UNFORTUNATE: Sri Lanka, who needed a world record second innings total, weren't helped by an umpiring mistake that saw Kumar Sangakkara unfairly dismissed
Brett Lee finished off Sri Lanka's prolonged resistance yesterday, leading Australia to a series sweep and a 14th consecutive Test win.

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The world's former No. 1 tennis player was no match for the current champion when they met on court yesterday for only the second time.

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Less than three months out from their World Cup qualifying campaigns, four of Asia's top five teams are rudderless, desperately searching for coaches to steer them to the finals.

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Israel Rodriguez scored 19 points yesterday as Spain rallied from a set down to beat the US at the men's volleyball World Cup.

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LUCK OF THE IRISH: England need only a draw, but If Northern Ireland are to qualify today they need to beat Spain and pray that Latvia `do an Israel' by defeating Sweden
The cast list for Euro 2008 will in all likelihood be completed today with England, Northern Ireland and Portugal among those nations scrapping it out for one of the four remaining places.

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Beijing is seeking women presenters for medals ceremonies at the next year's Olympics -- but only those who are tall and thin need apply.

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Nearly 30,000 soccer fans attended Monday's fifth edition of the Match Against Poverty organized here by soccer legends Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo as part of their work with the UN Development Program (UNDP).

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Jake White, South Africa's World Cup-winning coach, played down suggestions on Monday that he would be replacing Brian Ashton next month as the man in charge of England, although he didn't rule himself out of the job at some point in the future.

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Former Great Britain rugby league captain Mike Gregory died aged 43 on Monday after a long illness.

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DECISIVE RUN: Gerald Wallace of North Carolina scored 27 points for the third consecutive game against the Trail Blazers, while the Jazz beat the Nets by 27 points
Dwight Howard had 24 points and 15 rebounds and Rashard Lewis scored 19 to lift the Orlando Magic to a second straight impressive victory, 95-88 over the New Orleans Hornets on Monday.

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Jay Cutler threw touchdown passes of 41 and 48 yards and little-known Glenn Martinez and Andre Hall added to Denver's slew of big scoring plays on Monday in a 34-20 victory over the Tennessee Titans.

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Todd White scored a power-play goal with 2:11 left in overtime to give the Atlanta Thrashers a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday.

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Mike Tyson was sentenced on Monday to 24 hours in jail and three years' probation for cocaine possession and driving under the influence.

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Alex Rodriguez, set to sign a blockbuster new deal with the New York Yankees, won his third American League Most Valuable Player Award on Monday after a dominating Major League Baseball season.

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In an apparent attempt to speed his return to football, Michael Vick began serving time in prison on Monday, more than three weeks before he is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to federal dogfighting charges.

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