POLE MISSES POLE: Robert Kubica might have claimed a place at the start of the grid for today's race but slid his BMW Sauber and lost a couple of tenths of a second
Lewis Hamilton got the first jump on Kimi Raikkonen to capitalize on a Ferrari mechanical glitch and seize pole position for today's season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

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Wallaby Matt Giteau inspired the Western Force to their first ever victory on New Zealand soil with a surprise 27-17 Super 14 victory over the Auckland Blues yesterday.

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China's red flag with its yellow stars blew in the breeze above left field alongside the Stars and Stripes. Except for this, the first Major League Baseball game in China mostly looked like any afternoon at the ballpark in the US.

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IMPRESSIVE: Tseng Ya-ni had six birdies in a round of 68, which left her tied for second, while Candie Kung was joint fourth after her round
Mexico's Lorena Ochoa stumbled to a four-over-par 76 in the first round of the USLPGA MasterCard Classic, putting her in a group of 16 competitors tied for 77th place.

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TEAM EFFORT: Kevin Pietersen's run of bad form continued but useful knocks from Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss and Ian Bell left the tourists in control
England held a near impregnable lead of 421 runs in the second cricket Test against New Zealand as they reached 277 for nine at stumps on the third day yesterday.

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HISTORY: At Auburn Hills, Michigan, Richard Hamilton made an three-point play with seconds left, lifting Detroit over San Antonio, while New Orleans beats Los Angeles
The Houston Rockets beat the Charlotte Bobcats 89-80 for their 21st consecutive victory and the second-longest winning streak in NBA history on Friday.

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The Florida Panthers claimed their NHL season-best sixth straight win and handed the New York Rangers their first regulation loss in more than a month, 3-2 on Friday.

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Lindsey Vonn raised both arms to the sky and hugged her teammate Stacey Cook after completing the first US sweep of overall World Cup titles in 25 years.

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Defending champion Vijay Singh fired a five-under 65 to take the lead after the second round of the USPGA Arnold Palmer Invitational event at the Bay Hill course.

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By Paul Huang
Scoring the final eight points for his team in the game, Yang Jing-min single-handedly rallied Taiwan Beer from behind to top the dmedia Numen in a 77-74 thriller at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Friday evening.

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VICTORS AND VANQUISHED: The Russian joined compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round while in the men's tournament Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun lost in three sets
Maria Sharapova won her 15th straight match without a loss this year, overpowering French qualifier Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-1, 6-0 on Friday in the wind-blown second round of the Pacific Life Open.

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Professional soccer has returned to Chechnya's capital for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign that Kremlin efforts to end years of violence in the Russian region are taking root.

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The Philippine army was due to briefly put on hold its battle against insurgents while political squabbling is also suspended as the country prepared to cheer on boxer Manny Pacquiao in a world title fight in Las Vegas, reports said yesterday.

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Saoul Mamby probably shouldn't be fighting, but he's been doing it for so long there aren't many volunteers to tell him to stop.

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