Jason Roberts' last-minute winner secured a 2-1 win for Blackburn Rovers away to local rivals Bolton Wanderers as they battled back from going a goal down in dramatic fashion on Sunday.

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HOMEWARD BOUND: Ninth-seeded Andy Murray lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France, who gave Andy Roddick of the US a tough time in the first round last year.
The first round is about survival, finding that little bit extra when things are not going great and there is an unseeded player across the net, hungry for an upset.

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By Tony Phillips
Taiwanese tennis players enjoyed mixed fortunes on the opening day of the Australian Open in Melbourne yesterday. The nation's sole representative in the men's singles, Lu Yen-hsun, lost a five set marathon to France's Marc Gicquel, while in the women's singles Hsieh Su-wei beat Klara Zakopalova and Chan Yung-jan was defeated by Jill Craybas.

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Ronaldo was the inspiration as AC Milan ended their dismal winless home run with a 5-2 victory over Napoli on a dream night at the San Siro on Sunday.

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Ruud van Nistelrooy scored two late goals as Spanish champions Real Madrid defeated bottom side Levante 2-0 on Sunday to re-establish their seven-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table.

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?: San Diego face the undefeated New England Patriots in the AFC championship, while in the NFC, the Giants will play the Green Bay Packers
Even without LaDainian Tomlinson and Philip Rivers, the San Diego Chargers ousted the Super Bowl champions the Indianapolis Colts from the NFL playoffs with a stunning 28-24 victory on Sunday.

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By Paul Huang
Lin "the Beast" Chih-jeh downed a season-high nine three-pointers on a 27-point night and Ho Sho-cheng added another 18 with a half-dozen rebounds to lead Taiwan Beer past the Taiwan Mobile Leopards 76-62 at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Sunday to close out the weekend of play with a perfect 3-0.

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Mike Knuble had his first two-goal game of the NHL season as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Washington Capitals 6-4 for their seventh win in nine games on Sunday.

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RANKING BOOST: Twenty-six-year-old Richard Sterne, ranked 44th in the world, won the first European Tour title of the year at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington club
Richard Sterne won the European Tour's Joburg Open on Sunday after beating fellow South African Garth Mulroy and Sweden's Magnus Carlsson in a sudden-death playoff.

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South Korea's K.J. Choi saved his best for last on Sunday, nabbing his only birdie of the day at 18 to complete his wire-to-wire victory in the US$5.3 million Sony Open.

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New Zealand completed their rout of Bangladesh on the third morning of the second cricket Test in Wellington yesterday with a substantial innings victory to clinch the series 2-0.

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Australia will hope to put the acrimony of recent days behind them as they chase a world record 17th-straight Test win against India this week.

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Reigning champions Wasps recorded a dominant 40-7 bonus-point win over Llanelli Scarlets to line up a do-or-die clash against Munster for a rugby European Cup quarter-final spot.

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Reigning World Cup champion Nicole Hosp of Austria extended her overall lead in the overall standings by winning the women's slalom in Maribor, Slovenia, on Sunday.

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Zach Randolph had 25 points and eight rebounds as the New York Knicks rolled to an 89-65 victory over the weary Detroit Pistons in the NBA on Sunday.

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