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WILSON WINS FOUR-MAN PLAY-OFF

FLORIDA: Mark Wilson birdied the third play-off hole to win the USPGA Tour's Honda Classic yesterday, edging out Jose Coceres, Boo Weekley and Camilo Villegas.

It was Wilson's first victory in his 111th start on the world's top golf tour.

Play was stopped because of darkness at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens on Sunday.

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MONTOYA WINS FIRST STOCK-CAR RACE

MEXICO CITY: Former Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya won his first stock-car race at the Nascar Busch Telcel-Motorola 200 in Mexico City on Sunday.

He beat Denny Hamlin to the finish line in Nascar's second-tier series by 0.498 sec after late-race caution periods bunched the field.

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MOGAKA TRIUMPHS IN L.A. MARATHON

LOS ANGELES: Kenyan Fred Mogaka beat countryman Moses Kororia to win the Los Angeles Marathon and its battle-of-the-sexes challenge on Sunday.

Kororia and another Kenyan, Christopher Kipyego, passed eventual women's winner Ramilia Burangolova at the 40km mark.

But Mogaka then surged ahead of all three to win in 2 hr 17min 14sec.

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