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Nadal back in the groove at Rio Open
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» World number one Rafael Nadal will top the bill at the inaugural Rio Open as he returns from the back injury that wrecked his Australian Open title assault.
Bangladesh pick Razzak, Sabbir for World Twenty20
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» Seasoned spinner Abdur Razzak and young batsman Sabbir Rahman were Monday named in Bangladesh's squad for the World Twenty20 which the country hosts from March 16.
McIlroy, Rose Stenson, Johnson top Match Play seeds
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Henrik Stenson and Zach Johnson were confirmed as top seeds for the $9 million World Golf Championships Match Play Championship that begins Wednesday.
East defeats West in record-setting All-Star Game
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» Kyrie Irving scored 31 points and Carmelo Anthony added 30 to power the East over the West 163-155 in the highest-scoring NBA All-Star Game in history.
Miller defends reporter who brought him to tears
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» Bode Miller has leapt to the defence of an experienced NBC reporter who brought him to tears after he won Olympic super-G bronze with incessant references to his dead brother.
British women seal crucial curling win against Russia
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» British skip Eve Muirhead said she "couldn't hear myself think" at Sochi's raucous Ice Cube Curling Centre as her team battled to a crucial win against Russia on Monday.
England rugby coach Lancaster welcomes code-breaker Burgess
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» England rugby union coach Stuart Lancaster forecast Sam Burgess would be a "great asset" in the 15-man game following his high-profile move from rugby league.
Swedes gloat as rivals Norway come unstuck in Sochi
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» If you thought the Winter Olympics are just about the Cold War-style ice hockey rivalry between North America and Russia then think again.
Plushenko backtracks on 'forced to skate' claim
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» Russian figure skating icon Yevgeny Plushenko on Monday backtracked on a claim that his federation had forced him to skate while injured at the Sochi Olympics, in a controversy that shows little sign of dying down.
Gebrselassie to run as pacemaker at London Marathon
AFP, Published on 17/02/2014
» Haile Gebrselassie, one of the world's all-time great distance runners, will find himself in the unusual position of pacemaker at this year's London Marathon.