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Double Olympic champion Heather Stanning has announced her retirement from rowing. The 31-year-old claimed gold in the womens pair with Helen Glover at London 2012 and Rio 2016 as part of an unbeaten record going back to 2011.Stanning is currently serving as a major in the army and is left to reflect on a dream career, which ended in glory with her great friend Glover in Rio in the summer. I started rowing for the social and fun side of the sport at university, but [coach] Paul Stannard showed me I had potential in the sport and guided me through my early years, at U23s and then onto the senior team, Stanning said.Winning with Olivia [Whitlam] at U23s sparked a desire within me to aspire for bigger things.I must also thank Eira [Parry] and Miles [Forbes-Thomas] for their help and coaching as Helen and I started out with the team, but partnering with Helen and Robin [Williams] has been the dream career.I could not have wished for anyone else to share the Olympic journey with. Glover and Stanning (left) in action in Brazil Glover, who looks set to continue her career, paid tribute to Stannings achievements alongside her in the boat.Heather has been my team-mate for six years and in that time has been my voice of logic, a driving force, my friend, and my maid of honour, she said.Im fortunate enough to have sat at the start line of two Olympic Games with Heather. There is nobody else I would have wanted in the boat with me in those moments.She is dependable, determined, and a formidable athlete. The army has given us both incredible support and I am sure she will continue to flourish in her career.Thank you, Heather, not just for the success we shared, but for making it the most fun journey possible. Also See: England face Scots at Euros Konta wins Sportswoman poll Calgary gold for Christie Two more cycling golds for GB Jaquiski Tartt Jersey . -- Caris LeVert had 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for his first career double-double, and No. Jerry Rice Jersey . I kind of got a taste of being able to pick a suit with the draft lottery, I went with the bow tie. http://www.custom49ersjersey.com/custom-...e-78d.html. The Incheon-based tea, of the Korea Baseball Organization said the deal for the 35-year-old Scott included a $50,000 signing bonus. Scott reached the major leagues with Houston in 2005 and hit 23 homers or more for Baltimore each year from 2008-10. Scott Bull Jersey . The former Edmonton Oilers defenceman was with the St. Louis Blues in training camp on a professional tryout. Whitney, 30, had four goals and 13 points in 34 games with the Oilers last season. Larry Allen Jersey . Chris Capuano. Shane Greene. And now, Esmil Rogers. FALL RIVER, Mass. - A cousin of ex-New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez has been sentenced to two years of probation with GPS monitoring for refusing to testify before a grand jury even though she had been granted immunity. A Superior Court judge also sentenced Tanya Singleton on Tuesday to spend the first year in home confinement and ordered her to have no contact with Hernandez, any other suspectts or witnesses.dddddddddddd Singleton refused to testify before a grand jury investigating the July 2013 slaying of Odin Lloyd. She pleaded guilty to criminal contempt. The Bristol, Connecticut woman had faced up to 2 1/2 years in jail. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to killing Lloyd and is being held without bail. He also has pleaded not guilty in the 2012 killings of two men in Boston. ' ' '