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| Sunday, 24 August, 2008, 8:00 GMT 24:00 -08:00:US/Alaska |
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 | Live - Olympics Basketball and boxing complete the action in Beijing, with the closing ceremony inside the Bird's Nest stadium coming up at 1300 BST. |
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| Shevchenko heads back to AC Milan Chelsea confirm that striker Andriy Shevchenko will re-join Italian side AC Milan. | |
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| China wins first ever boxing gold Zou Shiming helps China to its first ever Olympic boxing gold, after his opponent, Mongolia's Serdamba Purevdorj is forced to retire with an injury. | |
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| Massa pips Hamilton to Euro pole Ferrari's Felipe Massa claims pole position for Sunday's European Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton second. | |
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| Russian becomes two-weight winner Russia's Alexey Tishchenko becomes the first boxer in 30 years to win Olympic gold in two different weight divisions with victory over France's Daouda Sow. | |
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| FOOTBALL | |
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 | Shevchenko heads back to AC Milan Chelsea confirm that striker Andriy Shevchenko will re-join Italian side AC Milan. |
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| Fulham 1-0 Arsenal Brede Hangeland's first-half goal gives Fulham victory against off-colour Arsenal. | |
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| Tottenham 1-2 Sunderland Djibril Cisse scores on his Sunderland debut to condemn Spurs to their second straight Premier League defeat. | |
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| AFRICAN FOOTBALL | |
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 | Dangerous heat for Olympic final Criticism as the Olympic final between Nigeria and Argentina is played in 42-degree heat. |
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| Argentina brave heat to take gold Argentina retain their men's Olympic football title as Angel di Maria's goal secures a 1-0 win over Nigeria. | |
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| Stoke City 3-2 Aston Villa Mamady Sidibe's injury-time winner against Aston Villa gives Stoke their first Premier League win. | |
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| CRICKET | |
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 | Trescothick makes ball revelation Marcus Trescothick reveals he sucked sweets to help keep the shine on the ball when playing for England. |
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| Pietersen hails Flintoff's return Kevin Petersen hails Andrew Flintoff's performance in the day-night win over South Africa. | |
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| Kent spinners see off Lancashire James Tredwell and Martin van Jaarsveld take three wickets each as Kent beat Lancashire by 211 runs. | |
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| RUGBY UNION | |
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 | South Africa 15-27 Australia Australia condemn the Springboks to a third straight Tri-Nations defeat with their first win on South African soil since 2000. |
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| London Mayor eyes Rugby World Cup London Mayor Boris Johnson says he wants the city to be at the heart of England's bid for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. | |
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| Lewis to meet disgruntled clubs WRU chief Roger Lewis will meet Premiership clubs to address growing discontent. | |
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| RUGBY LEAGUE | |
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 | Catalans Dragons 32-38 Wakefield Wakefield hold off Catalans to end their eight-game losing run and climb to seventh in the Super League table. |
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| Wigan 16-52 Leeds Defending champions Leeds keep the pressure on Super League leaders St Helens with a crushing win at Wigan. | |
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| Hull 26-6 Harlequins Hull's three-game losing run comes to an end against Harlequins, who drop out of contention for a play-off place | |
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| TENNIS | |
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 | Pressure on Nadal now - Federer Former world number one Roger Federer says the pressure is firmly on Rafael Nadal as they head into the US Open. |
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| Murray promises US Open challenge British number one Andy Murray insists he can break the Grand Slam dominance of the "big three" at the US Open. | |
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| Keothavong set for US Open debut British number one Anne Keothavong will face American qualifier Alexa Glatch in the first round of the US Open. | |
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| GOLF | |
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 | Commanding Clarke boosts Cup bid Darren Clarke takes a three-shot lead into the final round of the KLM Open to boost his hopes of a Ryder Cup wildcard. |
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| Casey revives Barclays challenge Britain's Paul Casey lies in second place in the Barclays Classic third round at the Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey. | |
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| The Barclays PGA leaderboard The first of the PGA Tour's play-off events takes place in New Jersey. | |
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| MOTORSPORT | |
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 | Massa pips Hamilton to Euro pole Ferrari's Felipe Massa claims pole position for Sunday's European Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton second. |
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| Euro GP qualifying as it happened McLaren's Lewis Hamilton goes for pole on the new street circuit in Valencia. | |
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| Alonso dismisses link with Honda Renault driver Fernando Alonso says he is not in talks with rival Formula One team Honda. | |
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| FORMULA ONE | |
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| Massa pips Hamilton to Euro pole Ferrari's Felipe Massa claims pole position for Sunday's European Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton second. |
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| Euro GP qualifying as it happened McLaren's Lewis Hamilton goes for pole on the new street circuit in Valencia. | |
