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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Baghdad police attack 'kills 28' A suicide bomber kills 28 people at a police academy in Baghdad, as the US says it will withdraw 12,000 troops by September. |
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| Brown condemns N Ireland killings The "cowardly" attacks that killed two soldiers at a Northern Ireland base will not derail the peace process, the prime minister says. | |
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| Pope heading to Holy Land in May Pope Benedict XVI confirms he will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, from 8-15 May. | |
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| Obama hints at talks with Taleban President Obama suggests there could be talks with moderate elements of the Taleban in Afghanistan. | |
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| Ex-Israel head faces rape charge Israel's ex-President Moshe Katsav is to be charged with sex offences including rape of a former employee, justice officials say. | |
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| AFRICA | |
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 | Zimbabwe PM 'seeks Botswana care' Zimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai has flown to Botswana to recover after the car crash that killed his wife, his party says. |
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| Sudan leader's warning in Darfur Sudan's president issues a warning to diplomats and other foreigners while visiting Darfur, scene of his alleged war crimes. | |
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| Madagascar officers launch mutiny Officers in a military camp near Madagascar's capital mutiny refusing to take any more orders from the government. | |
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| AMERICAS | |
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 | Vatican backs abortion row bishop A senior Vatican cleric defends a Brazilian archbishop's excommunication of people who helped a child have an abortion. |
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| Demands for MI5 'torture' inquiry A judicial inquiry is demanded into a Guantanamo Bay prisoner's claims that MI5 was complicit in his torture. | |
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| Vedanta buying US copper company Mining giant Vedanta is to buy struggling US copper firm Asarco for $1.7bn, 35% less than the £2.6bn first agreed last year. | |
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| ASIA-PACIFIC | |
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 | N Korea holds parliamentary poll North Korea votes in elections which observers say could give a clue to the country's eventual succession. |
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| Police break up Malaysia protest Police in Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur fire tear gas to disperse a rally against the use of English in the country's schools. | |
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| S Korea diverts jets over threats South Korean airlines re-route planes to avoid the North's airspace amid escalating tension and threats from Pyongyang. | |
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| EUROPE | |
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 | Brown condemns N Ireland killings The "cowardly" attacks that killed two soldiers at a Northern Ireland base will not derail the peace process, the prime minister says. |
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| Dutch recover missing paintings Dutch officials find 17th and 19th Century paintings by Renoir and other artists that have been missing since 1987. | |
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| Pope heading to Holy Land in May Pope Benedict XVI confirms he will visit Israel, the Palestinian territories and Jordan, from 8-15 May. | |
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| MIDDLE EAST | |
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| Baghdad police attack 'kills 28' A suicide bomber kills 28 people at a police academy in Baghdad, as the US says it will withdraw 12,000 troops by September. |
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| New US-Syria talks 'constructive' A senior US envoy in Damascus says the first high-level contact with Syria in four years has been 'very constructive'. | |
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| Ex-Israel head faces rape charge Israel's ex-President Moshe Katsav is to be charged with sex offences including rape of a former employee, justice officials say. | |
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| SOUTH ASIA | |
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 | Obama hints at talks with Taleban President Obama suggests there could be talks with moderate elements of the Taleban in Afghanistan. |
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| 'Civilians die' in S Lanka battle At least 15 civilians have died in the last two days of fighting between Sri Lankan soldiers and Tamil Tiger rebels, a health official says. | |
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| Car bomb kills eight in Pakistan Eight people, mostly police and soldiers, are dead after reportedly being lured to a booby-trapped car in north-western Pakistan. | |
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| UK NEWS | |
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| Brown condemns N Ireland killings The "cowardly" attacks that killed two soldiers at a Northern Ireland base will not derail the peace process, the prime minister says. |
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| 'No alternative' to mail sell-off The plan to part-privatise Royal Mail is the "last throw of the dice" to secure its future, says Lord Mandelson. | |
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| Arrest in Mandelson custard probe Scotland Yard arrests a woman after green custard was thrown in the face of Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. | |
