MOVING ON: The Reds will advance to the next round along with Lazio, who beat Dinamo Bucharest, and Rangers, who beat Red Star Belgrade on aggregate
Five-time European champion Liverpool beat Toulouse 4-0 to complete its qualification for the group stage of the Champions League on Tuesday.

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Liu Xiang burst onto the world championships stage yesterday with a solid 110m hurdles heat as a tired Veronica Campbell bounced back in her bid for a sprint double.

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By Paul Huang
Peng "Chia Chia" Cheng-min snapped a 27-game home run drought with his 17th blast of the year, but it was not enough to carry the Brother Elephants to victory in Sinjhuang on Tuesday as they lost 4-3 to the La New Bears for their third loss in as many games.

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Maria Sharapova opened the defense of her US Open crown in commanding style on Tuesday by overpowering Italy's Roberta Vinci 6-0, 6-1 in less than an hour.

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HOT STREAK: New York pitcher Andy Pettitte won his sixth straight start and improved his record to 8-1 in the 10 starts that he has made since the All-Star break
Johnny Damon hit the tiebreaking home run against his former team, halting another Yankees slide in New York's 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.

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Sunderland suffered an embarrassing League Cup second round exit as Roy Keane's side lost 3-0 at Luton on Tuesday.

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The US and Argentina clinched semi-final berths in the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament on Tuesday to remain unbeaten in the competition.

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Former South African World Cup-winning flyhalf Joel Stransky is backing the three southern hemisphere powers as well as hosts, France, to make the biggest impact at this year's World Cup, which kicks off on Sept. 7.

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Yi Jianlian is going to play for the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks after all.

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