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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) ¿ Australian captain Ricky Ponting admitted to being embarrassed after his team's stunning loss to Zimbabwe in their first match of the inaugural World Cup Twenty20 tournament at Newlands yesterday.
Australia scored a modest 138-9...
DATE: Sep 13, 2007
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LONDON (Reuters) ¿ French sporting pride took another hammer blow yesterday when Scotland shocked them 1-0 in Paris to put France's hopes of qualifying for Euro 2008 in the balance.
Argentina stunned hosts France in the opening match of the Rugby Wor...
DATE: Sep 13, 2007
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TOULOUSE (Reuters) ¿ Fiji withstood a determined fightback from Japan to win a thrilling Pool B clash 35-31 yesterday and get their World Cup campaign off to a perfect start.
The Pacific Islanders scored their fourth try tenminutes from fulltime to s...
DATE: Sep 13, 2007
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LISBON (AP) ¿ Branislav Ivanovic scored the equalising goal in the 86th minute yesterday to give Serbia a 1-1 draw at Portugal in a European Championship qualifying match.
The Serbia defender tapped the ball over the line from close range after a fre...
DATE: Sep 13, 2007
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Jim Furyk, from Pennsylvania, was the first alternative for the Grand Slam based on his runner-up finish at the US Open at Oakmont and top 15 finishes at the Masters and British Open.
The 27-year-old's biggest win to date came in 2003 when he tied th...
DATE: Sep 13, 2007
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A Reginald (Lucky) Pitcher hat-trick put the icing on the cake as West Indian Association avenged a seven-wicket Commercial Cricket League Knockout Cup semi-final defeat a week earlier by thrashing Forties by 104 runs in the final of the revived Leag...
DATE: Sep 12, 2007
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Ivan Clifford
LONDON (Reuters) – Ian Porterfield, Sunderland's 1973 FA Cup final scoring hero, has died from cancer at the age of 61, the Premier League club confirmed yesterday.
Porterfield scored the winning goal against Don Revie's powerful and overwhelming fav...
DATE: Sep 12, 2007
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Having had his ranks bolstered by an injection of new signings during the off-season transfer period one might've expected Southampton Rangers coach Brian (Bulla) Anderson to be on cloud nine.
Yet while the former PHC Zebras and Devonshire Cougars mi...
DATE: Sep 12, 2007
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LONDON COLNEY, England (Reuters) – England captain John Terry warned Group E opponents Russia yesterday that his team are capable of winning all four of their remaining qualifying matches because they play best under pressure.
"Russia are a very, ver...
DATE: Sep 12, 2007
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LYON (Reuters) – Wing Lucas Borges scored two tries in quick succession early in the second half to spur Argentina to a 33-3 victory over Georgia in a hard-fought World Cup Pool D match yesterday.
The Pumas, whose third try came from lock Patricio Al...
DATE: Sep 12, 2007
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