GRITTY: The Scottish seen overcame a fall, blisters and his German opponent in Indian Wells to earn a semi-final clash against Serbia's Novak Djokovic

Britain's No 1 Andy Murray had to overcome a nasty fall to post one of the more remarkable comebacks of his career on Friday.

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By Paul Huang
The Azio Eagles pulled off the upset of the year by trouncing the top-ranked Yulon Dinos in a stunning 117-96 win at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium on Friday evening to snap a five-game losing skid.

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Center Craig Bradshaw scored 24 points and Torrell Martin added 20 and a career-high 11 rebounds as Winthrop University beat Notre Dame 74-64 on Friday in the first round of the US college basketball championship tournament.

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Defending champions Sevilla were pitted against two-time winner Tottenham in Friday's draw for the UEFA Cup quarter-finals.

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RUN BLITZ: South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs rewrote the record books in St. Lucia, along with teammate Mark Boucher who scored the fastest World Cup 50
Herschelle Gibbs clobbered his way to a first in international cricket, swatting six sixes in one over on Friday in South Africa's 221-run World Cup win over the Netherlands.

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WATER WORLD: Center court of the Rod Laver Arena has been filled by a 50m pool as the music of swim teams replaces the grunts of tennis starlets
Soothing pop music wafted through Rod Laver Arena where grunts, groans and shrieks are normally heard. Women dressed in floral bathing caps and multicolored nose clips congregated where Roger Federer and Serena Williams held court just seven weeks ago.

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Jose Mourinho insisted he wants to remain Chelsea coach and said he hoped John Terry and Frank Lampard also stay at the club.

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Cameron Shepherd scored a try and kicked three conversions and four penalty goals for a personal total of 23 points as the Western Force beat the Queensland Reds 38-3 in their Super 14 rugby match on Friday.

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MVP NUMBERS: The LA star netted his second-highest scoring game by shooting 23-for-39 from the field and 11-of-12 from the free-throw line in an overtime contest
Kobe Bryant scored 24 of his 65 points in the fourth quarter and added nine more in overtime for Los Angeles, which snapped a seven-game losing streak by defeating the Portland Trailblazers 116-111 on Friday night.

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As Tiger Woods floundered, Rocco Mediate rocketed up the leaderboard on Friday, seizing the halfway lead in the US$5.5 million Arnold Palmer International.

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Major League Baseball may play regular-season games in Australia, South Korea or Taiwan next year or in 2009, the sport's top international official said.

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■ Grand Prix
Raikkonnen secures pole
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