IN A DOGFIGHT: The loss by the Taiwanese side means that the pressure will be on Jimmy Wang and Lu Yen-hsun in today's reverse singles matches
By Tony Phillips
Taiwan's Davis Cup future remained undecided yesterday after doubles pair Chen Ti (陳迪) and Yi Chu-huan (易楚寰) lost to China's Yu Xinyuan (于欣源) and Zeng Shaoxuan (曾少眩) 6-7, 6-4, 5-7, 3-6 in Taipei yesterday.

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By Paul Huang
Hsu Guo-long's two-run double with two outs scored the game-winning run for the Sinon Bulls as they racked up four base hits and two walks in a four-run seventh to rally past the La New Bears in a 6-5 victory on the road in Kaohsiung on Friday night.

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By Paul Huang
Play started again in the Super Basketball League on Friday evening after a two-week break for the University Basketball Association's annual tournament, with the Azio Eagles beating up on Bank of Taiwan in an 104-99 overtime win at the Taipei County Stadium in Sinjhuang.

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TENNIS

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CLASH OF THE TEENS: Seeking to win her first WTA title, the semi-finals will see the young Frenchwoman meet 19-year-old Ana Ivanovic, who ousted Jelena Jankovic
French teenager Tatiana Golovin outserved Venus Williams to win their quarter-final 6-2, 6-3 at the Bausch & Lomb Championships on Friday.

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Tiger Woods scrambled to salvage his hopes for a third consecutive major title here on Friday while an unlikely group of leaders struggled to stay under par in the second round of the 71st Masters.

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REWARDED: Sitiveni Sivavatu repayed his coach for bold team selection by scoring two tries in a win that kept his team in with a chance of making the semis
The Waikato Chiefs kept their slim Super 14 semi-final hopes alive with a 38-34 win over the Otago Highlanders in a 10-try scoring bonanza yesterday.

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Center Isaia Toeava had a hand in three tries as the first-place Auckland Blues moved nine points clear in Super 14 rugby with a 26-8 win over South Africa's Cheetahs on Friday.

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PIVOTAL: Skipper Michael Vaughan's squad will need to be firing on all cylinders if they are to avoid a defeat that would all but end England's World Cup hopes
England head into today's Super Eights clash with defending champions Australia knowing defeat will deal a huge blow to their hopes of reaching the World Cup semi-finals.

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Like a slumbering relic of bygone colonial days, Guyana's famed Bourda cricket ground is crumbling slowly, the victim of modernization and of demand for gleaming new stadiums.

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Everton scored three goals in a 20-minute span to beat Fulham 4-1 in the English Premier League on Friday.

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BIG TURNAROUND: After beginning the season with a 2-8 start that appeared to doom any playoff hopes, Toronto has come roaring back to win 43 games
Chris Bosh had 23 points and 13 rebounds for his seventh straight double-double to help the Toronto Raptors win their first NBA division title by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 94-85 on Friday.

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American League

Sammy Sosa had a bloop RBI single in the first inning when he was trying to check his swing and the Texas Rangers went on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 in the Rangers' home opener on Friday.

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James Blake handed the US a 1-0 lead over Davis Cup World Group quarter-final rivals Spain on Friday with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tommy Robredo.

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Ilya Kovalchuk, Pascal Dupuis and Marian Hossa scored to lead the Atlanta Thrashers over the Carolina Hurricanes 4-1 and to their first NHL division title on Friday.

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■ Sailing
`Alinghi' wins third straight
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