CARTER, THE UNSTOPPABLE POINTS MACHINE: England were outplayed by a changed New Zealand line-up and went down 44-12 as Dan Carter scored 22 points
The All Blacks extended their unbeaten home run to 28 Tests over five years, out-playing England 44-12 in the second Test yesterday.

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New Zealand Maori scored two tries to none to beat Samoa 17-6 yesterday and ensure a shot at the Pacific Nations Cup title.

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A top European broadcast official says television coverage roadblocks in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics are a worrying sign for reporting freedom during the games.

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Algeria and Libya climbed to the top of 2010 World Cup-Africa Cup of Nations groups this weekend after contrasting home wins in second round qualifiers.

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By Tony Phillips
Friday's draw for this week's Wimbledon Championships threw up the intriguing possibility of an all-Taiwanese clash in round two of the women's singles.

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CHICAGO CLASH: Aramis Ramirez smashed a walk-off home run to lift the Chicago Cubs to a dramatic 4-3 victory over cross-town rivals the White Sox at Wrigley Field
Aramis Ramirez led off the bottom of the ninth with his second homer of the game to send the Chicago Cubs past the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in a clash of division leaders at raucous Wrigley Field on Friday.

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Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska denied 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli a second career final on grass with a 7-5, 6-3 victory at the Eastbourne Championships on Friday.

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Australia lost their unblemished Caribbean tour record as the West Indies completed a seven-wicket victory in a rain-affected Twenty20 International on Friday.

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By Paul Huang
Homers lit up the Hsinchu sky on Friday night as the Sinon Bulls outslugged the La New Bears in an 8-6 win at the Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium to remain unbeaten at 3-0 in second-half action in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

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Stewart Cink moved to the top of the Travelers Championship leaderboard making two long eagle putts in a 6-under 64 that left him a stroke ahead of defending champion Hunter Mahan and two others on Friday.

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TURKISH DELIGHT: Super sub Semih Senturk rescued a draw in extra-time injury time to send the game to penalty kicks. When Petric's kick was saved, Turkey went through
Turkey lived up to their billing as the comeback kings with a 3-1 penalty shoot-out win over Croatia on Friday to put them into the Euro 2008 semi-finals.

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Croatia coach Slaven Bilic said the defeat, and more particularly the manner in which it was inflicted in Friday's Euro 2008 quarter-final loss to Turkey, will haunt him and his players forever.

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Turkish soccer fans could not restrain themselves on Friday as they fired celebratory shots into the air, despite pleas from Turkey coach Fatih Terim not to, after their team reached the Euro 2008 semi-finals for the first time.

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With World Cup winning veteran central defenders Fabio Cannavaro and Marco Materazzi either out injured or out of favor, it has fallen to another old stager, Christian Panucci, to marshal the defense in today's Euro 2008 quarter-final against Spain.

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When Spanish fans ask how a side that has produced attacking talents such as Raul and Emilio Butragueno and goalkeepers of the caliber of Iker Casillas and Andoni Zubizarreta never win anything, they often end up blaming their Latin cousins Italy.

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