GOING TO THE WIRE: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to give Manchester United a 2-0 victory over Bolton and a three-point lead over Arsenal atop the Premier League
Cristiano Ronaldo was hailed as a soccer "genius" after the Portugal winger eclipsed George Best as the highest-scoring winger in Manchester United's history and helped edge the Red Devils closer to another English title.

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Darrell Hair says he hopes to communicate better with the players when he returns to international Test cricket umpiring after an absence of nearly 18 months.

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The Chinese Football Association has decided to end bitter infighting on the women's national team by firing French coach Elisabeth Loisel, reports said yesterday.

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Former world boxing champion Reggie Johnson has been indicted on charges of theft, accused of receiving more than US$120,000 in grant money for boxing camps that never took place.

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KNOCKED OUT: Despite cheers of `Go Ali!,' alluding to Jo Wilfried-Tsonga's resemblance to Muhammad Ali, the Frenchman was unable to triumph over Spanish star Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal came back to win the final five games and beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Wednesday in an intense, crowd-pleasing rematch of their Australian Open semi-final.

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BORN IN THE USA: California-born Milorad Cavic of Serbia broke the European 50m butterfly record for the second time in two months in Eindhoven on Wednesday
Milorad Cavic and Alexander Dale Oen set continental records on Wednesday at the European swimming championships.

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AS Roma's Serie A title hopes suffered a cruel blow as Valon Behrami scored an injury time winner to give Lazio a 3-2 victory in the Rome derby at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday.

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A goal by Bayern Munich striker Miroslav Klose booked his side's place in next month's German Cup final after Wednesday night's 2-0 semi-final win over VfL Wolfsburg.

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Rangers avoided an embarrassing Scottish Cup exit by battling back from a goal down to salvage a 1-1 draw at home to First Division Partick Thistle on Wednesday.

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BASKETBALL: New Orleans moved a half-game ahead of Houston to claim the top spot in the Southwest Division and join Los Angeles in leading the Western Conference
Former Houston swingman Bonzi Wells helped New Orleans hand the Rockets their second straight loss after a 22-game winning streak, scoring 20 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter in the Hornets' 90-69 victory on Wednesday night.

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By Paul Huang
The Brother Elephants opened their 2008 season with an impressive performance as they tamed the President Lions in an 8-0 shutout at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang on Wednesday evening.

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Jeremy Roenick scored his 507th career goal and added the decisive shootout score as the San Jose Sharks clinched a playoff berth with their 13th victory in 14 games, 4-3 over the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night.

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By Paul Huang
Having grown into a complete player who can hold his own, Bank of Taiwan forward Hsu Chih-chiang narrowly beat out Taiwan Beer swingman Ho Sho-cheng for this week's Player of the Week honor in the Super Basketball League.

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Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany won the pairs title at the World Figure Skating Championships, completing a sweep of all the year's major titles.

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The Boston Red Sox ended a threatened boycott of their final preseason game in Florida on Wednesday, resolving a dispute over paying coaches for the season-opening trip to Japan.

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