Sport 4: Slugs

General Principles	We should try to keep to the same slugs for each sport. Different ones only confuse clients. Unlike with other news items, the country does not come first in sports slugs: Athletics-Germany, Basketball-Ukraine, Tennis-France. For major championships or sporting events: Athletics-Worldcup, Golf-Ryder, Tennis-Daviscup, Swim-Worlds, etc. Don't forget, the slugline should not be longer than 21 characters, plus the slash. Below is a list of slugs we should use for the most important sports.
Football	For domestic league and cup games and friendly internationals use the word "Football" plus the country name (or that of host country for friendlies): Football-Germany/, Football-Italy/ European cup games: Football-UEFACup/ and Football-Champions/ European championship and qualifiers: Football-Euro/ World Cup games and qualifiers: Football-WorldCup/
Tennis	Tennis slugs should indicate whether the tournament is women's (WTA) or men's (ATP) tennis and the country where the tournament is being held: Tennis-WTA-Germany/, Tennis-ATP-Austria/ The four Grand Slams should carry the following sluglines: Tennis-AustralOpen/, Tennis-FrenchOpen/, Tennis-Wimbledon/, Tennis-USOpen/. For other events: Masters Cup: Tennis-ATPMasters/ Davis Cup: Tennis-DavisCup/ Fed Cup: Tennis-FedCup/ Women Masters: Tennis-WTAMasters/
Boxing	Use "Box" plus the weight or name: Box-Heavy/, Box-Tyson/
Motor Racing	Use "MotorSport" plus the category or a name: MotorSport-F1/, MotorSport-Williams/
Skiing	For ski racing follow this model: Ski-Women-Germany/, Ski-Men-France/ For ski jumping and Nordic use slugs like this: Skijump-Austria/, NordicSki-Finland/
Swimming	Use the word "Swim" plus the country or athlete: Swim-Britain/, Swim-Perkins/

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