STREAK GOES ON: Martell Webster scored 19 points in Portland, while in Philadelphia Kobe Bryant scored the same number to lead the LA Lakers to a win on the road
Martell Webster scored 19 points to help Portland extend their winning streak to 10 games with a 99-96 victory over Denver on Friday.

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Opener Alastair Cook hit a defiant century before rain washed out the last session to help England draw the final Test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

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Unprecedented demand for tickets to next year's Beijing Olympics means many who want to go will not be able to.

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Arsenal survived a scare against arch-rivals Tottenham Hotspur, who missed a penalty at 1-1, before emerging 2-1 winners in the north London derby yesterday.

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The ATP has suspended Italy's top player, Potito Starace, and Daniele Bracciali for betting on tennis matches.

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NORTH/SOUTH CLASH: Mark Hughes' Blackburn Rovers take on Chelsea at Ewood Park today with the Blues arriving on the back of a League Cup victory over Liverpool
Blackburn began the season dizzy with dreams of gatecrashing the English Premier League's elite. Instead, their inconsistent campaign has left manager Mark Hughes increasingly frustrated.

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Scottish Premier League side Aberdeen have their work cut out in the UEFA Cup knock-out stage after being drawn against 1996 winners Bayern Munich on Friday.

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RUN MACHINE: The star Indian batsman scored 241 not out in the last Test match he played in Australia, in a series which finished all square
Sachin Tendulkar said yesterday India have their best chance of beating Australia on home ground for the first time in the four-Test series beginning in Melbourne with the Boxing Day Test match.

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A Super 14 expansion side of Australians, Argentines and Pacific Islanders playing out of Melbourne could be the key to getting the Pumas into the southern hemisphere's elite competitions, the Australian Rugby Union said on Friday.

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WANG BANG: The Tigers' win over Pure Youth came at a price -- they lost point guard Wang Chih-chuin to an ankle injury that will keep him out for at least a week
By Paul Huang
The favorites had little trouble against the underdogs in the Super Basketball League on Friday night, with the Dacin Tigers topping Pure Youth Construction by a dozen in a 86-74 win and the Yulon Dinos clobbering Bank of Taiwan by a 82-69 margin at the National Taiwan College of Physical Education in Taichung.

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Under a golden sun, Paolo Bettini capped a perfect day for cycling by outracing, outwitting and, finally, outsprinting everyone to win the world road race title.

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Lindsey Vonn of the US won the women's World Cup downill on Friday ahead of Canadian Kelly Vanderbeek and Julia Mancuso, also of the US.

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Jochen Hecht snapped a late third-period tie as Buffalo beat Philadelphia 3-2 on Friday.

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