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| UK POLITICS | |
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| Brown condemns N Ireland killings The "cowardly" attacks that killed two soldiers at a Northern Ireland base will not derail the peace process, the prime minister says. |
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| Turn to us in crisis, says Clegg Only the Lib Dems offer an alternative vision for the future of Britain post-recession, leader Nick Clegg says in a keynote speech. | |
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| Arrest in Mandelson custard probe Scotland Yard arrests a woman after green custard was thrown in the face of Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. | |
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| UK EDUCATION | |
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 | Lib Dems back state faith schools The Lib Dems vote in favour of allowing state-funded faith schools to continue selecting pupils by faith. |
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| Big rise in head teacher sackings The number of senior secondary leaders dismissed has risen five-fold in three years, head teachers' leaders say. | |
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| Call for first aid in curriculum First aid should be a compulsory part of the school curriculum, St John Ambulance has urged ministers. | |
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| ENGLAND | |
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 | Inquiry into care papers blunder Sensitive personal information about two children in care is posted to a member of the public in a council error. |
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| Pedestrian killed by police car A pedestrian is killed when he is hit by a marked police car responding to an incident in South Yorkshire. | |
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| Arrest in Mandelson custard probe Scotland Yard arrests a woman after green custard was thrown in the face of Business Secretary Lord Mandelson. | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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| Brown condemns N Ireland killings The "cowardly" attacks that killed two soldiers at a Northern Ireland base will not derail the peace process, the prime minister says. |
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| Husband's attempted murder charge A 47-year-old Coleraine man appears in court charged with his estranged wife's attempted murder. | |
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| Bishop in Ireland 'stands aside' The Bishop of Cloyne 'stands aside' to aid an investigation into the handling of allegations of clerical sex abuse in his diocese. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Council announces £7 minimum wage Workers at Scotland's biggest local authority will be paid a new minimum wage of £7 an hour, in a drive to tackle low pay. |
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| Warning over credit crunch racism Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy warns the country not to pander to "credit crunch" racism in a speech to the Scottish Labour conference. | |
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| Homes evacuated over fire fears About 70 people have to leave their homes in an Ayrshire town, after fire broke out in factory buildings. | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Row on asylum children detention Claims are made that the treatment of detained asylum seekers' children is 'abusive' and breaks UN Convention rules. |
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| Estuary barrage plans refloated Plans for a tidal barrage at the mouth of an estuary first drawn up in the late 1980s are being looked at again. | |
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| 'Model' play centre faces closure A pioneering playground on one of Wales' poorest housing estates may have to shut due to a cut in council funding. | |
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| BUSINESS | |
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 | Bank nationalisation 'not needed' The UK government says it still has no plans to nationalise the banking sector, despite increasing its stake in Lloyds. |
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| Vedanta buying US copper company Mining giant Vedanta is to buy struggling US copper firm Asarco for $1.7bn, 35% less than the £2.6bn first agreed last year. | |
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| US jobless rate increases to 8.1% The number of people unemployed in the US rose by 651,000 in February, official figures show. | |
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| ENTERTAINMENT | |
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 | Ethiopia takes Africa film honour An Ethiopian film about the regime of the country's former dictator takes the chief prize at Africa's main movie awards. |
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| Singer Rihanna 'would testify' Singer Rihanna would testify against her boyfriend Chris Brown if called as a witness in his assault case, her lawyer says. | |
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| Rapper Coolio facing drug charge Rap star Coolio is charged with drug possession after being arrested at Los Angeles International Airport. | |
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| SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT | |
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 | Nasa launches Earth hunter probe A Nasa mission carrying a telescope to search the sky for Earth-like planets launches from Cape Canaveral in Florida. |
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| Enzyme behind cancer spread found Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body, leading to hopes it can be "switched off". | |
