NO CIGAR: Taiwan's Jimmy Wang and Lu Yen-hsun started brilliantly, winning the first two sets, but it was the Aussies who came out on top in the three-and-a-half-hour match
Lleyton Hewitt and Paul Hanley came from two sets down to win their doubles match yesterday and secure Australia a 3-0 victory over Taiwan in their Asia/Oceania Zone Group I first-round Davis Cup tie.

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Top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia outlasted Amelie Mauresmo of France 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday and advanced to a semi-final against Marion Bartoli at the Gaz de France Open.

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Ryan Carter scored his first two NHL goals in the first period and the Anaheim Ducks beat the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Friday.

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New Zealand beat France 2-0 yesterday to advance to the final against Argentina at a men's field hockey tournament, the winner of which will qualify for the Beijing Olympics.

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Leon Powe made a layup at the buzzer to lift the NBA-leading Boston Celtics to an 88-86 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday.

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In a stunning reversal of form, New Zealand thrashed England in their opening one-day cricket international by six wickets and with 20 overs to spare at Westpac Stadium in Wellington yesterday.

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STILL IN IT: Tseng Ya-ni finished on seven-under yesterday and is one shot behind a trio of leaders with a round to play in the Australian Ladies Masters
Six-time champion Karrie Webb made a 5m birdie putt on the 18th hole yesterday to join a three-way share of the lead with a round to play at the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters.

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Thomas Morgenstern won his third-straight ski jumping World Cup meet on Friday in his 10th victory of the season.

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Valentino Rossi will reportedly pay about 35 million euros (US$50.8 million) to settle a dispute with Italian tax authorities.

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Hong Kong would be delighted to host English Premier League matches if a plan to play games abroad goes ahead, the head of the city's soccer association was quoted as saying yesterday.

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Martin Fenin scored his fourth goal in two games since joining Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday and led a 2-1 victory over Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga.

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COMPETITIVE: Veteran Herron is looking for his fifth career title at the US$6 million event, but on Friday 20 rivals were still within three strokes
US veteran Tim Herron fired a three-under par 69 in Pebble Beach on Friday to seize a one-stroke lead over four rivals after the second round of the US$6 million PGA Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

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Eric Morel, the former WBA flyweight champion and 1996 US Olympian who recently completed a prison term for sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, returned to the ring on Friday night to unanimously outpoint Felipe Almanza.

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World champion Sebastien Loeb withdrew from the Swedish Rally on Friday after a crash on the fourth stage, enabling Jari-Matti Latvala of Finland to take a nearly one-minute lead.

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