DEADLY VIOLENCE: Italian soccer authorities took drastic action following the death of a policeman during clashes between Catania and Palermo fans on Friday night
All Italian soccer matches were suspended on Friday after a 38-year-old policeman was killed when violence flared during and after the Serie A match between bitter Sicilian rivals Catania and Palermo.

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By Paul Huang
The Yulon Dinos had little trouble disposing of the winless Azio Eagles 84-74 at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Friday night, winning their seventh straight to improve to a 7-2 record for the season.

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Martina Hingis beat defending champion Elena Dementieva yesterday for a place in the final of Japan's Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament against Ana Ivanovic.

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Local favorite Vince Spadea upset defending champion Tommy Haas 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships on Friday.

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SHOWDOWN: A dodgy penalty and strained political ties have contributed to a hostile atmosphere in the build- up to the Asean Cup final
Police in Bangkok will be on high alert today at Thailand's Asean Cup soccer final with Singapore, fearing recently fanned sporting and political rivalries between the two countries could erupt into violence.

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PRIORITIES: Coaches Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy are pals, but they're both more focused on becoming the first black coach to win the NFL's biggest game today
The coaches are best of pals, spiritual soul mates and one of them even goes by the name "Lovie."

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The Boston Celtics lost their 14th consecutive game on Friday, falling 100-89 to Elton Brand and the Los Angeles Clippers and setting a franchise record for futility.

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Kris Draper's short-handed goal with 6:29 left broke a tie and Tomas Holmstrom had two goals and an assist to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the St. Louis Blues on Friday.

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Saying "one incident is too many," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wants players to stay out of trouble and will meet with them to figure out how to do that.

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Eight years ago, Ross Fisher was fetching balls for Tiger Woods on the practice range. Now, the Englishman holds a five-shot lead over the defending champion going into the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic.

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BATTING BLITZ: The South African openers needed only 11.3 overs to knock off Pakistan's total and leave their side in good spirits for today's one day international
Graeme Smith and Loots Bosman pounded the Pakistan bowlers as South Africa raced to a ten-wicket win in a Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday.

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Austrian ace Renate Goetschl will go into the world championships super-G hoping to forget her memories of the Swedish resort which ruined her World Cup campaign in 2001.

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HARD MAN: Even concussion couldn't stop Stirling Mortlock from helping the Australian side to victory against their Kiwi counterparts in Hamilton yesterday
Wallabies Stirling Mortlock and Clyde Rathbone scored tries on either side of half-time as the ACT Brumbies beat the Waikato Chiefs 21-15 in their Super 14 rugby match yesterday.

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A change of coach brought no improvement for Bayern Munich, who lost 3-0 at Nuremberg on Friday in Ottmar Hitzfeld's first game in charge since he returned to his former club.

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It takes only minutes to walk from Cardiff's St Mary's Street to the Millennium Stadium. But it will have taken James Hook two years to make that journey by the time the 21-year-old center makes his Six Nations debut against Ireland in the Welsh capital today.

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Typhoid strikes spinner
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