TEAM EFFORT: Chen Chin-fong's red-hot hitting form continued and Taiwan proved far too strong for Spain, with skipper Kuo Tai-yuan praising his bullpen · Team Taiwan doubled up on Spain in round-one action of the Baseball World Cup 2007 yesterday with an 8-4 triumph in Taichung to improve to a Group A-leading 3-0 mark.
BY PAUL HUANG
Team Taiwan doubled up on Spain in round-one action of the Baseball World Cup 2007 yesterday with an 8-4 triumph in Taichung to improve to a Group A-leading 3-0 mark.

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By Paul Huang
South Korea's SK Wyverns made it look easy against the President Lions last night with a 13-1 trouncing of the Chinese Professional Baseball League champs to qualify for today's title game against Japan's Chunichi Dragons in the Konami Cup Asia Series in Tokyo, Japan.

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L.A. STORY: Bryant scored 30 points to leave Minnesota winless, while in Houston's big China match-up Yao Ming's Rockets took the spoils against Yi Jianlian's Bucks
Kobe Bryant scored 30 points and Lamar Odom had 18 points and 10 rebounds in his season debut on Friday night to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 107-93 victory over the winless Minnesota Timberwolves.

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BITTER-SWEET: Etoile Sahel's victory means the trophy will return to Tunisia after a 131-year absence, but the players were bombarded with chairs by Egyptian fans
Etoile Sahel of Tunisia stunned title holders Al-Ahly of Egypt 3-1 on Friday to win a first African Champions League title.

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Phil Mickelson took a two-stroke lead after the third round of the HSBC Champions event yesterday to give himself a big chance of winning for the first time in 14 years on foreign soil.

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Oscar De La Hoya is no stranger to boxing's hype machine. Six months ago, for his fight against Floyd Mayweather, he was part of one of the most intense promotions the sport had seen.

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England's European Championship campaign is hanging by a fine thread. That hasn't stopped Steve McClaren from forecasting a bright future for the team -- which includes him at the helm.

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Philadelphia shortstop Jimmy Rollins, New York Mets third baseman David Wright and Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki won Silver Slugger awards on Friday, complementing the Gold Gloves they earned earlier this week.

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Tomas Holmstrom broke a second-period tie with a power-play goal and Dominik Hasek made 15 saves to help the Detroit Red Wings win their ninth straight NHL game 4-1 over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.

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Speedskater Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada set the world record for 500m and Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands tied the record for the 1,500m in the World Cup at Utah Olympic Oval on Friday.

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Glasgow is to host the Common-wealth Games in seven years' time after overcoming a powerful and emotional campaign by the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to become the first African city to stage the event.

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Hong Kong is planning to spend up to US$20 million to stir up Olympic fever in the Chinese territory and abroad ahead of next year's Beijing Games, an official said yesterday.

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RECORD-BREAKER: In notching his 28th Test century, South Africa's Jacques Kallis became the eighth batsman in Test history to score 9,000 runs
Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla hit centuries as they took South Africa towards an indomitable position on the third day of the first Test against New Zealand at the Wanderers Stadium yesterday.

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Tayibba Haneef-Park scored a team-high 17 points as the US rallied from a game down yesterday to defeat Thailand and stay undefeated at the volleyball Women's World Cup.

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Alessio di Mauro was suspended for nine months yesterday for betting on tennis matches, becoming the first player to be sanctioned under the ATP's new anti-corruption rules.

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