HONG KONG HAMMERING: Taiwan managed to score a try against their formidable opponents, but there was little consolation for China, who lost 47-0 to Kenya
Series leader New Zealand thumped Taiwan 50-5 to kick start their Hong Kong Sevens campaign yesterday, while defending champions Samoa opened with a 35-7 win over Sri Lanka.

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Indian opener Virender Sehwag smashed his second career triple century and the fastest recorded to spearhead India's reply against South Africa on the third day of the first Test yesterday.

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The Canterbury Crusaders cemented their big lead at the top of the Super 14 standings with a hard-fought 20-13 victory over New Zealand rivals the Wellington Hurricanes yesterday.

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The Detroit Pistons clinched the NBA's Central Division title with a 85-69 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday.

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Twice in two nights: Eamon Sullivan broke his own 24-hour-old world record in the 50m freestyle yesterday at the Australian swimming championships and Olympic trials.

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WELL-PLACED: Taiwan's Tseng Ya-ni was joint-fourth at Superstition Mountain after shooting 67 in the first round of the Safeway International
Angela Stanford of the US shot a career-best 10-under 62 to break the Prospector Course record and take a three-stroke lead over defending champion Lorena Ochoa after the first round of the Safeway International on Thursday.

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MARAT MALAISE: Mardy Fish proved no match for Arnaud Clement, while Marat Safin also made an early exit after losing to qualifier Bobby Reynolds
American Mardy Fish, who shocked world No.1 Roger Federer en route to the Indian Wells final last week, won't be making a giant-killing run at the second ATP Masters Series tournament of the season.

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AGE NO BARRIER: Verno Phillips shrugged off a 13-month layoff by beating Cory Spinks in his opponent's home town to become a world champ again, aged 38
Having his famous father and uncle working the corner was no help to Cory Spinks, who lost his IBF light middleweight title to Verno Phillips in a 12-round split decision on Thursday.

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By Paul Huang
Liu Fu-hao's sacrifice-fly with men at the corners scored the game-winner in the top of the ninth as the President Lions beached the Chinatrust Whales 2-1 at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang on Thursday to sweep the two-game series for the week.

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The return of Sidney Crosby for his first home game in more than two months saw the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Islanders 3-1 in Thursday's NHL action.

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HOME STRAIGHT: By the time Manchester United face Villa at Old Trafford they will know whether the Gunners have managed to get their challenge back on track
Manchester United's rivals go into this weekend's fixtures knowing one more slip could be the end of their hopes of wresting the Premier League trophy away from Old Trafford.

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Shane Warne thanked Hampshire for a "wonderful experience" after denying the English side's fans a chance to say goodbye to him on the pitch.

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More than a year after his return to coach Bayern Munich, Ottmar Hitzfeld takes the Bundesliga leaders to relegation-threatened Bayer Leverkusen knowing the title is now theirs to lose.

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Arjen Robben insists Real Madrid are not in a crisis, but the statistics suggest otherwise, with the champions losing five league matches since the turn of the year and their lead at the top sliced to just four points.

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Japan coach Takeshi Okada has come under pressure from his predecessor Ivica Osim and the nation's soccer chief after the former Asian champions' 1-0 defeat to Bahrain in a World Cup qualifier.

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