FRIENDLIES: The England manager will be relieved with the result at Wembley, while World Cup winners Italy shone in winning 3-1 against Portugal in Zurich
Fabio Capello oversaw a winning start to his tenure as England manager on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Switzerland, while his Italian compatriots scored an impressive friendly success over Portugal, which augurs well for the Azzurri's chances at Euro 2008.

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Rasheed Wallace had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Detroit Pistons to a 100-95 win over Miami on Wednesday, a few hours after the Heat traded Shaquille O'Neal.

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Captain Paul Collingwood made a half century in a 102-run partnership with Owais Shah to guide England to a 50-run win over New Zealand in the second Twenty20 cricket international yesterday.

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Fourth-seed Elena Dementieva got her campaign off to a shaky start before advancing past Czech qualifier Petra Kvitova and into the quarter-finals of the WTA Paris Indoor Open on Wednesday.

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PRECOCIOUSLY TALENTED: Fans in two countries gathered in droves to remember the ill-fated Manchester United team of 1958 that many believe was England's best
They came in droves to Old Trafford on Wednesday to remember those who lost their lives in the 1958 Munich air crash and to celebrate the memory of friends, of family and of the Busby Babes, the team judged by many to be finest in English soccer history.

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Asian powers Australia, Japan and South Korea all started their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaigns on Wednesday with wins.

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RUFFLING FEATHERS: One of the less obvious repercussions of bird flu is a shortage of quality feather shuttlecocks, a problem that is affecting India's badminton team
Bird flu could claim some unlikely victims -- the Olympic aspirations of India's badminton players.

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By Tony Phillips
Top class tennis comes to Kaohsiung this weekend when Taiwan take on Australia in the Davis Cup.

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The world's equal-lowest ranked national team Belize won the first leg of its CONCACAF World Cup qualifier on Wednesday to put itself on course for a shock matchup against regional power Mexico.

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