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Australia skipper Clarke confident of Ashes fitness

SYDNEY- Australia captain Michael Clarke returned home to Sydney on Sunday confident his injured back would not rule him out of the Champions Trophy or

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Barcelona's Jordi Alba celebrates after scoring a goal against AC Milan during their Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match at Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona March 12, 2013. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino
Spain’s Alba misses France trip with injury

MADRID- Barcelona defender Jordi Alba will miss Spain’s trip to play France in a World Cup qualifier after picking up a hamstring injury, the world and European champions said on

Pakistan's cricket playerspay respect to Inzamam-ul-Haq (C) on the fifth day of their second test cricket match against South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore October 12, 2007. REUTERS/Zahid Hussein
Inzamam calls on Pakistan to bat positively

KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s most-capped player Inzamam-ul-Haq has called on the current team to show a more positive attitude with the bat in the remaining test of their three-match series

Olympian Oscar Pistorius, center with head covered, leaves the Brooklyn Police Station in a police vehicle in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013 (AP Photo/ Waldo Swiegers)
Pistorius arrives at courthouse for bail hearing

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Escorted by police, Oscar Pistorius arrived early at a courthouse in South Africa’s capital Tuesday for a bail hearing in the killing of his girlfriend.

Ana Ivanovic of Serbia hits a return to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia during their women's singles match at the WTA Dubai Tennis Championships, February 18, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Ivanovic reaches Dubai second round, Stephens bows out

DUBAI (Reuters) – Former French Open champion Ana Ivanovic beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 7-6 in the first round of the Dubai tennis championships on Monday while U.S. teenager Sloane Stephens

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Girlfriend’s mom: Why did he do this?

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of Oscar Pistorius’ slain girlfriend wants answers, her mother told a Johannesburg newspaper, as South Africans braced to hear why prosecutors believe a national hero

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England thrash N.Zealand by 10 wickets, win Twenty20 series

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – England’s opening batsmen Alex Hales and Michael Lumb made a mockery of the New Zealand bowling attack to guide the visitors to a 10-wicket win in their

Shoppers walk past a Manchester United merchandise store at a mall in Singapore June 14, 2012. REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files
Manchester United signs new training kit sponsor

Keith Weir | Reuters REUTERS – English Premier League soccer club Manchester United has signed a new sponsor for its training kit for the next eight years, the latest in

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Boffin rejects Nadal’s ‘hard courts too tough on players’ claims

Washington, Feb 14 (ANI): A leading sports scientist has rejected Rafael Nadal’s claim that hard courts are too tough on players’ body. Edward Winter from the Center for Sport and

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“Blade Runner” Pistorius charged with murdering girlfriend

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was charged on Thursday with shooting dead his