TEEN QUEEN: The 14-year-old sensation overcame Meghann Shaughnessy, who is nearly twice her age and has five career WTA Tour titles to her credit
Portuguese teen phenom Michelle Larcher de Brito booked a shot at Slovakian 16th seed Daniela Hantuchova with a first-round victory at the US$6.9 million Sony Ericsson Open on Wednesday.

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By Paul Huang
Late-game miscues cost the Chinatrust Whales a pair of one-run losses against the La New Bears in Kaohsiung on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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By Marc Langer
German Benjamin Diemer of the Merida Europe Team blasted ahead in the last 500m of the fifth stage of the Tour de Taiwan yesterday, winning the day's 99km course in a time of 2:17.36.

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The widow of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer does not rule out murder as the cause of his death.

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Brian Joubert became the first Frenchman in 42 years to win the world title by taking the men's event at the World Figure Skating Championships yesterday, while Bulgarians lead in a close ice dancing contest.

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FITTING TRIBUTE: An emotional Inzamam-ul-Haq said farewell to one-day international cricket after helping his side to a crushing victory over Zimbabwe
Pakistan rallied around Inzamam-ul-Haq to ensure his last match was a proper tribute for dead coach Bob Woolmer and not another debacle.

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KEY PLAYER: The Bayern Munich star has battled back from a broken leg and will be helping England try to get their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign back on track tomorrow
It is indicative of how far Owen Hargreaves's international stock has risen over the last year that he knows he will walk straight back into the England side for their Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel in Tel Aviv tomorrow.

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J-League champions Urawa Red Diamonds came back from two goals down to draw with Sydney FC as Kawasaki Frontale's blushes were spared by a late own goal in the AFC Champions League on Wednesday.

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He says his love for David Hasselhoff is typically German but his hairstyle isn't.

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Former Republic of Ireland captain and now Sunderland manager Roy Keane launched a second broadside at his former teammates on Wednesday just days ahead of their Euro 2008 qualifier with Wales.

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DIVING DANGERMAN: The Canadian made a good start to his world championship defense, saying he wasn't prepared to give the Chinese too much respect
Alexandre Despatie caused a few double-takes at the world championships yesterday. As in, the Canadian was leading a diving event and a couple of Chinese were trailing.

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Australia's anti-doping agency will conduct tests on a clear liquid found in a hotel hosting a number of teams attending the world swimming championships.

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New Zealand's 22 top All Blacks will return to the Super 14 rugby competition from today, in a trickle or a flood depending on the degree of urgency felt by their teams.

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Roger Federer took on a rare sideshow role as he followed a practice round with golfing buddy Tiger Woods prior to resuming preparation for the Miami Masters which began on Wednesday.

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While not directly indicating that Wednesday's world pairs figure skating title would be their third and last competition, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo said it might be a long time before they compete again.

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■ Winter Olympics
Greenpeace bid rejected
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