LUCK OUT FOR IRISH: Ireland needed to score four tries against Argentina to stand any chance of World Cup survival, but in the end they could only manage two
Ireland's nightmare World Cup campaign came to an end on Sunday as Argentina clinched a 30-15 win which put the Pumas into the quarter-finals where they will face Scotland.

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David Moyes has challenged his Everton players to continue their resurgence in Thursday's crucial UEFA Cup clash against Metalist Kharkiv.

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On a rain-affected day, Taiwan's No.1 male tennis player Lu Yen-hsun fought off a ferocious challenge from Asian Games gold medalist Danai Udomchoke to move into the Japan Open second round yesterday.

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South Africa's 64-15 World Cup win over the US was overshadowed on Sunday when the Springboks lost prop BJ Botha for the rest of the tournament with a knee injury.

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Outside-half Lionel Beauxis steered France to a 64-7 win over Georgia in their final Pool D match on Sunday to book the World Cup hosts a place in the quarter-finals.

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Jacques Kallis hit an unbeaten century yesterday to put South Africa in a strong position after day one of the first Test.

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STRONG CHALLENGE: The league leaders were often made to look second best by a Getafe team that rattled the woodwork and frequently controlled the match
Sergio Ramos' goal on Sunday helped Real Madrid edge struggling Getafe 1-0 to move to the top of the La Liga table.

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Lewis Hamilton moved to the brink of making Formula One history -- with a little help from the weather.

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AC Milan's winless streak in Serie A reached five games following a 1-1 draw with Catania on Sunday.

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Fleet-footed Marta might have been voted player of the tournament, but she was crestfallen after missing a vital penalty in the World Cup final against Germany.

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Ronaldinho's return after what was whispered to be an enforced team sidelining by Barcelona is likely to spell bad news for German champions VfB Stuttgart.

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UP FOR GRABS: Colorado was scheduled to meet San Diego yesterday in a mini-playoff to determine which team would secure the last NL postseason berth
At Denver, Matt Holliday set up Colorado's go-ahead, three-run burst in the eighth inning and Manny Corpas held off Arizona's ninth-inning rally as the Rockies won 4-3 to force the first tiebreaker for a wild card spot since 1999.

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BY PAUL HUANG
Nee Fu-deh had a career night against the President Lions in Sinjhuang on Sunday when he three-hit the league leaders in a 1-0 complete-game shutout to hand the Lions their third loss in a row.

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Phil Mickelson, Scott Verplank and Stewart Cink won the deciding matches on Sunday to bring the US their first Presidents Cup victory over the Internationals off home soil by a score of 19.5 to 14.5.

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Brett Favre broke Dan Marino's NFL record for career touchdown passes, sparking the unbeaten Packers to a 23-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.

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