Monday, August 3, 1998
Pantani reigns at Tour de France
Marco Pantani won the most controversial Tour de France in history yesterday to become its first Italian champion in 33 years. Jan Ullrich of Germany finished second while American Bobby Julich was third overall.
Gaze guides the Aussies home
Australia swept past Lithuania, 71-61, in their opening second round group game at the World Basketball Championship in Athens yesterday. In another second round tie, Yugoslavia defeated Canada 95-55.
Graf, Seles out
Venus Williams defeated Monica Seles 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday in the Bank of the West semifinals. Williams will face top-seeded Lindsay Davenport, who defeated Steffi Graf 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, in the final of the $ 450,000 tournament.
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