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Platini wants European sports police force
View Photo President of English Football Association Prince William, left, holding a football presented to him, reacts as UEFA President Michel Platini presents him ...
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Donald bemoans `terrible display as he heads for PGA exit
Britain's Luke Donald reacts after his daughter Ellie holed a putt on the 9th green during the annual Masters Par 3 Contest at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, April 10, ...
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IOC sets September 1 deadline for India to hold elections
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has set India a September 1 deadline for a new election to facilitate the country's return to the Olympic ...
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FIFA plan five-match racism bans
FIFA is set to follow England's lead and bring in a mandatory five-match ban for players found guilty of racism plus points deductions for clubs where fans are serial offenders.The sanction is being proposed by FIFA's new task force on racism and if agreed by the world governing body's congress next week, all 209 countries will have to adopt the rule.The proposals have not been ...
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English tries hand Rebels first win over Waratahs
English touched down in the corner for tries in the ninth and 75th minutes as the Rebels, led by another immense display by their skipper and number eight Scott Higginbotham, edged a scrappy contest in front of their fans at AAMI ...
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England turn to youth to take on Barbarians
LONDON (Reuters) - A potential glimpse of England's rugby future will be on display at Twickenham on Sunday when a fledgling team, including three uncapped starters and another six on the bench, take on the ...
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European football final adds new chapter to Adidas-Puma rivalry
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma will renew their own decades-old rivalry when Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund meet in the Champions League Final at Wembley on ...
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Horne to miss Sevens World Cup
Springbok Sevens captain Frankie Horne will miss the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Moscow, Russia, next month because of injury. Picture by: Wessel ...
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Cape football must clean up it’s act
Cape Town – "I’m not proud, I was wrong. And the truth is hard to take, I felt sure we had enough. But our love went overboard. Lifeboat lies lost at sea, I’ve been trying to reach your shore. Waves of doubt keep drowning ...
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Spot-fixing NCP asks cricket board chief N Srinivasan to step down
New Delhi : With the spot-fixing probe widening and Mumbai Police likely to question Gurunat Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI chief N Srinivasan, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has said that Mr Srinivasan should step down."N Srinivasan should immediately resign keeping morality in mind, until the investigation is complete," NCP leader DP Tripathi said today."Match fixing is ...
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Wests Tigers steal NRL win over Cowboys
A 78th-minute David Nofoaluma try sealed a controversial 22-20 NRL win for the Wests Tigers over North Queensland on Friday night and ended a seven-game losing streak. In atrocious conditions at Leichhardt Oval, the Cowboys were below their best against a brave Tigers outfit but were desperately unlucky not to leave with the competition points. The home side showed far more fight than last ...
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Solid Bulldogs beat Broncos 24-14
Canterbury bounced back from their last-start thrashing to Newcastle with a solid 24-14 NRL win over Brisbane at ANZ Stadium on Friday night. The Bulldogs had begun to resemble the side that surged to last year's grand final with three successive wins before crashing 44-8 to the Knights last week. But they returned to the winners' circle with a grinding four-tries-to-three win over ...
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Rebels upset Waratahs 24-22
The Melbourne Rebels put a serious dent in the Waratahs' surge to the Super Rugby finals with a 24-22 upset win on Friday night. The Rebels finally got a taste of victory against the Stormers last round following a series of close defeats and made it two from two at AAMI Park with their first-ever win over NSW. The loss could be a near fatal blow to the Waratahs' finals hopes given ...
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Irish plot series win after tie
All-rounder Kevin O'Brien is confident Ireland can claim a series win over Pakistan after Thursday's dramatic tie in the first ODI in Dublin.O'Brien swept the final ball from Saeed Ajmal to the boundary to level the scores and leave the hosts agonisingly short of a first ever win against a Test-playing nation in the Republic.Pakistan had appeared in full control when Mohammad ...
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Im here if needed for Ashes Magoffin
Former Queensland fast bowler Steve Magoffin says if the phone rings he'll be available to play for Australia in the upcoming Ashes series.The 33-year-old took remarkable figures of 12-31 playing for Sussex against Somerset this week."I am quite shocked to be honest but all the guys played well and it was pretty much the perfect performance," Magoffin told Britain's Daily ...
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Europa League winners to get Champions League place - UEFA
LONDON (Reuters) - The Europa League winners in 2015 will qualify for the Champions League the following season, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said on ...
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Cruden Clarke help Chiefs claim crucial Crusaders win
Flyhalf Aaron Cruden and captain Craig Clarke both scored first half tries after charging down Crusaders kicks and the defending champions survived sustained periods of second period pressure from the seven-times winners to earn a crucial ...
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Jockey Ahern lodges appeal against 10-year ban
LONDON (Reuters) - Jockey Eddie Ahern has lodged an appeal against his 10-year ban for corruption, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said on ...
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Tricky French Open draw for Stosur
Samantha Stosur faces Japanese veteran Kamiko Date-Krumm in the opening round of the French Open, with Maria Sharapova a possible quarter-final ...
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Nadal Djokovic could meet in French Open semi
Riccardo De Luca/AP PARIS (AP) -- Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title. Friday's draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament placed Nadal and Djokovic on the same half of the field, while Roger Federer could face David Ferrer in the other semifinal. Federer, the ...
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Nadal Djokovic on semi-final collision course in Paris
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Novak Djokovic of Serbia (R) shakes hand with Rafael Nadal of Spain after the final match of the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco April 21, 2013. REUTERS/Olivier ...
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Former Maine sports star guilty on child porn charge
BANGOR, Maine - A former Maine college basketball star has been found guilty of a child pornography charge.Dana Wilson pleaded no contest Thursday in a Bangor courtroom. The plea means while not admitting guilt, he is not contesting the charges. The judge then found him guilty.Authorities say the 62-year-old Wilson, who works as a disc jockey, had videos of young girls engaged in sexual behavior ...
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The Joy of Six Football League play-off finals | Barry Glendenning
Manchester City players celebrate promotion after the 1999 Division Two play-off final against Gillingham at Wembley. Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty ...
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Football quiz Bayern Munich
Champions League final: live webchat with Barney Ronay Barney Ronay will be online from 12pm to answer your questions about Bayern Munich v Borussia ...
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Hayne has grown into Eels captaincy Burt
Parramatta legend Luke Burt says Eels captain Jarryd Hayne has emerged as capable of leading the NRL club to a new era of success. Burt, a member of the Eels coaching staff after retiring last year, said he had reservations when Hayne was first named as skipper by new Parramatta coach Ricky Stuart. But the Eels' most prolific try-scorer said Hayne has grown into the leadership role ...
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Mongolia coal mine sparking international interest
The government, after much deliberation, has announced that it will sell a 30% stake in the state-owned company that owns one of the largest coking coal reserves in the world, generating a flurry of interest in the industry.
Tavan Tolgoi is a huge coal mine in the Tsogttsetsii district of the southern Mongolian province of Ömnögovi. It is an extremely rural open pit coal mine that is hundreds of miles from any form of efficient transport and faces many difficulties because of this, the nearest railway, for example, is over 400 kilometers from the mine, making the transport of coal time-consuming, expensive and laborious. Read more
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