JUMPING JOY: The US took gold and bronze in the men's 200m while long-jumper Irving Saladino won Panama's first-ever world championship gold medal
American Tyson Gay won the 200m in 19.76 seconds yesterday to complete a sprint double at the track and field world championships.

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Rafael Nadal struggled on a sore left knee past unheralded Australian Alun Jones on Wednesday to reach the second round of the US Open, but his bid for a third Grand Slam final in a row appears doomed.

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BITTERSWEET: The British press was divided in its reaction to the win, as Christine Ohuruogu was previously suspended for missing three dope tests
Controversial athlete Christine Ohuruogu hit back at her critics after returning from a drugs ban to win Britain's first ever women's world 400m title.

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Bernard Lagat's first thoughts turned to his dead brother-in-law after he won a tactical 1,500m battle to hand the US a rare middle-distance gold medal.

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Springbok coach Jake White is sweating on the fitness of center Jean de Villiers before South Africa leave for the World Cup on Monday.

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Jonny Wilkinson, in the Hollywood film of his life, would have kicked that World Cup-winning drop-goal against Australia and promptly announced his retirement. After all, how could he top that?

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CLEANING UP: Stanislav Vlcek was the hero for Slavia, scoring twice to send his team into the Champions League group stage for the first time
Four-time European champions Ajax failed to reach the European Champions League group stage for the second consecutive season, eliminated by Slavia Prague in qualifying.

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David Beckham is in major doubt for England's two upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers after straining knee ligaments while playing for Los Angeles Galaxy in the Super Liga final on Wednesday.

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STILL UNBEATEN: LeBron James led five US players in double figures against Uruguay, while Argentina overcame defending Olympic champions Brazil to remain undefeated
Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James put on a show worthy of Las Vegas on Wednesday, scoring 26 points in the US' 118-79 victory over Uruguay in the FIBA Americas Olympic qualifying tournament.

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The Mets' Marlon Anderson was ruled out on a game-ending interference call at second base, negating a possible tying run and giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 3-2 win over New York on Wednesday.

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BY PAUL HUANG
Chen "the Golden Warrior" Chih-yuan homered and drove in six runs to tie a career-high for most RBIs in a single game as the Brother Elephants snapped a three-game losing skid by topping the La New Bears 9-6 in Hsinchu on Wednesday evening.

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Their matches were separated by a few hundred meters on Wednesday, but the gap between Serena Williams and Ahsha Rolle might as well be measured in light-years.

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