COOL CHAMPIONS: Following on the heels of Calgary and Edmonton, Ottawa became the third consecutive Canadian team to lose to a US club from the sun belt
The Anaheim Ducks captured their first National Hockey League title in their 14-year history with a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night, ending the series in five games in front of the home folks yet again.

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Novak Djokovic hit delicate drop shots and 200kph serves, thunderous forehands and sharply angled backhands, mixing strokes so well even the relentless Rafael Nadal struggled to chase them down.

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MAJOR LEAGUES: Wang Chien-ming pitched a five-hitter for New York's first nine-inning complete game since he defeated Tampa Bay last summer
The New York Yankees beat the slumping Chicago White Sox for the second straight time on Wednesday, riding Wang Chien-ming (王建民) of Taiwan's complete game to a comfortable 5-1 victory.

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Emirates Team New Zealand is out to settle a score with defending champion Alinghi in the America's Cup.

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Headphones tilted back on his head, LeBron James walked the Cleveland Cavaliers through the shadowy tunnel and into the arena's gleaming lights -- and their first NBA finals.

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DAVIDS' DELIGHT: David Beckham created two of England's goals as they beat Estonia 3-0, while David Villa scored a brace as Spain beat Liechtenstein
David Beckham and David Villa produced outstanding individual performances to put England and Spain respectively firmly back in the hunt for places at Euro 2008 on Wednesday.

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The newspaper England captain Michael Vaughan accused of misquoting him placed an audio excerpt of its interview with Vaughan on the Internet yesterday, contradicting the cricketer's assertion that his remarks about a teammate were blown out of proportion.

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A refreshed Lote Tuqiri is looking forward to resuming his international rugby union career against the nation he once captained at rugby league when Australia take on Fiji tomorrow.

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Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's ousted prime minister who is bidding for Manchester City, said yesterday he hoped to inspire poor Asian children by owning an English soccer club.

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Shaun Pollock smashed a maiden one-day century, but failed to stop Asia from posting a 34-run win over Africa in the first match of the Afro-Asia cricket series on Wednesday.

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The All Blacks are poised to break the world record for consecutive home Test wins when they play France tomorrow, but a spiteful war of words is threatening to take the gloss off the performance.

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