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LeBron Heat outlast Spurs in Game 6 of NBA Finals
LeBron James and his friends are the modern-day standard for counting championships before they are won, and there they were, on their home court, watching the NBA prepare a trophy presentation for ...
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Manchester United to Face Swansea in Season Opener
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Ferguson stood down by Raiders for 4 weeks
Canberra have made suspended NSW Origin winger Blake Ferguson unavailable for NRL selection for at least four weeks while he undertakes an extensive alcohol management program. The Raiders board made the decision on Wednesday after the club met with Ferguson following his dumping from the NSW team when charged with indecent assault over an alleged nightclub incident. The four-week period ...
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Lions Winger North Cleared for First Test
(Reuters) - Hulking Welsh winger George North has been declared fit for the British and Irish Lions' first test against Australia, providing a welcome boost for the tourists after Tuesday's shock loss to the ACT Brumbies. North, who was nursing a hamstring strain, passed a fitness test on Wednesday to make himself available for the first test at the Suncorp Stadium. "I've never seen ...
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Well help pick cricket team - Nine
Channel Nine Entertainment CEO David Gyngell (left) and Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland at the recent announcement of the new cricket TV deal in Melbourne. Picture: Mark ...
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Joe Kinnear Appointed Director of Football by Newcastle United
On 18th June 2013, Newcastle United, of England’s Barclays Premier League, confirmed the appointment of Joe Kinnear as their new Director of Football. Following days of speculation, the club posted the following statement on their official ...
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Altidore Leads US Over Honduras in WCup Qualifying
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Mums the Word on Hossa Amid NHLs Injury Culture
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Korea Coach Choi Exits Hong in the Running
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Twins at the Santa Barbara Tennis Club
, represents a pooling of talents by two Susans -- Susan Tibbles and Susan Bush. These are the women who invited the artists, and judged the awards, respectively. The show includes lots of assemblage work but is friendly to painting, as well, and the result is so wide-ranging and inclusive it could be understood as a kind of twin to the Santa Barbara art scene. Even artists who were not on the ...
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North available for first Test
Rob Howley revealed he has fully recovered."George came through a fitness test this morning and I've never seen him in better shape. He'll be available and that's a big boost for ...
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Musical spectacular to open first-ever Asia Pacific Special Olympic Games
Creative celebrations are planned for the opening ceremony of the inaugural Special Olympic Games 2013 Asia Pacific Games in December, with well-known Australian performers to take the stage in a two-hour spectacular of music, dance, theatre, lights and fireworks.Details of the gala event, planned for December 1, 2013 at the 30, 000-seater Hunter Stadium in Newcastle were released on ...
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Socceroos celebrate World Cup qualifier win
Australia's national football team, the Socceroos, have celebrated booking their ticket in next year's World Cup in Brazil after a triumph against Iraq in Sydney on Tuesday night.Players were cheered at a public reception at Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney Wednesday, signing autographs and posing for photos.The goal that secured the Aussies' 1-0 win was kicked in the dying ...
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Former Vidarbha captain coach Vijay Telang dies
Vijay Telang has died aged 61. Telang, who played first-class cricket between 1970-86, scored 2724 runs in 50 games and also took seven ...
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World Cup 2014 Josh Kennedy coming to terms with scoring match-winning goal against Iraq
Sydney 2000 Josh Kennedy says the impact of his match-winning goal in the World Cup qualifier against Iraq is only just "starting to sink in".Kennedy confirmed Australia's passage to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with his 83rd-minute header at the Olympic stadium on Tuesday night.The lanky striker was still coming to terms with being the toast of the nation as he joined his ...
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NZX 50 falls led by Sky TV on football rival
New Zealand shares fell after an online rival to Sky Network Television emerged with the rights to English football, and network operator Chorus led a decline in companies sold down by offshore investors. The NZX 50 Index fell 16.651 points, or 0.4%, to 4445.55. Within the index, 21 stocks fell, 17 rose and 12 were unchanged. Turnover was $98.7 million. Sky TV fell after closely held Coliseum ...
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Heat beat Spurs to force game seven
Miami Heat claw back a 10-point deficit in the final quarter against San Antonio Spurs, setting up a tantalising NBA Finals showdown on ...
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NRL spitting incident a one off Greenberg
Canterbury chief executive Todd Greenberg is confident the ugly scenes at Brookvale Oval, where star fullback Ben Barba was spat on by Manly fans, is simply a one off for the NRL. And Greenberg, who will join the NRL as second-in-command to CEO Dave Smith in August, said he is comfortable leaving the investigation in the hands of the NRL's integrity unit. He has yet to speak to the wife ...
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Attitude a major concern Maroons
Not much fazes Mal Meninga, but the all-conquering Queensland coach admits he is concerned about his team's attitude ahead of next week's must-win State of Origin clash in Brisbane. However, Cameron Smith reckons he is not losing sleep over the thought of being the first Queensland captain to lose an Origin series since 2005. Meninga may have masterminded an unprecedented seven ...
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As dismantle Darvish to stretch AL West lead
(Reuters) - The Oakland Athletics overcame Texas Rangers ace Yu Darvish to record a 6-2 road victory on Tuesday to stretch their lead at the top of the American League West ...
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Tension anger as Asian giants reach World Cup
South Korea defender Kim Chang-Soo (L) and Iran midfielder Masoud Shojaei during their World Cup qualifier on June 18, 2013. Iran booked their ticket with a 1-0 smash-and-grab win in Ulsan, following a tetchy build-up between the two ...
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Nine managing director Jeffrey Browne claims network will influence team selection as part of new deal with Cricket Australia
THE Nine network has made the sensational claim that it will influence national team selection as part of its deal with Cricket Australia. Speaking at a business lunch in Sydney this afternoon, Nine Network’s managing director Jeffrey Browne said the rotation policy that rested Australian team members from certain matches was a "real worry", The Australian reports. "I ...
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Jozy Altidore lifts U.S. past Honduras 1-0 in World Cup qualifier
U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard makes a save while pressured by Honduras' Carlo Costly during their 2014 World Cup qualifying soccer match. (Jim Urquhart, Reuters) SANDY, Utah - Jozy Altidore scored a goal in his fourth consecutive international match, enough for the United States to edge Honduras 1-0 in a World Cup qualifying game Tuesday night. Before 20,250 fans at Rio Tinto Stadium, the ...
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Protesters out again in Brazils biggest city
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with ...
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Australia Fans Celebrate World Cup Entry With Sydney Party
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Sacramento vulnerable to massive disaster
If a major earthquake were to occur tomorrow, Sacramento could potentially be devastated by massive flooding on-par with that seen in New Orleans during Katrina. The state’s major fresh water systems would be destroyed and 25 million would be without fresh water, while millions would lose their homes, but for all this, funding to upgrade the city’s levees is hard to come by.
When Hurricane Katrina barreled into US states along the Gulf Coast in 2005 it caused chaos and devastation in a part of the world considered among the most developed and stable. Read more
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