AMERICAN FOOTBALL: San Diego running back LaDainian Tomlinson took the league lead with 1,418 yards as the playoff-bound Chargers beat the Broncos
LaDainian Tomlinson took over the NFL rushing lead, got his fourth straight 100-yard game and called it a night.

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The Australian cricket team's preparation for the first Test against India beginning today was sideswiped by criticism from former players. Vice captain Adam Gilchrist says his side is "a little bit sick" of it.

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Scott Skiles was fired on Monday as coach of the Chicago Bulls, who have one of the worst records in the Eastern Conference.

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SETTING SAIL: Englishman Mike Slade and unfavorable wind conditions could conspire to foil the `Wild Oats' crew's dream of a record-equaling third straight victory
Wild Oats XI will attempt to do what no other yacht has done since 1948 -- win the Sydney to Hobart race three years in a row.

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has always had its doomsayers. Well, maybe not always, but certainly in the past several decades. For one reason or another, baseball has been a dying sport. Except it has never died. And it's not about to die now because of the Mitchell report.

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Japan's sumo authority yesterday forced controversial grand champion Asashoryu to give up his wish to spend New Year's Day with his children in his native Mongolia.

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ON TOP: The team's home wins against Chelsea and Tottenham proved they have the clout for their first title since 2004, but Man Utd could send them packing
Arsene Wenger is already counting down the days until the end of the season as Arsenal try to hold onto their position on top of the Premier League.

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By the end of a year where Australia continued to remain supreme as the leading Test and one-day side, it was easy to think little had changed in world cricket.

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Celtic defender Lee Naylor is aiming to make Dundee United suffer on Boxing Day for the Parkhead club's recent run of poor results.

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You won't find Lamborghinis or Bentleys in the car park at Field Mill, the humble home of Mansfield Town, the soccer team spending Christmas propping up the English league.

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The International Cycling Union (UCI) is facing a logistical race against the clock to implement the new "biological passport" in time for next year's season.

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