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Lin shines as NBA's newest star 

Sports | Basketball
2012-2-10

IN the course of a week, Chinese-American Jeremy Lin has gone from obscurity to being the NBA's newest playmaking sensation. The New York Knicks guard...

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Fabregas fires Barcelona into Copa final 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-10

BARCELONA set up a Copa del Rey final against Athletic Bilbao when Cesc Fabregas scored one goal and created another for Xavi in a 2-0 win over 10-man Valencia in their semifinal second leg on Wednesday. Having...

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FA won't rush to replace Capello 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-10

EVEN with players already backing Harry Redknapp for the job and the European Championship only four months away, the English Football Association said yesterday it will not rush to hire Fabio Capello's successor...

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Schumacher plays down title chances 

Sports | Motor racing
2012-2-10

MICHAEL Schumacher was hoping the late arrival of his new Mercedes would pay off after doing nearly two race distances in last year's car on the second afternoon of Formula One testing in Spain on Wednesday. Despite...

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Sanchez Vicario blames parents for missing cash 

Sports | Tennis
2012-2-10

ARANTXA Sanchez Vicario has blamed her parents for losing an estimated 45 million euros (US$60 million) in career earnings through mismanagement. The 40-year-old Sanchez Vicario let loose against her whole family...

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Driver plunges off cliff 

Sports
2012-2-10

AN Australian driver flew off a road at a speed of 130 kilometers an hour and landed in a riverbed but was not injured during the Tasmanian rally on January 28. The 24-year-old George Miedeck was driving his father...

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Juventus tops Milan to remain unbeaten 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-10

JUVENTUS remained unbeaten this season after winning 2-1 at AC Milan in the first leg of the Italian Cup semifinals on Wednesday with Martin Caceres scoring twice on debut. Caceres gave Juventus the lead in the...

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Basel star Shaqiri to join Bayern 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-10

FC Basel said star forward Xherdan Shaqiri will join its Champions League round-of-16 opponent Bayern Munich at the end of the current season. Basel said it has a policy of "not preventing a player from transferring...

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Real Madrid, Barcelona top football's rich list 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-9

REAL Madrid and Barcelona are football's biggest moneymakers for the third straight year and look set to out-earn their rivals for the foreseeable future. The annual review of football finance by Deloitte shows...

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Parker leads Spurs over Sixers 100-90 

Sports | Basketball
2012-2-9

SAN Antonio's Tony Parker scored 37 points to lead the Spurs to a 100-90 win over the host Philadelphia 76ers in yesterday's clash of two NBA divisional leaders. Gary Neal added 18 off the bench for the Southwest...

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Capello quits as England manager 

Sports
2012-2-9

FABIO Capello resigned as manager of England yesterday following the Football Association's decision to strip John Terry of the captaincy, the FA confirmed. In a remarkable twist to one of the most dramatic days...

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Sharks tame Smith's Bulls to boost playoff chances 

Sports | Basketball
2012-2-9

THE Shanghai Sharks boosted their playoff hopes yesterday besting the J.R. Smith-led Zhejiang Bulls 87-75. With the two teams entering the final period tied at 59, it was thought J.R. Smith would lead the visiting...

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Ferguson demands strong stand on racism 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-9

MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson said it is time that soccer took a hardline stance against racism and that he could not believe the problem had re-emerged in the sport. Speaking before Saturday's clash...

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Bilbao ends Mirandes' fairytale run in Copa semis 

Sports | Soccer
2012-2-9

ATHLETIC Bilbao ended tiny Mirandes' remarkable run with a ruthless 6-2 win in their Copa del Rey semifinal second leg on Tuesday to set up a final with either Barcelona or Valencia. Iker Muniain, Markel Susaeta...

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Tian hit with 2-year ban 

Sports | Athletics
2012-2-9

CHINESE long distance runner Tian Mengxu has been banned for two years after testing positive for banned substances, the Chinese Athletics Association said yesterday. Tian, who won the men's 10,000m title at...

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Woods suggests changes to long putters 

Sports | Golf
2012-2-9

TIGER Woods has a solution to long putters - make them no longer than the shortest club in the bag. Woods said on Tuesday at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am he has "never been a fan" of long putters that players...

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Contador considers appeal against CAS ban 

Sports | Cycling
2012-2-9

ALBERTO Contador was on Tuesday considering appealing against the two-year ban he was handed by Court of Arbitration for Sport for failing a dope test during his victorious 2010 Tour de France campaign. The Spaniard,...

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Sri Lanka beaten 

Sports
2012-2-9

VIRAT Kohli's half century led India to a comfortable four-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their Tri-Series limited-overs international yesterday. India reached its victory target of 234 with 20 balls to spare in reply...

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Iraq win voided 

Sports
2012-2-9

IRAQ has had a 2-0 Olympic qualifying win over the United Arab Emirates taken away after fielding an ineligible player in its November 27 match in Doha. The Emirates was awarded the three points and a 3-0 victory.

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Raikkonen returns to record fastest test drive on first day 

Sports | Motor racing
2012-2-9

KIMI Raikkonen rolled back the years with the fastest lap for Lotus on the first day of Formula One testing on Tuesday. The 2007 champion, making his comeback after two years in the world rally championship, looked...