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Lets finish the job - Wenger
Everton , they still have an outside chance of snatching third place and with it automatic entry into the Champions League - or even forcing an unprecedented play-off, set for May 26 at Villa Park, were the two clubs' overall statistics to finish equal."We know how to behave to win the games, so it's (about getting) that certainty from our long run and bringing that into our next ...
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Inaugural Sports PR Summit To Take Place At MLB Fan Cave
The 2013 Sports PR Summit will bring together PR execs from the various pro sports leagues as well as from the NCAA/college ranks at the MLB Fan Cave in New York. There is apparently a lack of candid conversations between senior public relations people, media members and athletes. However, it is evident that there is a cure on the horizon. It comes in the form of the first-ever ...
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Kings beat Mumbai in Gilchrists final game
Adam Gilchrist's final match as an IPL player ended in victory for his side, the Kings XI Punjab, as they beat the Mumbai Indians by 50 runs to bow out of the tournament on a high.The Kings had already failed to reach the play-offs, while Mumbai were all set for it, so the game had nothing riding on it aside from pride and a desire to do a good job for the Australia legend.The Kings batted ...
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Wrestling revamp in fight for survival
The ancient sport of wrestling on Saturday agreed a wholesale shake-up of its rules to make the sport more attractive for spectators, in a desperate last throw of the dice to stave off the threat of being axed from the Olympics in 2020.The decision of the International Olympic Committee's executive committee in February to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games devastated the global wrestling ...
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Dugan impresses in Dragons win over Eels
St George Illawarra coach Steve Price hailed Josh Dugan's superstar qualities as the former Canberra fullback enjoyed an impressive return to the NRL in the Dragons' 32-12 win over Parramatta on Saturday night.Dugan was superb in his first game in two months after being sacked by Canberra in March for repeated discipline breaches.The former NSW custodian scored two tries and was a ...
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Wrestling rules changed to keep sport in Olympics
International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) interim president Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, shown in this file photo, was elected president of the body in Moscow on Saturday. (File/Associated ...
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OJ Simpsons ex-lawyer contradicts former football stars testimony on guns legal strategy
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under ...
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Documentary Is an Ode to NYC Playground Basketball
Half-moon hoops, double rims, chain-linked fences for out-of-bounds lines and no net that anyone can recall. Such is the imperfect urban landscape of playground basketball, what many consider the truest expression of the sport. It's basketball without referees, coaches or sneaker deals. Anyone can play, so long as they call "Next." A new documentary, "Doin' it in ...
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TFD Catching up with Squints Ham and the director of The Sandlot
The Sandlot came out 20 years ago. That's the bad news, because it means you're old. Let's start over. The Sandlot came out 20 years ago. That's the good news, because it means you get to participate in some nostalgia. As part of the anniversary of the film, a special edition is out on DVD and Blu-Ray. And, as luck would have it, Chauncey Leopardi (Squints) and Patrick ...
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Ferguson Criticises City for Mancini Sacking
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Carragher open to idea of coaching
Jamie Carragher will bring the curtain down on a 16-year playing career tomorrow but he has not ruled out making a return to the game in a coaching ...
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Police seize Sreesanths laptop diaries
Mumbai police have confirmed that they have seized India fast bowler Sreesanth's belongings from a hotel room in the city, and are hoping to use CCTV footage to see how the player and his cohort Jiju Janardhan operated.Sreesanth was one of three players arrested this week on charged of spot-fixing, and he has since admitted to being involved with bookmakers after phone conversations were ...
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Fridays detailed prep tennis results
— Jelena Vidovic, Union, beat Maddie Turek, Tahoma, 6-3, 7-5; Kailyn Skjonsby, South Kitsap, beat Megan Hagerty, Graham-Kapowsin, 6-4, 6-1; Sammi Hampton, Skyview, beat Kristina Stevanovic, Mount Rainier, 6-0, 6-0; Sydney Wallace, Union, beat Veena Iyengar, Bellarmine Prep, 6-4, ...
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Boateng Out for Milan Montolivo Returns
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Lizzie Armanto wins debut of X Games Womens Skate Park
BARCELONA, Spain -- X Games rookie Lizzie Armanto won the X Games debut of Women's Skateboard Park on Saturday, beating out 12-year-old Alana Smith -- the youngest medalist in X Games history -- and X Games vert veteran Julz Lynn. "I don't even know what to say," Armanto said, after taking a victory lap. "I'm all shaky and nervous. It's just crazy that ...
