NO MERCY:: The speedy North Koreans took full advantage of a period when US striker Abby Wambach was off the field injured, scoring two goals
Heather O'Reilly's goal in the 69th minute lifted the US to a 2-2 draw with North Korea in yesterday's Group B opening game at the women's World Cup.

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Scott Kazmir struck out 10 and allowed just two runners to reach second base in seven innings as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 1-0 on Monday.

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A brilliant free kick by Aya Miyama with five seconds left gave Japan a 2-2 draw with England in the opening game for both in Group A of the women's World Cup yesterday.

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Bayern Munich midfielder Martin Demichelis scored the lone goal of a closely contested international friendly yesterday to give a star-studded Argentina a 1-0 win over Australia.

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ON TOP OF THE WORLD:: The Australia captain received the awards for the cricketer of the year and the captain of the year on the eve of the Twenty20 world championships
Ricky Ponting's Australia received a boost ahead of the Twenty20 world championships starting yesterday when his team swept four of the five top ICC awards.

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Italy will bid to bounce back from their drubbing at the hands of tournament favorites New Zealand with a morale-boosting win over Romania in their second World Cup Pool C game today.

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Japan will roll out their first 15 for their Pool B clash against Fiji on today after their second string suffered a 91-3 thrashing against Australia.

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BY PAUL HUANG
Iba Tomokazu pitched six innings of two-run ball and Chang Jien-ming drove in three runs on a 3-for-5 night with a pair of doubles and a homer to lead the Sinon Bulls to a huge 10-2 win over the Macoto Cobras in Sinjhuang on Monday evening.

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Wins are rare for Tonga at the Rugby World Cup but the Pacific Islanders sense a victory in the offing against the US in their Pool A match today.

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BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Efforts to neutralize France's NBA star Tony Parker bore fruit for Lithuania, who will face Slovenia today for the top spot in Group F
Lithuania limited Tony Parker to 11 points and defeated three-time champion France 88-73 on Monday to remain one of two unbeaten teams at the European Basketball Championship.

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The Cincinnati Bengals parlayed six Baltimore turnovers into 24 points and held on to beat the Ravens 27-20 on Monday in the National Football League season opener for both teams.

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China believes terrorism is the biggest threat facing next year's Olympic Games and has called for closer international cooperation to prevent possible attacks, state media said yesterday.

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The Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett sustained a "catastrophic" and life-threatening spinal-cord injury in Sunday's National Football League game against the Denver Broncos, and his chances of regaining a full range of body motion are very small, an orthopedic surgeon said on Monday.

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