Sharapova rejected the notion the match was a dead rubber, with her passage to the final four already secured, as well as Stosur's exit.

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His comments come the day after Abad was shot dead while on his way to a football match with his son in the city of Zaragoza on Sunday.

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Mancini apparently made the decision to rest Tevez for the Juve match before last weekend, knowing the game was a dead rubber.

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The match opened with a minute of silence in memory of the dead.

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Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptians, angry at reports of inadequate security at a soccer match where 79 people died Wednesday in a riot, clashed with police, leaving two dead in the city of Suez and at least 900 injured in Cairo, officials said Friday.

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