DOWN AND OUT: A pall was cast over Real Madrid's Bernd Schuster as the nine-time champions lost at home, while Chelsea eased past Olympiakos in London
Chelsea manager Avram Grant and his Schalke 04 counterpart Mirko Slomka can sleep a little easier after both their sides reached the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday.

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The already-depleted Taiwanese national baseball team replaced two players who failed a drug test with amateurs yesterday, one day before their opening game against Spain in a qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics.

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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez hailed Fernando Torres as "on fire" after the Spanish striker hit his second successive Anfield hat-trick to lift his club into fourth spot in the Premier League table.

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A late two-wicket burst by Chris Martin rocked England's pursuit of New Zealand's first innings of 470 after batsmen had dominated the second day of the first Test yesterday.

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England's Nick Dougherty was on track to record the first 59 in European tour history, before settling for a 10-under 62 and a two-stroke lead after yesterday's first round of the Malaysian Open.

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JAMES THE JEWEL: James shot 16-of-30 from the field, including seven-of-13 three-pointers, while in Boston the Celtics won and clinched the first NBA playoff berth
LeBron James had 50 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 119-105 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday.

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Alexander Ovechkin scored twice, including his NHL-leading 54th goal, in the Washington Capitals' 3-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday in a key Eastern Conference playoff-race matchup.

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Andy Murray, who caused a great upset by beating world No. 1 Roger Federer, followed it on Wednesday by almost stumbling to defeat to a relative unknown.

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Taiwanese pitcher Kuo Hong-chih is hurting again.

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By Tony Phillips
Taipei City FC are on the verge of making a little bit of history as they prepare for a game which, should they win, could see them become the first expat team to claim the Businessmen's Soccer League (BML) title for 16 years.

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By Ron Brownlow
There were moments during Taipei Football Club's (TFC) match on Sunday when the Tavern Premier League's first and only majority Taiwanese side looked like they would lose. Again. For the 12th time this season.

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By Dave Carroll
The sun has returned to Taipei after last month's bleak weather and the nation's expat soccer teams will be hoping it sticks around this weekend as the Tavern Premier Spring Cup takes place in the capital.

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Xie Xingfang of China became the first defending singles champion to lose in the first round of the All England Open Badminton Championships in 19 years on Wednesday.

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SMOOTH TALKER: Chen Hsin-an was keen to put his team before any personal aggrandizement after picking up another award for his good play
By Paul Huang
Leading his club to a pair of impressive wins over a terrific weekend of play, Yulon Dinos team icon Chen "Airman" Hsin-an earned the Player of the Week honor in the Super Basketball League (SBL) for the fourth time this season.

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