VICTORY: The Serb claimed the Australian Open, downing Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who was seeking to become the first Frenchman to win a Grand Slam singles title for 25 years
Novak Djokovic earned his first Grand Slam triumph with a dramatic four-set victory over unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open yesterday.

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RUNS AND MORE RUNS: The Australian skipper and Michael Clarke posted a record-breaking fourth wicket stand as India toiled for wickets
India held a narrow lead over Australia after the penultimate day of the fourth and final Test at the Adelaide Oval yesterday.

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Hard-hitting batsman Shahid Afridi smashed 85 off 52 balls yesterday to spearhead Pakistan to victory against a competitive Zimbabwe in the third limited-overs international.

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Mongolian grand champion Hakuho overpowered compatriot Asashoryu yesterday to win the Emperor's Cup on the final day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament.

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South Korea's Lee Hyun-il won the men's title in a gruelling match with top-seeded Lin Dan of China at the US$300,000 Korean Open badminton tournament in Seoul yesterday.

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By Shelley Shan
Taiwan's first international motor racing circuit is scheduled to be completed in Dapeng Bay (大鵬灣), Pingtung County, by the end of this year, the Dapeng Bay National Scenic Area Administration said last week.

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RECOVERY: At Charlotte, North Carolina, Andre Iguodala scored 33 points to help the 76ers beat the Bobcats, while New Orleans beat the Spurs to win eight straight games
The Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers 98-96 on Saturday and ended a 15-game losing streak -- the longest in the NBA this season and the second-longest in franchise history.

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By Paul Huang
Jien Jia-hong and Tso Tsong-kai both played the game of their life with 68 combined points to account for nearly 70 percent of Pure Youth Constructions' total offense as it downed Taiwan Beer in a 107-100 win at the Taipei County sports Complex on Saturday evening.

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Alex Ovechkin won the breakaway challenge in the NHL's SuperSkills competition on Saturday, leading the Eastern Conference to a 9-6 victory over the West in the preview to the All-Star game.

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Alexander Povetkin won an unanimous decision against American Eddie Chambers and set up a boxing title shot for the Russian Olympic heavyweight champion on Saturday.

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Three-time defending champion Tiger Woods fired a six-under par 66 on Saturday to open an eight-shot lead at the US$5.2 million PGA Buick Invitational.

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After 15 seasons in the NFL, Michael Strahan is thankful for second chances.

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ERRORS GALORE: Zambia boss Patrick Phiri blamed poor defending for his side's defeat, while Egypt's Hosny Abd Rabou scored again in his team's victory
Cameroon finally got their African Nations Cup campaign up and running at the second attempt on Saturday, crushing Zambia 5-1 with Samuel Eto'o matching the all-time scoring record.

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The match-fixing shadow over the Africa Cup of Nations lengthened on Saturday with Namibia revealing they were approached to "throw" their next game against Guinea.

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PLUCKY PART-TIMERS: A Yossi Benayoun hat-trick helped the Reds to victory but not before unfancied Havant and Waterlooville had twice gone into the lead
The taxi-drivers, binmen and builders of Conference South outfit Havant and Waterlooville bowed out of the FA Cup to the sound of an Anfield ovation after their fourth round tie against Liverpool on Saturday.

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AS Roma kept up their chase of runaway Serie A leaders Inter Milan with a hard-fought 1-0 win over Palermo on Saturday.

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Paul Collingwood believes former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain has missed the point in labelling the current squad as "soft" ahead of the tour of New Zealand.

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Luis Fabiano's injury-time penalty earned Sevilla a 2-1 win against nine-man Osasuna in the Spanish league on Saturday.

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