NEAR MISS: Taiwan's Jimmy Wang took the first set of what was only his second career semi-final, but in the end his Russian opponent showed his class to win
Sixth seed Dmitry Tursunov survived a scare to reach the Thailand Open semi-finals after beating Taiwanese wildcard Jimmy Wang 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 yesterday.

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Formula One rookie Lewis Hamilton has fanned the flames of his row with teammate Fernando Alonso by claiming that McLaren would prefer him to win the world championship.

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The Americans got off to a near-perfect start on Thursday in the Presidents Cup, getting superb play from veterans and rookies alike in winning five-and-a-half points out of the six alternate-shot matches at Royal Montreal.

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Arsenal's title-winning credentials face a tough test at the hands of West Ham today and even Gunners boss Arsene Wenger admits an exam in east London provides an ideal test of whether his young squad are ready to reclaim the Premier League title.

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Lorena Ochoa opened her bid for a fourth straight victory on the US LPGA Tour with a six-under 66 on Thursday, but Stacy Prammanasudh took the lead with a late-afternoon 63 in the first round of the inaugural Navistar LPGA Classic.

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PHENOM: Rookie reliever Joba Chamberlain pitched on consecutive days for the first time and escaped a jam with runners on first and second in the eighth
Phil Hughes allowed four hits in seven innings and Jose Molina delivered a two-run single to lead the New York Yankees over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 3-1 in the American League on Thursday.

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French teammates Raphael Jacquelin and Gregory Havret led Continental Europe to a 3-2 fourballs win over Britain and Ireland on Thursday at the Seve Trophy tournament.

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The National Hockey League stood out this summer by simply laying low.

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Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre is poised to rewrite the NFL record book yet again tomorrow when he takes his surprising Packers to Minnesota.

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SUPER SUBS: Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster attributed his side's win against struggling Real Betis to the second half introduction of Arjen Robben and Robinho
Julio Baptista scored with an overhead kick and Raul Gonzalez converted a penalty to move Real Madrid back atop the Spanish league with a 2-0 victory over Real Betis on Thursday.

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A GOALIE SCORNED: Hope Solo said Greg Ryan was living `in the past' and said she would have saved the goals her replacement conceded on Thursday
Ousted US goalkeeper Hope Solo aimed furious criticism at coach Greg Ryan after her replacement's bungling display in the World Cup semi-final hammering by Brazil.

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Ireland prop Simon Best has been ruled out of the Rugby World Cup after doctors diagnosed on Thursday that a cardiac problem led to a sudden loss of sensation down the right side of his body.

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Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca withdrew from the world championships on Thursday because of doping allegations, hours after the host city opened court proceedings to keep Paolo Bettini out of the road race.

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Jermain Taylor defends his World Boxing Council middleweight title against Kelly Pavlik in a battle of unbeatens today.

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SMOKING: Taiwan's first player to play in the US major leagues went 2-for-3 to lift his league-leading batting average to .381 and near the .387 record
By Paul Huang
Chen Chin-fong's run-scoring triple in the bottom of the third put the La New Bears ahead 3-0 as they held off two late-game surges by the Macoto Cobras to win by a slim 3-2 margin in Kaohsiung on Thursday evening.

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