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Serena extends streak reaches Italian final
Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year. The top-ranked American overcame an early break of her serve to roll past Romanian ...
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Ryder Cup winners in Match Play last eight
Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarter-finals of the World Match Play Championship in Bulgaria.McDowell beat Bo Van Pelt 2-and-1 on the Thracian Cliffs course on Saturday and will meet Colsaerts in a repeat of last year's final. The defending champion won 2-up against Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano after being ahead by ...
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AFL Magpies upset Cats
Collingwood fought back from 13 points down at three-quarter time to score an upset win over the previously unbeaten Geelong in Saturday night's round-eight AFL blockbuster at the MCG.The Magpies notched their fifth victory of the season with four goals to Geelong's one in the final term to win 15.12 (102) to 14.12 (96).Jamie Elliott, Sam Dwyer and Andrew Krakouer kicked three goals ...
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Dockers Swans in AFL draw at SCG
Sydney and Fremantle battled to the first draw of the AFL season on Saturday night, with Dockers big man Michael Johnson unable to drag his side over the line at the SCG after a thrilling final-quarter fightback.The Dockers trailed by 27 points early in the fourth term, but when Johnson snapped truly with three minutes remaining they had bridged the gap to just one point.The Swans rushed another ...
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Smith and Polota-Nau in Lions series doubt
Wallabies coach Robbie Deans was bracing for the worst on Saturday night after George Smith suffered a knee injury that was likely to keep the champion flanker out of the coming series with the British and Irish Lions. A veteran of Australia's 2001 series triumph over the Lions, a dejected Smith trudged up the tunnel on the hour mark of the Brumbies' 28-22 Super Rugby loss to arch ...
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Hi-tech system to track dodgy sports betting and match fixing
CORRUPT sports referees, dodgy players and suspect support staff could be exposed by a sophisticated new sports data tracking system. Federal officials are in early talks about adopting a new national system to track betting across Australia's major sports. Betting trends would be analysed against match activity in AFL, rugby league, soccer, tennis, cricket, rugby union and possibly even ...
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Anderson and Finn rip through New Zealand batting
England's James Anderson is congratulated by his teammates after dismissing New Zealand's Kane Williamson during the first test cricket match at Lord's cricket ground in London May 18, 2013. REUTERS/Philip ...
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IPL Cricket Mumbai Indians opt to bowl Kings XI Punjab 1838
Senior Mumbai batsman Sachin Tendulkar is not playing the match as he has not recovered from his hand injury. Kings XI Punjab 183/8 (20.0/20 overs) Mumbai Indians Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field Innings break Kings XI Punjab RR 9.15 Last 5 ovs 52/6 RR 10.40 Current time: 17:42 local, 12:12 GMT Twenty20 career Batsmen Runs B 4s 6s SR This bowler Last 5 ovs Mat Runs HS ...
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Allardyce keen to keep Carroll
Carroll joined the Hammers from Liverpool on a one-year loan deal last August after struggling to establish himself at Anfield following his club-record 35million switch from Newcastle in January 2011. The 24-year-old has been hampered by injury during his time at Upton Park but, since returning to fitness, he has hit form over the last few months. And Allardyce has also seen enough to want ...
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Cricket England v New Zealand Day Three - First session report
New Zealand resumed on 153/4 just 79 runs behind England's first innings total but some excellent bowling from England's seamers ensured it was the home side who gained the advantage in the match.Stuart Broad struck instantly, removing the key wicket of dangerman Brendan McCullum, caught behind for just 2. New Zealand were then given a slight reprieve when Kane Williamson, who ...
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Georgia wildfire season over but danger isn't
Wildfire season has just ended again in Georgia but local authorities, lead by the Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC), are warning state residents to head burning prohibitions and fire-prevention guidelines in order to prevent deadly forest fires or wildfires from blighting the state even outside of fire season.
Georgia’s Forestry Commission fights or controls around 8000 wildfires every year, that’s an average of 21 every day, but because the wildfire season in Georgia runs from February to May, that figure is probably closer to over 80 every day, which saps the state’s resources and requires huge amounts of manpower, as well as causing the destruction of many acres of forest and property. Read more
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