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Sprinter Chambers admit to taking seven-drug cocktail
AFP - 28 minutes agoLONDON (AFP) - - Dwain Chambers was taking a cocktail of seven banned drugs when he was caught doping in 2003, the disgraced British sprinter has revealed as part of his bid to be allowed to run in the Olympics. More »
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Ronaldo drops Spanish bombshell on Man Utd
AFP - 30 minutes agoLONDON (AFP) - - Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has dropped a potential bombshell on the club by telling Spanish television he could consider his future following the Champions League final on May 21. More »
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French great Zidane to play Sydney exhibition soccer match
AFP - 2 hours 28 minutes agoSYDNEY (AFP) - - French football legend Zinedine Zidane will play an exhibition match in Sydney next month alongside a number of teammates from his 1998 World Cup winning side, the promoter said Friday. More »
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NBA champs Spurs thrash Hornets to force deciding game seven
AFP - Friday, May 16SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) - - Reigning National Basketball Association champions San Antonio kept their season alive Thursday with an emphatic 99-80 victory over the New Orleans Hornets. More »
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Basketball: Sorrowful Yao Ming appeals for quake relief aid
AFP - Friday, May 16BEIJING, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - Sporting idol Yao Ming has said that his sorrow over the earthquake in his native China is too deep for words as he and other elite athletes and sports teams swing behind relief efforts. More »
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Badminton: Indonesia confident of China upset in Uber final
AFP - Friday, May 16JAKARTA, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - A pumped-up Indonesia is confident it has what it takes to do what no one else has done in 10 years at the elite Uber Cup -- beat China. More »
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Disgraced sprinter Montgomery to be sentenced on fraud charge
AFP - Friday, May 16NEW YORK (AFP) - - Onetime 100m world record-holder Tim Montgomery was due to be sentenced in a check-fraud scheme Friday as his slide from the pinnacle of the sports world continues. More »
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World ice hockey championship semi-finals are rematch of 2007
AFP - Friday, May 16QUEBEC CITY, Canada (AFP) - - The Swedes and Russians will be seeking revenge, and Canada will try to remain unbeaten in the semi-finals of the World Ice Hockey Championships on Friday. More »
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Basketball: NBA playoff results
AFP - Friday, May 16WASHINGTON, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Results from Thursday's National Basketball Association second-round playoff games (all series best-of-seven): More »
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Basketball: Cavaliers' Gibson has separated shoulder
AFP - Friday, May 16CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Guard Daniel Gibson will be sidelined by a separated shoulder Friday when the Cleveland Cavaliers take on the Boston Celtics in a bid to stay alive in the National Basketball Association playoffs. More »
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- Dennis Rodman charged with attacking girlfriend: prosecutorsAFP -Friday, May 16
- Sorenstam seizes share of Sybase golf leadAFP -Friday, May 16
- Motorcycling: World championship standingsAFP -Friday, May 16
- Thai twins praised for hotel blaze heroicsAFP -Friday, May 16
- Basketball: Former NBA star Barkley sued for gambling debtAFP -Friday, May 16
- Indian golf star Singh almost gets an albatrossAFP -Friday, May 16
- Sharapova battles into Rome tennis quartersAFP -Friday, May 16
- Spartak narrow gap in RussiaAFP -Friday, May 16
- Kiefer ends Germany's Hamburg tennis quarter-final droughtAFP -Friday, May 16
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