LOCAL HEROES: Chiang Peng-lung and Chang Yen-shu clinched four straight wins to surge into the semis at the World Table Tennis Championships
By Marc Langer
Taiwan saw two of its top players reach the semi-finals at the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, yesterday, with Chiang Peng-lung and Chang Yen-shu winning their first four matches in the men's doubles divisions over the last two days.

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By Paul Huang
Lorenzo Barcelo pitched well into the seventh and Chen Chang-ming knocked in a pair of runs with a pinch-hit triple to lead the Chinatrust Whales past the Brother Elephants in a 5-2 win at Sinjhuang on Wednesday night.

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MAJOR LEAGUES: Philadelphia pulled ahead in the 10th inning after Florida tied the game with a bizarre rally that included two ejections and two defensive gaffes
Abraham Nunez singled home the tie-breaking run in the 10th inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies rebounded after blowing a four-run lead in the ninth inning to beat the Florida Marlins 8-7 on Wednesday.

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Mongolian ozeki Hakuho defeated Kotooshu at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday to stay undefeated and on track for promotion to grand champion.

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Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France beat Varvara Lepchenko of Uzbekistan 6-4, 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the Strasbourg International.

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TAKING IT ON THE CHIN: The Liverpool skipper was disappointed following his team's 2-1 loss to AC Milan in Athens, but vowed the club would bounce back
Steven Gerrard insisted Liverpool would bounce back from the agony of their Champions League final defeat by AC Milan as manager Rafael Benitez warned the club's new owners that major investment is required this summer to keep his side moving forward.

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British entrepreneur Mike Ashley on Wednesday launched a takeover bid for Newcastle United worth ?133 million (US$265 million) after netting almost half of the English Premiership club.

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Emirates Team New Zealand wanted a challenging race. Desafio Espanol gave them one.

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England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was ruled out of the second Test against the West Indies starting at Headingley today.

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AGREEMENT REACHED: Although Alex Ferguson's side have agreed to give Malaysia a miss, the rest of their Asian tour this summer is set to go ahead
Premier League champions Manchester United yesterday bowed to pressure from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and called off their planned match in Malaysia in July.

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South Korea's Seongnam Chunma upset China's Shandong Luneng to seal an AFC Champions League quarter-final place on Wednesday alongside Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds, who ended the hopes of Australia's Sydney FC.

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India's bowling spearhead Anil Kumble is fit to torment Bangladesh as the tourists seek a series win when the second and final Test starts in Dhaka today.

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