CROFT AVOIDS THE KNIFE
England flanker Tom Croft does not require surgery on his fractured right shoulder, the Rugby Football Union have confirmed. Croft yesterday visited a specialist who failed to uncover any injury to the joint other that the damage to his scapula.
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Carter becomes rugby Test top points scorer
CARDIFF (AFP) – New Zealand outside-half Dan Carter became international rugby union’s leading all-time points scorer during the All Blacks’ Test against Wales at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday.
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Morales, Williams named all-state soccer selections
While the Rocky Mount High boys’ soccer season might not have ended the way players and fans were hoping, a number of awards have come pouring in for one of the more successful teams in program history.
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Staples senior boys soccer class is one for the ages
The Staples boys soccer team’s senior class is arguably one of the best in the team’s history with three straight FCIAC titles, a Class LL title and Class LL runnerup.
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Failon Ngayon: Tama na o laban pa?
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao or Manny Pacquiao is a name that’s known the world over. Born on the 17th of December, 1978, Manny Pacquiao is currently an 8-division boxing champion, a feat that no one has come close to and possibly no one will ever come close to equalling.
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White collar boxing returns to Belfast’s King’s Hall
Tonight (Thursday) over 30 men – and one woman – from various businesses across Northern Ireland will be swapping their suits for boxing gloves at the home of boxing here – the King’s Hall.
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Fehily retains Kauto hope
Noel Fehily has not given up hope of being fit to ride Kauto Star in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. The jump jockey is to see a specialist this week and is optimistic the wrist he injured in a fall at Newbury on Friday is not as bad as first feared.
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School fair promotes healthy lifestyle
When Grade 11 students Jared Sills and Greg Lamb set up an Xbox in their high school gym, it wasn’t for the sheer pleasure of playing racing games, it was to shift awareness about impaired driving into high gear.[...]
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Good local entry to gruelling Roger Albert Clark Rally
This weekend’s Roger Albert Clark Rally is a re-enactment of the glorious RAC Rally which was at its height in the 1970s when many of we local rally nuts were lucky enough to able to compete in it with mixed fortunes.
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Four more named in spot-fixing
Karachi: Pakistan cricket on Tuesday plunged into fresh crisis with the bookie Mazhar Majeed revealing that four more players were involved in fixing international matches besides the suspended trio of Salman Butt, Mohd. Asif and Mohd.Amir.
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Yousuf dropped; Kamran, Kaneria ignored
Karachi, Nov 30 (PTI) Pakistan cricket continues to go through a turbulent period as the national selectors today dropped former captain and senior batman Mohammad Yousuf and ignored wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria for the upcoming tour to New Zealand.
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Grantsville netters finish 4th at State
It was a big accomplishment in its own right that the Grantsville girls tennis team had a pair of singles players and a doubles team in the semifinals of the 3A state tournament at Brigham Young University in Provo on Saturday.
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Tennis: NN’s Spencer wins consolation match at girls 16s National Open in Minnesota
Menchville High junior Claire Spencer went 1-1 on Thanksgiving Day, the first day of a girls 16-and-under U.S. Tennis Association National Open in Lakeville, Minn., near Minneapolis.
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Martinez hopes Rafael Nadal inspires Wigan players
Arsenal Wigan Athletic Roberto Martinez hopes his Wigan Athletic players drew inspiration from tennis ace Rafael Nadal. Latics boss took his squad to see Sunday’s thriller at the O2 when his fellow Spaniard lost the ATP World Tour final to Roger Federer. But Martinez reckons some of Nadal’s never-say-die attitude will come in handy in tonight’s Carling Cup quarter-final at Arsenal . He said: “We …
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Tennis: Williams out of Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia – Australian Open officials say reigning champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the season-opening tennis Grand Slam tournament due to a foot injury.Williams had surgery after cutting her foot on broken…
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Rugby: Autumn international: Scotland 19 Samoa 16
RUARIDH JACKSON came off the bench to be crowned king of Scotland yesterday with a late penalty winner against Samoa.
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Rugby: Magners League: Cardiff 38 Glasgow 6
THIRTEEN-MAN Glasgow slumped to a heavy defeat as Cardiff Blues put their recent troubles behind them with a convincing Magners League victory.
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Rugby: Wallabies rout France
James O’Connor scored 29 points Saturday as Australia pulled away in the second half for a convincing 59-16 win over France.The 20-year-old winger has scored a total of 119 points in test matches to become the second youngest…
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Q+A-Soccer-What is the Serie A players’ strike about?
The Italian Serie A players’ union called a strike on Tuesday for matches on Dec. 11 and 12 because of a dispute over contracts.
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German soccer chief to run for FIFA executive committee
German soccer federation (DFB) chief Theo Zwanziger will run for a FIFA Executive Committee spot that will be left vacant when Franz Beckenbauer steps downs in March 2011, the DFB said on Friday.
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Former La Quinta Soccer Commissioner Pleads Guilty To Embezzlement
A former La Quinta American Youth Soccer Organization commissioner pleaded guilty today to embezzling more than 0,000 from the organization.
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