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Twelve-time Grand Slam winner NOVAK DJOKOVIC has "parted company with coach BORIS BECKER." Djokovic, 29, has worked with the former Wimbledon, U.S. and Australian Open winner for three years. The Serbian world No. 2 won six Grand Slams under Becker and "held all four major titles at the same time when he won the French Open final in June." He said, "The goals we set when we started working together have been completely fulfilled" (BBC, 12/6). ... The Ladies European Tour announced that the first round of the Dubai Ladies Masters golf tournament was suspended on Wednesday "after the death of a caddie on the course." The caddie collapsed on the 13th fairway and was "attended to by the on-site medical team before being taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead." Local media reported that the caddie, whose name was not released to the media, "was carrying the bag of France's ANNE-LISE CAUDAL" (REUTERS, 12/7). ... Australian boxing trainer JOHNNY LEWIS will be inducted into the world Boxing Hall of Fame in July, "alongside four-time world heavyweight champion EVANDER HOLYFIELD." Lewis, most famous for training world champions KOSTYA TSZYU and JEFF FENECH, was inducted into the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame in '06 (AP, 12/8).

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