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U.S. defending champion Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest on Friday by downing 64 hot dogs in a competition that stretched into a first-ever overtime.
Chestnut, of San Jose, California, defeated six-time champion Takeru Kobayashi of Japan in the annual event held at New York's Coney Island beach.

The two were tied at 59 hot dogs a piece at the end of the regulation 10 minutes, forcing a sudden death overtime to determine which man could eat five more hotdogs in the shortest time.

Second-half goals from Xavi Hernández, Daniel Güiza and David Silva sent Spain through to a UEFA EURO 2008™ final meeting with Germany as Luis Aragonés's men proved too strong for Russia in Vienna.

Spain fluent

Spain will take on Russia in Thursday's semi-final after they knocked out the world champions in a shoot-out.
Iker Casillas was the penalty shoot-out hero as Spain held their collective nerve to throw out the record book and claim a UEFA EURO 2008™ semi-final against Russia.
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Germany's players and coach expressed huge satisfaction after their 3-2 quarter-final win against Portugal as well as admitting that the victory was a huge boost to their confidence ahead of the next challenge.
 
'Enormous improvement'

The first day of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships of Turin 2008 ends with the triumph of the Russian girls in the all-around competition, just a starter of the Olympic competition of Beijing. The Russian gymnasts (Alichuck, Gavrilenko, Gounova e Postina, Zueva) have managed to obtain 35.400. The second position is occupied by the Bielorussia team while the Italian team is happy with the third place.