MILESTONE: Adam Gilchrist overtook Ian Healy as the Australian wicketkeeper with the most dismissals after catching Indian opener Wasim Jaffer off Brett Lee
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
Australia inflicted one of India's heaviest Test defeats yesterday, winning the opening match of the four-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series by 337 runs on the fourth day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

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Fulham have appointed former Inter Milan and Blackburn Rovers boss Roy Hodgson as their new manager, the Premier League club announced on Friday.

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South African batsman Jacques Kallis reached an undefeated 77 at tea yesterday to guide South Africa to 138-4 on the fourth day of the first of three Tests against the West Indies.

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US yacht Rosebud has taken handicap honors in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

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WINNING STREAK: Dwyane Wade's 48 points were not enough for the Heat, while in Portland the Trail Blazers got their 12th straight win at the Timberwolves' expense
Even a career-high 48 points by Dwyane Wade was not enough for Miami to beat Orlando Magic on Friday.

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With Stephon Marbury still missing and after weeks of questioning his players' fortitude, coach Isiah Thomas finally found a fighter among the Knicks on Friday.

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Denise Karbon could easily gloat after notching her third giant slalom win in three races.

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By Paul Huang
Chen "Airman" Hsin-an played the entire game with 27 points and Lee Chih-yi found his shooting touch to score 17 in his best game of the season to help the Yulon Dinos defeat the dmedia Numen 84-78 at the National Taiwan College of Physical Education in Taichung on Friday night.

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Guillaume Latendresse, Michael Ryder and Christopher Higgins scored on the first three shots of the game as the Montreal Canadiens went on to a 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night.

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SVEN-GORAN SPEAKS: The Dane could line up at Eastlands today in a match in which Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson expects Steve Gerrard to play a crucial role
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is set to recall Daniel Agger if Sami Hyypia fails to recover in time to feature at Manchester City today.

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REWARD: Rugby star Jason Robinson was awarded the Order of the British Empire to go with the British Empire Medal he received after England's World Cup win in 2003
England's surprise appearance in the World Cup final saw coach Brian Ashton and retired star back Jason Robinson awarded honors by Queen Elizabeth II in the New Year Honors List.

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Robert Guerrero's world is calm during his dawn training runs in the Diablo Range's rambling foothills. The IBF featherweight champion relishes the daily grind of roadwork amid the faint garlic aroma that always hangs in his hometown's cool air.

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Organizers gave the green light on Friday for the 30th Dakar Rally to proceed as planned through the African state of Mauritania despite security fears prompted by recent al-Qaeda- linked attacks.

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Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was charged Friday with common assault and affray by Merseyside Police and will spend New Year's Eve in jail.

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