MEXICANS ARE MAULED: Veteran pitcher Yang Jien-fu put in an impeccable performance as the hosts joined Canada and South Korea at the top of the table
By Paul Huang and Jackson Broder
Taiwan stormed past Mexico in their second game at the IBAF Final Olympic Qualification Tournament in high-flying fashion, with a 6-1 victory at the Douliou stadium yesterday afternoon to remain unbeaten.

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The Waikato Chiefs' superior fitness saw them snatch a late 22-20 victory over the Central Cheetahs in a cliffhanger Super 14 rugby match yesterday.

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Despite having to play for 10 minutes with 13 men, the Northern Bulls beat the Golden Lions 31-17 in a pulsating Super 14 match on Friday.

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South Africa's Western Stormers climbed off the bottom of the Super 14 rugby standings with a bonus-point 34-16 win over Australian strugglers Queensland Reds at Lang Park yesterday.

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HAVING A BAD DAY: Joint second-round leader Danny Chia shot a triple-bogey on the third hole on the way to a round of 80, putting the local star out of contention
Defending champion Peter Hedblom fired a bogey-free round of seven-under 65 yesterday to claim a two-stroke lead going into the final round of the Malaysian Open.

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FINAL OPPONENT: Enigmatic Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, who had previously won only one match in five months, completed his third win over a top 10 player in a week
Andy Roddick, playing with a new lease of life, caused his second successive upset to reach the final of the Dubai Open on Friday when he added Novak Djokovic's scalp to his victory over Rafael Nadal.

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US player Jeff Maggert sank four birdies through nine holes on Friday to grab the lead at the rain-hit USPGA PODS Championship.

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By Paul Huang
Overcoming early deficits as large as 14 points, the Yulon Dinos quickly rediscovered their usual flow to down the Dacin Tigers 69-63 at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Friday evening to claim a two-and-a-half-game lead over the second-place dmedia Numen in the standings.

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Tayshaun Prince scored 28 points as the Detroit Pistons pushed their way past the New York Knicks 101-97 on Friday, reducing their magic number for securing a postseason berth to one.

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Patrik Elias scored with 58 seconds left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 2-1 home win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, a victory that moves them into first place in the Eastern Conference.

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HAT-TRICK HERO: It was only the second hat-trick against New Zealand in their history, the other by England's Maurice Allom during New Zealand's first ever Test
A sensational hat-trick by Ryan Sidebottom shattered New Zealand's run charge and ignited an England fightback on day four of the first Test yesterday.

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World No. 1 Lin Dan cruised into the All-England Championships semi-finals on Friday but the three-time winner from China admitted it was becoming harder to maintain his desire.

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The Paris-Nice, Europe's first major stage race of the season, begins today but the 66th edition may find the riders more frightened of the wrath of the sport's governing body for simply turning up than the 1,230km stretching out ahead of them.

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Dwain Chambers put his doping ban behind him and claimed a silver medal in the 60m on Friday at the World Indoor Championships behind Nigeria's Olusoji Fasuba.

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Australia coach Pim Verbeek has attacked China's plan to play this month's World Cup qualifier at high altitude but said his team would respond to the challenge.

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