Manchester City edged defending champion Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday, giving Sven-Goran Eriksson his third-straight shutout as a Premier League manager and a two-point lead at the top of the standings.

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HERE WE GO AGAIN: Real Madrid's defeat at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium represents a setback for new German coach Bernd Schuster
Frederic Kanoute scored a hat trick and Renato added two more goals for Sevilla to beat Real Madrid 5-3 and lift the Spanish Supercup for the first time on Sunday.

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Johan Santana finished with a franchise-record 17 strikeouts in eight innings to lead the Minnesota Twins past the Texas Rangers 1-0 in the American League on Sunday.

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Allrounder Abdul Razzaq quit international cricket yesterday after selectors left him out of Pakistan's squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.

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Koji Murofushi is the best title bet for hosts Japan at the athletics world championships, but the hammer throw Olympic champion insists that the season highlight isn't about winning alone.

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THE TRADITION: Despite suffering from back problems and having been unable to finish in the top 10 at a tournament this season, McNulty dominated in Oregon
Mark McNulty coolly shot a 68 to win The Tradition by five strokes on Sunday, his first victory in a golf major.

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Lorena Ochoa won the Canadian Women's Open for her second straight victory and fifth of the season, closing with a 2-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Paula Creamer on Sunday.

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Lamine Diack stands for re-election as president at the Congress of the world governing athletics body IAAF tomorrow and Thursday, with doping another main topic on the agenda.

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Lin Dan (林丹), fresh from winning the world badminton championships, will turn his steely focus to next year's Beijing Olympics, where hosts China plan to dominate the courts.

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Rookie Brandt Snedeker won for the first time on the US PGA Tour, shooting a 9-under 63 for a two-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday.

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OMINOUS SIGNS: The World No. 1 completed the perfect tune-up for the US Open by blitzing James Blake to win the Cincinnati Masters in Ohio
World No. 1 Roger Federer began and ended with aces to hammer home a 6-1, 6-4 victory over James Blake in the final of the Cincinnati Masters to win the 50th title of his career on Sunday.

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Between the haka and the kick off, Jerry Collins moves away from his All Blacks teammates, goes down on one knee and offers a silent prayer.

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Justine Henin won her second Rogers Cup with a 7-6 (3), 7-5 victory over Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and revealed she almost didn't start in Sunday's final.

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Casey Stoner led from start to finish on Sunday to win the Czech Grand Prix and extend his lead in the MotoGP championship standings to 60 points with six races to go.

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