UNBLEMISHED: The Belgian maintained her unbeaten record against Ana Ivanovic, while in the men's tournament Radek Stapanek reached the semis
World No. 1 Justine Henin stretched her winning streak to 27 matches as she defeated fourth-ranked Ana Ivanovic to set up a one-versus-two final with Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Sydney International yesterday.

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UNDERDOG: Julien Benneteau set up a semi-final clash with Juan Carlos Ferrero after he made a mockery of the rankings by pulling off a straight sets defeat of Spaniard David Ferrer
Unfancied Frenchman Julien Benneteau sent top seed and defending champion David Ferrer crashing out of the Heineken Open quarter finals in Auckland yesterday.

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Australia cricket captain Ricky Ponting says his parents have received abusive phone calls following the controversial second Test win over India.

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HEARTBREAKER: Spurs felt they deserved to win against a relatively young Arsenal side, but Theo Walcott equalized with nine minutes on the clock
Theo Walcott came to Arsenal's rescue as his late goal frustrated Tottenham and earned a 1-1 draw in the League Cup semi-final first leg in London on Wednesday.

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Newcastle United have parted company with manager Sam Allardyce with immediate effect, the English Premier League side announced in Newcastle on Wednesday.

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Peter de Villiers, who on Wednesday became the first black coach of the South Africa rugby team, has already turned the Springboks into world-beaters in his time in charge of the junior teams.

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Lesley Vainikolo has become the latest player to show that where you are born and which country you represent need not be one and the same thing after the Tongan-born former New Zealand rugby league wing was selected in England's Six Nations rugby union squad.

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Thierry Henry scored and Victor Valdes made a handful of goal-saving stops to earn FC Barcelona a 1-1 draw on Wednesday at Sevilla in the first leg of their fifth-round Copa del Rey match.

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RUN ENDS: An impressive fourth quarter performance by LeBron James wasn't enough to save Cleveland from their first defeat in Atlanta since Nov. 22, 2003
Joe Johnson scored 27 points to lead five Atlanta scorers in double figures and the Hawks held off a late comeback to beat the Cavaliers 90-81 on Wednesday.

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FINGERS CROSSED: Of Asia's female tennis stars, Li Na, Sania Mirza and Ai Sugiyama probably stand the best chance of making an impact at Melbourne
After a year in which they failed to turn promise into any significant success, Asian players have a point to prove at the Australian Open.

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CASUALTY FIGURES: The Blackhawks were without seven regulars as their poor run of recent form stretched to seven games without a win
Stu Barnes scored a go-ahead, short-handed goal with 6:04 left in the third period as the Dallas Stars defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Wednesday.

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Baseball star Roger Clemens, who has denied claims that he took steroids and human growth hormone, will testify under oath before the US Congress next month instead of next week.

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By Paul Huang
Propelling his club back onto the winning track with a terrific weekend of play, dmedia Numen's Jonathan Sanders was selected as the Super Basketball League's Player of the Week for the second time this season.

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