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| Telescope 'cousins' meet at last Europe's Herschel and Planck space observatories are in the same cleanroom, just weeks before their historic launch. | |
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| TECHNOLOGY | |
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 | Firms in data row deny wrongdoing Several firms accused of subscribing to a secret database of building workers' details have denied any wrongdoing. |
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| Obama picks US information chief Vivek Kundra has been picked by President Obama as the US government's chief information officer. | |
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| Al Gore says domain .eco logical Former US vice president AL Gore is backing the creation of green .eco domain names. | |
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| HEALTH | |
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 | Enzyme behind cancer spread found Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body, leading to hopes it can be "switched off". |
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| Diabetes drugs given 'too soon' One in three people with type 2 diabetes are given pills too soon, rather than adopting lifestyle changes, research suggests. | |
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| Virus 'triggers child diabetes' A common virus may be the trigger for many cases of diabetes, say researchers, opening the way for a vaccine. | |
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| 1985: Beirut car bomb kills dozens At least 45 people die and 175 are injured in a car bomb explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. | |||
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| 1972: TWA jet explodes at Las Vegas airport Bomb explodes in the cockpit of a Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 at Las Vegas airport. | |||
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| 1971: Post strike ends with pay deal British postal workers go back to work after seven weeks on strike. | |||
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| TOP STORIES | |
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 | Live text - FA Cup Everton face Middlesbrough for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals after Arsenal ease past Burnley to book a quarter-final with Hull. |
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| Live text - West Indies v England Amjad Khan ousts West Indies run machine Ramnaresh Sarwan on day three of the final Test. | |
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| Beckham happy with AC Milan deal David Beckham says it is a "dream deal" to stay at AC Milan and also continue to play for LA Galaxy. | |
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| Czechs stun France in Davis Cup Radek Stepanek beats Gilles Simon to give Czech Republi victory over highly-rated France in the Davis Cup. | |
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| Tendulkar steers India to victory Sachin Tendulkar claims his 43rd one-day international century to help India to a 58-run win over New Zealand. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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| Live text - FA Cup Everton face Middlesbrough for a place in the FA Cup semi-finals after Arsenal ease past Burnley to book a quarter-final with Hull. |
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| Arsenal 3-0 Burnley Arsenal cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals after a beating Burnley with three goals of the highest class. | |
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| Live text - Scottish Cup Rangers host Hamilton in the last of the Homecoming Scottish Cup quarter-finals. | |
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| ARSENAL | |
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 | Arsenal 3-0 Burnley Arsenal cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals after a beating Burnley with three goals of the highest class. |
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| ASTON VILLA | |
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 | Tiredness not a problem - O'Neill Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill rejects suggestions that his Champions League-chasing side are running out of steam. |
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| BLACKBURN | |
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 | Blackburn 0-0 Everton Blackburn remain in a scrap for relegation after a goalless draw against Everton at Ewood Park. |
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| BOLTON | |
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 | Stoke 2-0 Bolton Relegation-threatened Stoke overcome snowy conditions and a committed Bolton side to record only their second win in 14 games in a full-blooded contest. |
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| CHELSEA | |
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 | Juventus v Chelsea Team news ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match. |
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| EVERTON | |
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 | Everton v Middlesbrough Everton host Middlesbrough in Sunday's FA Cup sixth-round match. |
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| FULHAM | |
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 | Fulham 0-4 Man Utd Carlos Tevez is on target twice as Man Utd stroll past Fulham into the FA Cup semi-finals. |
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| HULL | |
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 | Fulham 0-1 Hull City An injury-time goal from Manucho steals Hull a valuable three points in their relegation battle as they beat Fulham. |
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| LIVERPOOL | |
