DOMINANT: A strong showing from Detroit's starter shut down the slumping White Sox as he gave up only four hits, walked one and struck out two in his seven innings
American League

Kenny Rogers dominated for seven innings and was backed by Marcus Thames' solo homer and RBI triple in the Detroit Tigers' 4-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, its second straight victory in a possibly pivotal four-game series.

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Olympic and World champion sprinter Justin Gatlin has accepted an eight-year ban for a second doping offence, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced yesterday.

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UNCONVINCING: The European Champions from two seasons ago made it through to this year's group stages thanks to striker Peter Crouch's first European goal
Liverpool scraped through to the Champions League group stages after a less than convincing 3-2 aggregate victory following a 1-1 draw against Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday.

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CRICKET IN CRISIS: The Australian official said that he believes he did the right thing by accusing Pakistan of cheating and that he would not be forced out of cricket
Veteran Australian umpire Darrell Hair stood by his decision to call Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq for ball tampering in the fourth Test with England on Tuesday but accepted that if he was found to be in the wrong he would accept the decision.

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The centuries-old Malay ball game sepak takraw should be promoted internationally and become an Olympic sport, Malaysia's deputy prime minister was quoted yesterday as saying.

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Chile to probe match fixing
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