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Katie Taylor sealed an Olympic Games place with victory over Victoria Torres in the World Championships quarter-final in Astana. Irelands reigning world lightweight champion, looking for a sixth successive title, was rarely troubled by her Mexican opponent in claiming three 40-36 verdicts on the judges cards.Victory was enough to see Taylor through to the last four, with all semi-finalists in Kazakhstan guaranteed a place in the field for the Olympics in Rio later this summer. Taylor would have expected to take on Azerbaijans Yana Alekseevna in the semis, looking for revenge after being beaten by her in the European qualifiers last month - a defeat that ended Taylors five-year winning streakBut Alekseevna was surprisingly beaten by French fighter Estelle Mossely - beaten by Taylor in the European Games final last June - by a unanimous points decisionTaylor said on Twitter: Honoured to be representing Ireland in another Olympics. It really is a dream come true. The support from everyone has been incredible!Her team-mate Kelly Harrington also moved into the semi-finals with a similarly one-sided points win over home favourite Zarina Tsoloyeva.Harrington is guaranteed a bronze medal in the 64kg category, but the Dublin boxer cannot celebrate Olympic qualification as her weight category is not part of the Olympic Games tournament.Welterweight Grainne Walsh was unable to make it through her quarter-final bout as she fell to Kazakh fighter Valentina Khalzova.Walsh suffered a nasty cut in the second round, meaning the fight was stopped, and with Khalzova having won the first round she was given the verdict. Also See: Marshall reaches Rio Joyce going pro after Games . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. . Tevez, who has had conflicts with coaches in the past, has not been called up since Sabella was named coach in 2011. Argentina boasts Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria. . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. . Shot outdoors against the stunning backdrop of Banff, Alta., the networks 30-minute original production airs tonight at 8pm et/5pm pt on TSN2. The four All-Star teams will play for $100,000 in prize money during TSNs annual skins game, airing live this weekend on TSN from The Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. Robert Griffin III will be the starting quarterback when the Cleveland Browns?play San Diego on Saturday.Well go out there and give him another opportunity to take a swing at it, head coach Hue Jackson said Monday.Jackson had said after a 33-13 loss to Buffalo on Sunday that he would evaluate the quarterback position for the next game. His review of the tape showed things that he said Griffin did well, especially some second-half throws.I think there was some improvement, Jackson said. There were some things I thoughht he did much better than the first time he played.dddddddddddd Hopefully there will be another jump this game.Jackson said he wants to see rookie Cody Kessler play again this season, so he will not hesitate to go to Kessler if needed as the Browns seek their first win of the season.If things are not going as well as I would like, I do have that card to put Cody in the game, Jackson said. ' ' '
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