The San Antonio Spurs had plenty to celebrate on Tuesday -- past and future -- as they launched the 2007-2008 National Basketball Association season with a victory.

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MIXED RESPONSE: FIFA's decision may have pleased Brasilia, but some of the country's poor complained that the government has got its priorities all wrong
State officials draped green-and-yellow banners and huge soccer jerseys from Rio's two most prominent mountains on Tuesday to celebrate Brazil's selection as the host of the 2014 World Cup.

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Twelve days after leading South Africa to a World Cup title triumph, coach Jake White announced yesterday that he is quitting his post.

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BOXING CHAMPS: The US are now 18-5 at this year's event -- good, but some way behind the Russians, who are currently 22-0 at the AIBA 2007 tournament
Bantamweight Gary Russell and featherweight Raynell Williams qualified for the Beijing Olympics with convincing victories and built on the US team's momentum at the World Boxing Championships on Tuesday.

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While many professional coaches from rugby's big guns are probably sunning themselves on a quiet beach after the World Cup, Quddus Fielea is back at his desk at the Tonga Water Board.

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Ernie Els and Lee Westwood have lashed out at the European Tour for "screwing up" their dates by scheduling the season-ending Volvo Masters to clash with the Barclays Singapore Open.

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Brazil, famous for its endless beaches and five World Cup titles, is almost everyone's favorite to repeat as champion when the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup begins tomorrow.

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Playing in Minnesota for the first time in their young careers, Evgeni Malkin scored twice and had an assist, and Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 4-2 victory over the wounded Minnesota Wild on Tuesday.

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Carlton Cole held off defender Arjen de Zeeuw and scored the winner in injury time to give West Ham a spot in the League Cup quarter-finals with a 2-1 victory at Coventry on Tuesday.

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