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 | Mascherano wants Reds consistency Midfielder Javier Mascherano says Liverpool need to improve before they can think of a title challenge this season. |
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| MANCHESTER CITY | |
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 | Norwich youngsters exit Youth Cup Norwich City's academy side are knocked out of the FA Youth Cup by Manchester City. |
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| MANCHESTER UNITED | |
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 | Man Utd wait on Ferdinand injury Manchester United are waiting to discover whether defender Rio Ferdinand will be fit for Wednesday's Champions League return leg against Inter Milan. |
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| MIDDLESBROUGH | |
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| Everton v Middlesbrough Everton host Middlesbrough in Sunday's FA Cup sixth-round match. |
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| NEWCASTLE | |
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 | Martins makes Nigeria committment Obafemi Martins says he is committed to playing for Nigeria and wants to help the qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. |
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| PORTSMOUTH | |
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 | Hart to stay at Pompey for season Portsmouth caretaker manager Paul Hart and assistant Brian Kidd are to keep their roles for the rest of the season. |
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| STOKE | |
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 | Holland delighted with Stoke role Stoke City's new academy director Steve Holland is excited by the chance to work at the Britannia Stadium. |
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| SUNDERLAND | |
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 | Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham Robbie Keane cancels out Kieran Richardson's opener as Tottenham resue a point at Sunderland. |
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| TOTTENHAM | |
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| Sunderland 1-1 Tottenham Robbie Keane cancels out Kieran Richardson's opener as Tottenham resue a point at Sunderland. |
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| WEST BROM | |
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 | Lack of quality worrying Mowbray West Brom boss Tony Mowbray says he is worried some of his players may not be good enough to ultimately keep the club in the Premier League. |
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| WEST HAM UNITED | |
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 | Wigan 0-1 West Ham Carlton Cole's superb first-half strike proves decisive as West Ham cement seventh place with victory over Wigan in an ill-tempered encounter. |
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| WIGAN | |
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| Wigan 0-1 West Ham Carlton Cole's superb first-half strike proves decisive as West Ham cement seventh place with victory over Wigan in an ill-tempered encounter. |
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| BARNSLEY | |
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 | Cardiff 3-1 Barnsley Cardiff climb to fourth in the Championship, emphatically returning to winning ways as Barnsley drop two places to 20th. |
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| BIRMINGHAM | |
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 | Birmingham 1-0 Southampton Keith Fahey's goal just before the break earns victory for promotion-chasing Birmingham City. |
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| BLACKPOOL | |
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| Blackpool 2-0 Norwich Goals from Brett Ormerod and Charlie Adam earn Blackpool a vital win over fellow Championship strugglers Norwich. |
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| BRISTOL CITY | |
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| Derby 2-1 Bristol City Rob Hulse's late goal earns Derby three points at the expense of play-off hopefuls Bristol City. |
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| BURNLEY | |
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| Arsenal 3-0 Burnley Arsenal cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals after a beating Burnley with three goals of the highest class. |
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| CARDIFF | |
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 | Jones praises goal hero Johnson Dave Jones praised Eddie Johnson as he scored his first goal in Europe in Cardiff's 3-0 win over Doncaster. |
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| CHARLTON | |
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| Charlton 2-3 Watford Watford ease their relegation fears with a win against a Charlton side who slipped further towards the drop. |
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| COVENTRY | |
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 | Coventry 0-2 Chelsea Chelsea reach the FA Cup semi-finals for the third time in four seasons with a convincing win over Coventry City. |
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| CRYSTAL PALACE | |
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| Crystal Palace 2-1 Preston Crystal Palace halt their slide down the Championship table with two first-half goals as they come from behind to beat Preston. |
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| DERBY | |
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| Derby 2-1 Bristol City Rob Hulse's late goal earns Derby three points at the expense of play-off hopefuls Bristol City. |
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| DONCASTER | |
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 | Cardiff City 3-0 Doncaster Cardiff City beat Doncaster Rovers comfortably at Ninian Park in the Championship. |
