PLUCKY RUN ENDS: The Belgian set up a clash with Maria Sharapova by disposing of Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei in a match in which the World No.1 showed her class
By Tony Phillips
World No. 1 Justine Henin brought Hsieh Su-wei's remarkable run at the Australian Open to an end yesterday with a 6-2, 6-2 fourth-round defeat of the 22-year-old from Taipei.

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Spanish second seed Rafael Nadal joined Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jarkko Nieminen and Mikhail Youzhny in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after spending only 50 minutes on court yesterday.

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Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin had the day's best round on Saturday to give the Philippines a share of the lead with South Korea at the Women's World Cup of Golf.

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By Shelley Shan
Funding for the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee's cross-strait athletic exchange programs was reported to have been cut, as the National Sports Council (NSC) only approved some of the proposed programs.

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Home favorite Lee Chong Wei recovered from a second-game lapse to beat South Korea's Lee Hyun-ii 21-15, 11-21, 21-17 in the men's singles final of the Malaysia Open Super Series yesterday.

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FATAL FALL: A welder from Gansu Province described how a fellow worker plunged to his death from a `birds nest' at Beijing's Olympic stadium
Chinese authorities have covered up the deaths of at least 10 workers in their rush to finish the Olympic Stadium for the Games that get under way on Aug. 8, according to Britain's Sunday Times newspaper.

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WORST RUN: Yao Ming had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Rockets over the San Antonio Spurs, while the Mavericks gave the SuperSonics their 10th straight defeat
The New York Knicks happily exploited another fourth-quarter collapse by the Miami Heat, who sent coach Pat Riley to a new low in the NBA on Saturday.

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By Paul Huang
Chang Bo-sheng played the game of his life by downing 10 three-pointers on a 38-point night to lead the previously 1-13 Bank of Taiwan past the Taiwan Mobile Leopards in a 78-69 win at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Saturday evening.

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BJ Penn claimed the vacant Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight belt at his third attempt on Saturday, breezing past a bloody Joe Stevenson in the second round.

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Haile Gebrselassie could withdraw from the marathon at this year's Beijing Olympics because of fears the air pollution could bring an early end to his career, his manager said.

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Justin Leonard moved into position for his second Bob Hope Chrysler Classic victory, shooting a 6 under 66 on Saturday to open a gaping four-shot lead in the 90-hole event.

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Zdeno Chara and Phil Kessel scored shootout goals for the Boston Bruins, who rallied for a 4-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Saturday.

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RAMS TO SLAUGHTER: At the other end of the table Derby took a surprise lead at Portsmouth before a hat trick by Benjani Mwaruwari sent them home pointless
Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo scored late to keep Manchester United at the top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Reading on Saturday.

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GIANT SLAYER: The Uzbek beat Briton Matt Skelton, who only took up boxing at the age of 35, to defend the title he won by defeating 2.13 m Russian Nikolai Valuev
Ruslan Chagaev can dream of bigger fights and paychecks after retaining his WBA heavyweight title on Saturday.

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Roy Jones Jr knocked down Felix Trinidad twice en route to a 12-round unanimous decision victory on Saturday in a battle of former world champions at Madison Square Garden.

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Robert Pires, Joan Capdevila and Nihat Kahveci scored on Saturday to lead Villarreal to a 3-0 victory over Valencia in the Spanish league.

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Defending champions Wasps crashed out of the European Cup on Saturday when they slumped to a 19-3 defeat at 2006 winners Munster in the pouring rain at Limerick.

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