By Paul Huang
Failure to come up with the timely hits, coupled with the pitchers allowing a pair of homers, cost Taiwan the game against South Korea as the hosts dropped the opener 5-2 at the Asian Baseball Championship in Taichung yesterday afternoon.

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Japan pounded out 16 hits while its pitchers gave up only one hit to beat the Philippines 10-0 yesterday in Taichung.

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By Paul Huang
Exhibition games kicked off the Super Basketball League (SBL) season on Friday evening with Taiwan Beer downing the Dacin Tigers 106-83 in front of a 4,000-plus sellout Hsinchu crowd.

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Justin Rose of England fired a seven-under 65 on Friday which equaled the day's best round, while South Africa's Trevor Immelman signed for a 66 as the pair shared the second round lead on 11-under 133 in the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

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England's Richard Finch shot an eight-under 64 yesterday to take a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the New Zealand Open.

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Australian Adam Groom edged to a one-shot lead after the third round of the Cambodian Open yesterday, with a bunched field still in contention for the event's inaugural title.

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England's pace-spin duo of Matthew Hoggard and Monty Panesar combined to destroy Sri Lanka for 188 on the opening day of the first Test yesterday.

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World No. 2 Lee Chong Wei fought through the pain barrier to reach his third successive Super Series final at the Hong Kong Open yesterday.

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World champions Brazil became the first team to qualify for the Olympics when they defeated Russia in the men's World Cup Volleyball tournament yesterday.

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NUMBER CRUNCHING: Wasim Jaffer completed a double century yesterday while Danish Kaneria almost registered a similar figure in runs conceded during the India innings
VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly hammered robust centuries to take India to a formidable total against Pakistan in the second Test yesterday.

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Steven Nyman added to the high-speed drama of the week. Michael Walchhofer added to the Austrian men's reputation.

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Brendon McCullum and Jamie How pounded the South African bowlers as New Zealand ended a losing streak with an emphatic seven-wicket victory in the second one-day international at St George's Park on Friday.

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CALAMITY: The once dominant side from the Caribbean lost to minnows Zimbabwe after Justice Chibhabha had anchored the home side's innings
The West Indies suffered a shock 31-run defeat to Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club on Friday despite Shivnarine Chanderpaul striking his eighth ODI century, scoring 127 not out.

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South Korea sparked the first major upset of the field hockey Champions Trophy when they defeated world No. 1 Australia 1-0 on Friday.

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A POINT AWAY: James Blake needed three-and-a-half hours to finally subdue Mikhail Youzhny. In contrast, Andy Roddick never gave Dmitry Tursunov a look-in
Andy Roddick and James Blake gave the US a formidable 2-0 lead over defending champions Russia on Friday, putting the Americans one point away from their first Davis Cup crown in 12 years.

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Paul Pierce scored 18 of his 27 points in the first quarter to put Boston on course for a 95-85 win over Miami on Friday.

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Zach Parise had his first three-goal game, Martin Brodeur made 27 saves for his 94th shutout and the New Jersey Devils extended their winning streak to six with a 4-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.

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The Indianapolis Colts hope they got their 10-day break at just the right time. They may need every healthy body to hold off charging Jacksonville in the American Football Conference South.

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Miami-Dade Police Department arrested four people on Friday in connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins safety Sean Taylor.

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