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| IPSWICH | |
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| Ipswich 0-3 Southampton Two goals from Jason Euell and one from substitute Matthew Paterson secure an impressive victory for Southampton that severely dents Ipswich's promotion bid. |
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| NORWICH | |
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 | Captain Doherty rues bizarre goal Norwich captain Gary Doherty pinpoints the freakish goal which triggered the 2-0 defeat at Blackpool. |
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| NOTTM FOREST | |
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 | Nottm Forest 1-1 Swansea Substitute Lewis McGugan rescues a point for relegation-haunted Nottingham Forest to deny Swansea City. |
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| PLYMOUTH | |
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| Plymouth 2-2 Reading Promotion hopefuls Reading twice come back from a goal down at relegation-battling Plymouth to earn a draw. |
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| PRESTON | |
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| Crystal Palace 2-1 Preston Crystal Palace halt their slide down the Championship table with two first-half goals as they come from behind to beat Preston. |
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| QPR | |
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 | QPR chief dismisses Ince reports Sporting director Gianni Paladini angrily denies that QPR have lined up Paul Ince to take over as manager. |
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| READING | |
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 | Winger Little returns to Reading Portsmouth winger Glen Little re-signs for Reading less than a year after leaving the Berkshire club. |
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| SHEFF WED | |
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 | Sheff Wed 0-1 Wolves Wolves maintain their lead at the top of the Championship with a crucial win at Sheffield Wednesday. |
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| SHEFF UTD | |
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 | QPR 0-0 Sheff Utd Sheffield United extend their unbeaten league run to 13 but will be grateful to come away with a point against a dominant QPR. |
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| SOUTHAMPTON | |
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 | Two Southampton strikers arrested Two Southampton footballers are arrested for allegedly assaulting a fan in the city last month, police say. |
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| SWANSEA | |
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 | Martinez hails goal king Scotland Roberto Martinez sends an ominous warning to Championship defences that Swansea striker Jason Scotland is still improving. |
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| WATFORD | |
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| Charlton 2-3 Watford Watford ease their relegation fears with a win against a Charlton side who slipped further towards the drop. |
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| WOLVES | |
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| Sheff Wed 0-1 Wolves Wolves maintain their lead at the top of the Championship with a crucial win at Sheffield Wednesday. |
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| ABERDEEN | |
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 | Dunfermline 1-1 Aberdeen Nicky Phinn's late goal gives Dunfermline a Homecoming Scottish Cup draw as Aberdeen are taken to a replay. |
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| CELTIC | |
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 | St Mirren 1-0 Celtic Billy Mehmet's penalty sends St Mirren into the last four of the Scottish Cup at the expense of misfiring Celtic. |
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| DUNDEE UNITED | |
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 | Falkirk 0-1 Dundee United A Craig Conway penalty is enough to earn Dundee United maximum points at the Falkirk Stadium. |
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| FALKIRK | |
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 | Inverness CT 0-1 Falkirk Falkirk progress to the Scottish Cup semi-finals thanks to a tense win against 10-man Inverness. |
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| HAMILTON | |
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| HEARTS | |
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 | Driver wants to play for Scotland English-born Hearts winger Andrew Driver reveals he would like to play for the Scotland national team. |
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| HIBERNIAN | |
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 | Hamilton Accies 0-1 Hibernian Hibernian edge back into the top six thanks to a late strike from Steven Fletcher at New Douglas Park. |
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| INVERNESS CT | |
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| Inverness CT 0-1 Falkirk Falkirk progress to the Scottish Cup semi-finals thanks to a tense win against 10-man Inverness. |
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| KILMARNOCK | |
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 | Kilmarnock 1-2 Celtic Scott McDonald scores a brace as Celtic move back to the top of the Scottish Premier League. |
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| MOTHERWELL | |
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 | Hearts 2-1 Motherwell Hearts cement their grip on third place thanks to an injury time goal from Ruben Palazuelos. |
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| RANGERS | |
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| ST MIRREN | |
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| St Mirren 1-0 Celtic Billy Mehmet's penalty sends St Mirren into the last four of the Scottish Cup at the expense of misfiring Celtic. |
