NEXT STOP SEPANG: The Briton improved on his third-place finish at last year's Australian Grand Prix and said that he was looking forward to his next race in Malaysia
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton started from pole position and avoided the carnage behind him to win an accident-filled Australian Formula One Grand Prix yesterday.

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HAPPY VALLEYS: Wales equaled England's tournament record of conceding only two tries in a season as they downed France in Cardiff
Wales won rugby's Six Nations championship on Saturday by beating France 29-12 to complete just their second Grand Slam in 30 years.

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Philippines hero Manny `Pacman' Pacquiao captured the World Boxing Council super featherweight crown on Saturday, dethroning Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez with a 12-round split decision victory.

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Filipinos set aside political problems yesterday and celebrated boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao's sensational WBC super featherweight victory over Mexico's Juan Miguel Marquez.

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Manchester United's grip on the English Premier League trophy tightened on Saturday as rivals Arsenal were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough.

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Pitcher Josh Geer picked up the victory, and Scott Hairston hit a double for San Diego to gave the Padres a 4-3 victory against the LA Dodgers in an exhibition match in Beijing yesterday.

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ON THE ROAD: The Boston Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the first of a testing five-game road trip that goes on to Houston, Dallas and New Orleans
Andre Miller scored a season-high 32 points and the Philadelphia 76ers extended the road woes of the San Antonio Spurs with a 103-96 victory in Philadelphia on Saturday.

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Overcoming a five-point halftime deficit with a strong third quarter, Pure Youth Construction edged past the Taiwan Mobile Leopards in an 88-86 decision at the Taipei County Sports Complex on Saturday night.

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PLAYOFF RACE: In Detroit, Rich Peverley scored in the second-period to break a tie, snapping Detroit's winning streak, while the Bruins beat Philadelphia in overtime
Martin Brodeur stopped 24 shots in reaching 40 wins for a record seventh time, Jay Pandolfo added a goal and an assist, and the New Jersey Devils snapped Colorado's five-game winning streak at home by beating the Avalanche 4-2 on Saturday.

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World No. 1 Tiger Woods fired a four-under par 66 on Saturday to leap into a share of the lead with four rivals after three rounds of the US$5.8 million Arnold Palmer Invitational.

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South Korean Oh Ji-young fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday to seize a two-stroke lead after the second round of the US$1.3 million-LPGA MasterCard Classic.

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TAIWANESE TRIUMPH: Chan Yung-jan earned herself a clash with US star Lindsay Davenport after she won her second round match at Indian Wells
Rafael Nadal launched his defense of the Indian Wells ATP Masters Series title with a victory on Saturday while last year's runner-up, Novak Djokovic, also made a triumphant debut.

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HIT AND MISSED: Madrid rued the absence of Ruud van Nistelrooy while Athletic Bilbao's goalkeeper was struck by a bottle at Real Betis' Manuel Ruiz stadium
An own goal by defender Pepe consigned Real Madrid to a 1-0 defeat at Deportivo La Coruna to extend the Spanish champion's wretched record at the Riazor Stadium.

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Coach Ottmar Hitzfeld rued a "black day" for Bayern Munich and admitted his side's complacent streak had been exposed as the league leaders were humbled at struggling Energie Cottbus on Saturday.

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England closed on a series-levelling win over New Zealand on the fourth day of the second cricket Test at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

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An inspired double substitution from AS Roma coach Luciano Spalletti propelled the Champions League quarter-finalists to a vital 2-1 victory over AC Milan at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.

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Australian World Cup Wallaby back Julian Huxley says he is resigned to never playing rugby again after confirmation that he will need to undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor, reports said yesterday.

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