AUSTRALIAN OPEN: While Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova ground out hard-fought victories, Roger Federer neutralized the quirky skills of Fabrice Santoro
Serbian fourth seed Ana Ivanovic produced an electrifying display to reach the Australian Open third round yesterday as fellow contenders Venus Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova battled through.

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By Tony Phillips
Taiwan's Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung made an impressive start in their bid to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open yesterday, earning a comfortable straight-sets victory over Alicja Rosolska and Maria Emilia Salerni.

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Indian captain Anil Kumble claimed his 600th Test wicket, but it was his unheralded pace attack that left the tourists in control of the third Test against Australia at the WACA yesterday.

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TIEBREAKER: Jamal Crawford scored 35 points to help the Knicks beat the Nets, while Peja Stojakovic scored 23 points, helping New Orleans to easily defeat Seattle
Ray Allen scored a season-high 35 points, Kevin Garnett had 26 and the Boston Celtics rebounded from their first consecutive losses of the NBA season by beating the Portland Trail Blazers 100-90 on Wednesday.

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A woman who accused suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones of striking her at a strip club withdrew her complaint on Wednesday.

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BY Paul Huang
Regaining his tenacious style of play, Taiwan Beer forward Lin "the Beast" Chih-jeh grabbed the Player of the Week honor in the Super Basketball League this week for his outstanding contribution in helping the beer crew to three straight wins last week.

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Rick DiPietro had 37 saves and Bill Guerin scored two goals to lead the New York Islanders over the New Jersey Devils 3-1 on Wednesday for their fifth win in as many NHL games this season against them.

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Upset that his 7-year-old son would not wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the football team's playoff victory, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him.

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DREAMS DO COME TRUE: Richard Paquette, Jamie Collins, Rocky Baptiste and Jason Scotland all scored as the part-timers shamed the League One leaders
The teachers and taxi-drivers of non-league Havant and Waterlooville bagged a dream FA Cup trip to Liverpool after beating Swansea in a third round replay on Wednesday.

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REALLY DISAPPOINTING: Madrid had hoped to land the King's Cup along with the Primera Liga title and the Champions League, but Real Mallorca had other ideas
Spanish champions Real Madrid's hopes of a treble this season were shattered on Wednesday as Real Mallorca gained a shock 1-0 win at the Bernabeu to secure a 3-1 win on aggregate in their last 16 King's Cup clash and inflict the hosts' first home defeat of the season.

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Resurgent Paris Saint Germain booked their spot in the French League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday with a 4-0 rout of Valenciennes as Japan midfielder Daisuke Matsui ensured Le Mans' passage at the expense of Lyon.

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The "Pool of Death" European Cup rugby match between 2006 champions Munster and present holders Wasps tomorrow will be just that -- a do or die clash.

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