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| AFRICAN FOOTBALL | |
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 | Sissoko suffers injury setback Mali midfielder Mohamed Sissoko could miss the rest of the season after breaking a bone in his left foot. |
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| Ghana favourites to win CHAN Ghana are favourites as they play DR Congo on Sunday in the final of the first ever African Nations Championship in the Ivory Coast. | |
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| Arsenal 3-0 Burnley Arsenal cruise into the FA Cup quarter-finals after a beating Burnley with three goals of the highest class. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Live text - West Indies v England Amjad Khan ousts West Indies run machine Ramnaresh Sarwan on day three of the final Test. |
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| Strauss favoured for Ashes role Andrew Strauss is given the strongest indication yet that he will captain England in this summer's home Ashes series. | |
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| Tendulkar steers India to victory Sachin Tendulkar claims his 43rd one-day international century to help India to a 58-run win over New Zealand. | |
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| RUGBY UNION | |
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 | Premiership - latest scores London Irish travel to Wasps after Newcastle win at Sale in Sunday's Guinness Premiership matches. |
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| Sale 25-32 Newcastle Newcastle flanker Brent Wilson scores with two minutes left to give his side their fifth Premiership win in a row. | |
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| Wales crowned world Sevens champs Aled Thomas' late try sees Wales beat Argentina 19-12 and win the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai. | |
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| RUGBY LEAGUE | |
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 | Super League - latest scores Hull KR host Wakefield, and Leeds travel to struggling Warrington in Sunday's Super League games. |
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| Bulls' Godwin faces long lay-off Bradford Bulls hooker Wayne Godwin faces up to three months on the sidelines after breaking his right leg. | |
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| C Dragons 22-24 Castleford Castleford secure a narrow win against the Catalans Dragons in Perpignan to move up to third in the Super League table. | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Britain slump to Davis Cup defeat Great Britain's Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins lose a keenly-fought Davis Cup doubles rubber to give Ukraine an unassailable 3-0 lead in Glasgow. |
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| Highlights - GB slump to Davis Cup defeat BBC Sport's Francis Collings reports as Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins lose a keenly-fought doubles encounter against Sergei Bubka and Sergiy Stakhovsky to give Ukraine an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Euro/Africa Zone Group One tie. | |
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| Czechs stun France in Davis Cup Radek Stepanek beats Gilles Simon to give Czech Republi victory over highly-rated France in the Davis Cup. | |
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| GOLF | |
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 | Shin shines in Singapore victory Jiyai Shin storms to a superb two-stroke win over Katherine Hull in the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore. |
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| Davies claims second in Thailand Rhys Davies has secured the biggest achievement of his rookie golfing career as the Welshman has finished runner-up at the Singha Thailand Open. | |
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| Yang maintains Honda Classic lead South Korea's Y.E Yang protect his one-shot lead at the Honda Classic at Palm Beach Gardens. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Formula One news has moved >>>> Click the link above to reach BBC Sport's brand new Formula One website for 2009. |
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| Pedrosa doubtful for Qatar opener Dani Pedrosa's hopes of competing in the MotoGP World Championship opener in Qatar are in doubt following two operations. | |
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| Honda team to return as Brawn GP The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP. | |
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| FORMULA ONE | |
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 | Honda team to return as Brawn GP The former Honda Formula One team has been saved and will contest the 2009 season as Brawn GP. |
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| McLaren face hard work - Hamilton World champion Lewis Hamilton admits McLaren have a great deal of work to do if they are to be ready for the Australian Grand Prix. | |
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| De la Rosa unhappy with test ban McLaren's Formula One test driver Pedro De la Rosa says the ban on in-season testing could be dangerous. | |
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| BOXING | |
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 | Calzaghe rejects Hopkins rematch Joe Calzaghe has dismissed claims that he is to come out of retirement for a rematch with American Bernard Hopkins. |
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| Classy Moore wins European crown Jamie Moore looks world class in knocking out Italian veteran Michele Piccirillo to claim the European light-middleweight crown. | |
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| Khan confident of beating Barrera Amir Khan has said he is confident he can beat Mexican boxing legend Marco Antonio Barrera when they meet in the ring in Manchester. | |
