "serious incidents" and "acts of vandalism against certain political leaders," regional observers declared the election "sufficiently" free and fair. Seck accepted defeat, preferring to begin planning for the next poll in 2012, when he says he'll push for real Sopi (change), co-opting the official slogan of Wade, who will be 85 years old at the next election...
Serving up a double dose of defeat, the Harvard men’s volleyball team completed a season sweep of New Haven (7-8, 0-5 EIVA) last night in front of 83 fans at Charger Stadium in New Haven, Conn., dominating the Chargers by a 3-0 score, winning...
...What happened in Woolmer's room during the hours between his team's defeat and the discovery of his body remains a mystery that may never be solved. But whether it was caused by stress, suicide or even murder, the tragedy is a brutal reminder that South Asia's wonderful passion for cricket has an ugly and dangerous flipside. Within hours of their team's defeat last weekend, angry fans in Pakistan demanded that the players and their coach be arrested or worse. In India, meanwhile, fans upset that their team had lost to newcomers Bangladesh burned the players...
...opponents that were almost her teammates. “I don’t regret coming to Maryland, obviously. It’s been a great four years.”Delaney-Smith thinks it would have been a great four years coaching Doron in crimson and white. In defeat, she can only gear her young underdogs up for another run, and tip her hat to the one who got away.—Staff writer Emily W. Cunningham can be reached at ecunning@fas.harvard.edu...
...nerve-racking,” Weiss said. “But we had four, and three of them back-to-back.” Tri-captain Max Meltzer (141 lbs.) came back to win two straight matches after a first-round loss before clinching All-American status by defeating Michael Keefe of Chattanooga in a 13-9 decision. Meltzer would finish eighth after losing to Jeff Jaggers of Ohio State, 7-1, in the seventh-place bout. “I had a tough first round again,” said Meltzer, who also lost in the first round...