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| Raikkonen leaves Hamilton behind Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen sets the pace in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix. | |
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| BOXING | |
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 | Calzaghe files court counterclaim World champion boxer Joe Calzaghe denies he had an agreement for Frank Warren's company to promote further fights. |
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| Mathews signs up to Haye's camp Liverpool featherweight Derry Mathews has signed an exclusive contract with David Haye's Hayemaker Promotions. | |
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| Khan to face Colombian Prescott Amir Khan will fight unbeaten Colombian Breidis Prescott in Manchester on 6 September. | |
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| ATHLETICS | |
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 | Marathon gold for Kenya's Wanjiru Sammy Wanjiru wins Kenya's first ever gold in the men's marathon, breaking the Olympic record despite the soaring heat in Beijing. |
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| Bekele storms to Olympic double Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele adds the 5,000m Olympic title to his 10,000m gold. | |
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| US strike gold as GB get fourth The American 4x400m men win as GB miss out on a medal in fourth place. | |
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| SNOOKER | |
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 | Maguire targets NI Trophy defence Snooker's new season gets under way on Sunday, with Stephen Maguire defending his Northern Ireland Trophy title. |
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| Top players could miss new event The newly announced Bahrain Championship could be missing four top players because of a clash of dates with snooker's Premier League. | |
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| Bahrain to host new ranking event The Middle East is set to host a world ranking tournament for the seventh time after the Bahrain Championship was added to this year's calendar. | |
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| HORSE RACING | |
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 | Juddmonte success for Marmalade Duke of Marmalade wins the Juddmonte International Stakes at Newmarket, with Derby winner New Approach in third. |
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| Lush Lashes claims Oaks victory The Jim Bolger-trained Lush Lashes wins the Darley Yorkshire Oaks at Newmarket after the race was switched from the abandoned Ebor Festival in York. | |
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| Horse put down after an explosion A racehorse is put down after an explosion in a medical chamber at a training centre in Newmarket. | |
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| CYCLING | |
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 | Hoy selected to carry flag for GB Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy is to carry the Olympic flag for Great Britain at the closing ceremony in Beijing on Sunday. |
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| Absalon keeps mountain bike crown France's Julien Absalon retains the Olympic men's mountain biking title with an early-race surge to leave his rivals trailing. | |
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| Spitz takes mountain biking gold Germany's Sabine Spitz wins gold in the women's Olympic mountain biking, beating her nearest rival by 41 seconds. | |
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| OTHER SPORT... | |
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 | NFL players mourn Upshaw's death Gene Upshaw, the NFL star turned players' union head who was instrumental in securing huge wealth for his members, dies aged 63. |
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| Lithuania give lesson to GB women Great Britain's women slump to a comfortable defeat against Lithuania in their second European qualifying tie in Cardiff. | |
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| GB come close to shocking Italy Pops Mensah-Bonsu scores 19 points and Jarret Hart 15 as GB lose 83-74 to Italy in the final game of the Sardinia tournament. | |
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| FUN AND GAMES | |
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 | Sport quotes of the week Becky Adlington craves a burger, Usain Bolt wants nuggets, while Jamie Staff frets about Rafael Nadal's washing |
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| Robbo blog "Michael Phelps is great but you can't take swimming all that seriously" | |
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| Ten to tackle How much can you remember about the last seven days in the world of sport? | |
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| NORTHERN IRELAND | |
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| Commanding Clarke boosts Cup bid Darren Clarke takes a three-shot lead into the final round of the KLM Open to boost his hopes of a Ryder Cup wildcard. |
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| Linfield 1-0 Newry City A John Martin goal gives league champions Linfield a slender 1-0 win over Newry City. | |
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| Lisburn Distillery 1-1 Glentoran A late Dean Fitzgerald equaliser earns Glentoran a point against Lisburn Distillery at Ballyskeagh. | |
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| SCOTLAND | |
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| Hoy selected to carry flag for GB Triple gold medallist Chris Hoy is to carry the Olympic flag for Great Britain at the closing ceremony in Beijing on Sunday. |
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| Celtic 3-0 Falkirk Goals from Georgios Samaras and Stephen McManus hand Celtic a comfortable league victory over Falkirk. | |
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| Hearts 2-1 St Mirren Hearts stave off a fight-back from 10-man St Mirren to take all three points in the SPL at Tynecastle | |
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| WALES | |
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 | Plymouth 0-1 Swansea Swansea get their first win on the road thanks to Jason Scotland's first half goal. |
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| Cardiff 2-2 Norwich Arturo Lupoli's late brace earns Norwich a point at Ninian Park after Cardiff led through two Ross McCormack goals. | |
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| Welsh Premier/non-league round-up The weekend's Welsh Premier and non-League news and results. | |
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