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BARCELONA, Spain, June 11 (UPI) -- Wild-card entrant Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez upset fifth-seeded Pauline Parmentier at the $145,000 Barcelona KIA tennis tournament in Spain.
Martinez Sanchez, ranked 140th in the world, excited her home crowd with a 6-2, 6-4 win over the No. 56-ranked Parmentier in a second-round match.
Also Wednesday, sixth-seeded Sara Errani dumped Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 7-5. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 7-6 (7-3), 6-0; and, in a battle of Spanish wild-card entrants, Nuria Llagostera Vives routes Eloisa Compostizode Andres 6-3, 6-0.
The second round is scheduled to be completed Thursday. Second-seeded Maria Kirilenko is paired against Suarez Navarro" class="tpstyle">Carla Suarez Navarro in a key match.
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ALLEN, Texas, May 31 (UPI) --
Allen (Texas) Wranglers co-owner and wide receiver Terrell Owens has been released by the Indoor Football League Team, the team announced.
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OSLO, Norway, May 31 (UPI) --
Dozens of teenage girls suffered minor injuries during a stampede at a Justin Bieber concert in Oslo, Norway, officials said Thursday.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., May 31 (UPI) --
A Massachusetts woman said she investigated bird sounds in her yard and discovered a baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.
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