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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
LONDON — Chelsea captain John Terry has told Blues owner Roman Abramovich to make Mark Hughes and Guus Hiddink the leading candidates to take charge at Stamford Bridge. Abramovich is searching for a replacement for sacked boss Carlo Ancelotti and Terry believes Turkey coach Hiddink and former Chelse
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
LONDON — Goalkeeper Brad Friedel has agreed to join Tottenham Hotspur from Aston Villa, the English Premier League clubs said yesterday. The 40-year-old former United States international, out of contract at Villa Park, will compete with Heurelho Gomes for the number one spot at the north London clu
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
BERLIN — Former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, who briefly came out of retirement earlier this year to help out the English club, could be set for a Bundesliga comeback with another former club, Schalke 04. Lehmann, 41, who officially retired last year after a long career at Schalke 04, Borussia D
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
Sania Mirza thwarted in French Open title bid - PARIS — Five-time champion Rafa Nadal sparked off his 25th birthday celebrations yesterday by blowing Andy Murray off court with a 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 win to reach the French Open final. The Spaniard, bidding to equal Bjorn Borg's record of six titles at Rol
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
MELBOURNE — The Stormers handed the Melbourne Rebels a five-try 40-3 hammering yesterday to cement their position at the top of Super rugby's South African conference and round out their Australasian tour in style.
Springboks centre Jaque Fourie scored the pick of the tries for last year's runners-
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
DUBLIN, Ohio — Britain's Rory McIlroy birdied three of his last four holes at one of his favourite venues to surge into a share of the lead in Thursday's opening round at The Memorial tournament.
The mop-haired Northern Irishman fired a sparkling six-under-par 66 in ideal scoring conditions at Muir
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
MIAMI — Dirk Nowitzki sparked Dallas to a stunning fourth-quarter comeback as the Mavericks fought back from a 15-point deficit to beat the Miami Heat 95-93 and even the NBA Finals series at 1-1 on Thursday. Nowitzki, who injured the tendon in the middle finger of his left hand in Tuesday's series o
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Saturday, 4 June, 2011
VANCOUVER — The chance to win Olympic gold may only come along once every four years but for the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks the opportunity to win a Stanley Cup is an unmatched once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Even for an Olympic city like Vancouver that basked in the golden glow of Canada's
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Friday, 3 June, 2011
PARIS — China's Li Na carried the hopes of a continent into the French Open final as she blew away Maria Sharapova's dream of a career Grand Slam to set up a Roland Garros showdown with holder Francesca Schiavone yesterday.
Sixth seed Li, bidding to become the first Asian to win a Grand Slam single
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Friday, 3 June, 2011
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected a request from former captain Shahid Afridi for permission to play for English county Hampshire.
A PCB official said yesterday Afridi had been asked to appear before a disciplinary committee on June 8 to respond to several charges of violating
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