AUSSIE BATTLER: Local favorite Lleyton Hewitt, who finished his match against Marcos Baghdatis at 4:33am on Sunday, lacked engergy in his loss to Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer sure didn't want to put in another four-and-a-half hours.

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By Tony Phillips
Taiwanese pair Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Jia-jung crashed out of the women's doubles at the Australian Open yesterday.

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Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin shot a 7-under 65 on Sunday in best ball to help the Philippines win the Women's World Cup of Golf by two strokes over South Korea.

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By Paul Huang
The underdogs had their day in the Super Basketball League on Sunday with the last-placed Bank of Taiwan pulling off the upset of the year by trouncing the top-ranked Yulon Dinos 102-90, the dmedia Numen humbling the previously red-hot Taiwan Beer 82-62 and Pure Youth Construction sinking the Taiwan Mobile Leopards 85-77.

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Ghana coach Claude Le Roy described the pitch used for Sunday's opening match of the Africa Nations Cup against Guinea as the worst he had ever seen.

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No team playing the second night in a row on the road wants the opponent to be the Phoenix Suns. The struggling New Jersey Nets were another example of that on Sunday.

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Jean-Paul Duminy was hailed a potential future star after guiding South Africa to a six-wicket win in the first one-day international against the West Indies at Centurion Park on Sunday.

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: The New York Giants will be hoping that the New England Patriots' Tom Brady does not rediscover his form in time for the big game
The New England Patriots overcame a less-than-perfect performance by Tom Brady and beat the hobbled San Diego Chargers 21-12 on Sunday, sending them back to the National Football League title game for the fourth time in seven seasons.

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Welsh rugby got just the boost it required after a disappointing World Cup when both Ospreys and Cardiff Blues made the last eight of the European Cup on Sunday.

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Chuck Kobasew had a goal and an assist, leading the Boston Bruins to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday and a sweep of the key two-game weekend series.

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Michelle Roark put together a solid final run on Sunday to win the women's World Cup moguls event at snowy Whiteface Mountain. Olympic champion Dale Begg-Smith of Australia won the men's event.

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American D.J. Trahan fired a final round seven-under 65 to erase a four-shot deficit and capture the US$5.1 million PGA Bob Hope Classic on Sunday.

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LEADING THE PACK: Real Madrid maintained their seven-point lead over Barcelona, who defeated Racing Santander thanks to Thierry Henry's 31st minute headed goal
First half goals from Raul Gonzalez and Ruud van Nistelrooy gave Spanish La Liga leaders Real Madrid a hard-earned 2-0 derby victory at neighbors Atletico Madrid on Sunday.

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Andy Johnson and Joleon Lescott scored a goal each on Sunday to give Everton a 2-1 win at Wigan in the English Premier League.

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Ten-man Parma came within minutes of inflicting a first league defeat on champions Inter Milan this season, but were robbed by a refereeing error at the San Siro on Sunday, losing 3-2.

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Cameroon will begin their quest for a record-equaling fifth Africa Cup of Nations title today with a Group C clash against defending champions Egypt, the tournament's most successful team who denied them a place at the 2006 World Cup.

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It will be the battle of the outsiders in Group C of the Africa Cup of Nations when Zambia and Sudan take to the pitch at the refurbished Baba Yara Stadium today.

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Second-half goals from Toifilou Maoulida, Milan Bisevac and Kader Mangane earned relegation-haunted Lens a 3-0 victory over six-time champions Lyon on Sunday in the shock of the weekend in the French league.

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