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Anderson, Finn damage New Zealand

James Anderson and Steven Finn did the bulk of the damage as England turned the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s into a one-innings shoot-out yesterday. England dismissed New Zealand for 207 before lunch on the third day, for a modest first-innings lead of 25FULL STORY

Injuries mar ’Tahs victory over Brumbies

The New South Wales Waratahs opened up the Super 15 title race with a fighting 28-22 win over leaders the ACT Brumbies in a fierce Australian derby yesterday that may have ramifications for the Wallabies. The Waratahs fought back from 13-6 down at halftime and overhauledFULL STORY

MLB: Rockies edge Giants, close gap on NL West co-leaders

The Colorado Rockies ended a run of 10 straight defeats at the hands of San Francisco by edging the Giants 10-9 on Friday, closing the gap on the National League West’s co-leader to two games. Elsewhere, Detroit beat Texas in a match of American League divisionFULL STORY

Taiwan narrowly lose to Japan; fail medal round entry

By Paul Huang

Failure to convert a free throw off a three-point play by Hung Chih-shan with 30 seconds remaining cost Taiwan the opportunity to tie the game as they fell short to Japan 71-70 in the third game of the 2013 East Asia Basketball Association Championship inFULL STORY

Ancient sport of wrestling rises to modern challenge

The ancient sport of wrestling yesterday agreed a wholesale shake-up of its rules to make the sport more attractive for spectators, in a desperate last throw to stave off the threat of being axed from the Olympic Games from 2020. The decision of the International OlympicFULL STORY

Novak Djokovic crumbles against Berdych in Rome

Czech Tomas Berdych snapped a run of 11 consecutive defeats by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the semi-finals of the Rome Masters, before Rafael Nadal was stretched to the limit against David Ferrer on Friday. Berdych clawed his way back from a 6-2, 5-2FULL STORY

Hat-trick by Crosby leads Penguins over Senators

Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby scored his second career playoff hat-trick to give the Penguins a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Friday, and a 2-0 lead in the NHL Eastern Conference semi-finals. Brenden Morrow added his first playoff goal in more than five years and TomasFULL STORY

Bradley keeps Byron Nelson lead

Former champion Keegan Bradley maintained a three-shot lead in Friday’s second round of the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, after grinding his way to a one-under-par 69 in increasingly tricky conditions. Three ahead of the chasing pack overnight after opening with a blistering course recordFULL STORY

Pakistan cruise to victory over Scotland in first ODI

Pakistan cruised to a 96-run victory over Scotland in Friday’s one-day international (ODI) in Edinburgh despite the record-breaking efforts of Majid Haq. Scotland spinner Haq went into the clash at the Grange level with John Blain on 41 ODI wickets and he shattered that record asFULL STORY

Atletico stun Real to win Copa del Rey

Atletico Madrid stunned city rivals Real Madrid to win their 10th Copa del Rey when Miranda’s extra-time header secured a 2-1 comeback win in an action-packed and ill-tempered clash at the Bernabeu on Friday in which Real coach Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo were bothFULL STORY

Mark Cavendish sprints to fourth victory at Giro

Mark Cavendish claimed his fourth win of the 96th Giro d’Italia on Friday after sprinting to victory in the 13th stage, at 254km the longest of the race, from Busseto to Cherasco. Italian Vincenzo Nibali remained in the race leader’s pink jersey with Australia’s Cadel EvansFULL STORY

Jones knocks out Lebedev to reclaim crown

Former champion Guillermo Jones of Panama stopped title holder Denis Lebedev with seconds remaining in the 11th round to reclaim his WBA cruiserweight crown from the Russian on Friday. Earlier, Alexander Povetkin knocked out previously undefeated challenger Andrzej Wawrzyk in the third round to retain hisFULL STORY

LPGA: Korda claims one-shot lead in Alabama classic

Jessica Korda had seven birdies in her seven-under-par 65 on Friday to seize a one-shot second-round lead over surging Hall of Famer Karrie Webb in the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. Korda built a 36-hole total of 13-under 131, while Australia’s Webb climbed up the leaderboard withFULL STORY

Reigning champion Zhang powers into table tennis last 16

Reigning champion Zhang Jike of China eased through to the last 16 of the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Friday after seeing off compatriot Fan Zhendong. The fourth seed and Olympic title-holder cruised to an 11-9, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 victory over world No. 38FULL STORY

SPORTS BRIEFS

RUGBY UNION Leinster win fourth title Leinster shrugged off the injury absence of star center Brian O’Driscoll to beat Stade Francais 34-13 on Friday to clinch the European Challenge Cup. It was the Irish side’s fourth continental title to add to their 2009, 2011 and last year’sFULL STORY

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