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| ATHLETICS | |
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 | GB women struggle in 800m final Jenny Meadows and Marilyn Okoro fail to win a medal in the 800m at the European Indoor Championships in Turin. |
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| Live - European Indoor Athletics Live BBC coverage of the European Indoor Athletics Championships from Turin. | |
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| Farah cruises home to 3,000m gold Mo Farah wins Britain's first gold at the European Indoor Championships after a stunning display in the 3,000m. | |
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| SNOOKER | |
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 | Couch ends Parrott's Crucible bid John Parrott's hopes of a return to the World Snooker Championships end with a 10-3 defeat by Matthew Couch. |
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| Patient Carter reaps the rewards Essex snooker star Ali Carter believes his first ranking event title had been on the cards for some time. | |
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| White fails in world qualifiers Six-times world runner-up Jimmy White is dumped out of the qualifiers for April's World Championship. | |
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| HORSE RACING | |
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 | Nicholls pair head Gold Cup list The 2008 winner Denman and former champion Kauto Star are among 17 horses left in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. |
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| On the gallops with Kauto Star BBC Sport's Norman Williamson joins Kauto Star and head lad Clifford Baker for a morning's training. | |
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| Kauto's the one to beat - Nicholls Trainer Paul Nicholls talks to 5 Live Sport ahead of next month's race at the Cheltenham Festival, and admits Kauto Star is the horse to beat. | |
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| CYCLING | |
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 | Will to win undiminished for Hoy Sir Chris Hoy tells BBC Scotland that the crash in which he damaged his hip will not affect him psychologically and that he still has the desire to win. |
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| Schumacher banned for two years Germany's Stefan Schumacher is banned for two years after failing a drugs test during last year's Tour de France. | |
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| Hoy to miss World Championships Sir Chris Hoy withdraws from this month's cycling World Championships in Poland because of a hip injury. | |
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| OTHER SPORT... | |
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 | British duo lose in quarter-final British duo Jenny Wallwork and Gabby White lose to China's Olympic champions in the quarter-finals of the All England Championships. |
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| GB archers fall at world indoors Great Britain's archers suffer individual disappointment at the World Indoor Championships in Poland. | |
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| Pops returns to NBA with Toronto GB forward Pops Mensah-Bonsu has been signed until the end of the season by the NBA's Toronto Raptors. | |
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| FUN AND GAMES | |
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 | Robbo blog "Ashley's going to cop it when his wife gets off that mountain" |
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| Sport quotes of the week Guus Hiddink does a Keegan, plus Mick McCarthy and top chants | |
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| Ten to tackle Test your knowledge of the last seven days in sport | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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 | Allianz NFL and NHL score updates The latest scores from Sunday's Allianz NFL games (1430 GMT) involving Ulster team plus updates from Antrim and Down's NHL matches. |
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| Ballymena Utd 1-2 Glenavon Glenavon move off the bottom of the Irish Premiership table as they claim an impressive win at the Ballymena Showgrounds | |
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| Coagh go top of IFA Championship Coagh United move to the top of the IFA Championship as they earn a 1-0 win over Donegal Celtic. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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 | Live text - Scottish Cup Rangers host Hamilton in the last of the Homecoming Scottish Cup quarter-finals. |
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| Driver wants to play for Scotland English-born Hearts winger Andrew Driver reveals he would like to play for the Scotland national team. | |
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| St Mirren 1-0 Celtic Billy Mehmet's penalty sends St Mirren into the last four of the Scottish Cup at the expense of misfiring Celtic. | |
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| WALES | |
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| Martinez hails goal king Scotland Roberto Martinez sends an ominous warning to Championship defences that Swansea striker Jason Scotland is still improving. |
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| Jones praises goal hero Johnson Dave Jones praised Eddie Johnson as he scored his first goal in Europe in Cardiff's 3-0 win over Doncaster. | |
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| Wales crowned world Sevens champs Aled Thomas' late try sees Wales beat Argentina 19-12 and win the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai. | |
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