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China beat Australia 62-53 on Tuesday night to win the title of the four-nation men\’s basketball tournament first leg with a third straight win.
Mo Ko, the only player to score double digit at the game, came off the bench to score a team-high 12 points and grab five rebounds for China, which shoot only 29.5 [...]

The Barcelona sporting press on Friday hailed the confirmation of Alexis Sanchez as FC Barcelona\’s first signing of the summer.
The Spanish and European Champions were able to confirm the signing of Chilean international winger Alexis from Italian side Udinese on Thursday evening.
Alexis, who has been playing for his country in the Copa America, cost Barcelona [...]

Argentinian midfielder Alejandro Alonso will be out of action for nine months as he undergoes surgery Wednesday for knee injury, said his Saint-Etienne club on Monday.
The 29-year-old suffered ruptured right knee ligaments playing in a friendly last week.
Saint-Etienne, the tenth team in French Ligue 1 last season, [...]

Indonesian ace golfer Rory Hie is ready to rumble at this week\’s 1 million U.S. dollar-Indonesia Open, a press statement said here on Tuesday.
Hie energized the country\’s golf fans with second place behind Australia\’s Andre Stolz in the Indonesia PGA Championship, the season-opening event on OneAsia.
Hie would love to put himself in a similar [...]

Zimbabwe\’s women athletes dominated the inaugural Sunshine City marathon, while the Kenyans claimed the top positions in the men\’s race, which started and finished at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday.
First to cross the finish line in the women\’s category was Zimbabwe\’s Tabitha Tsatsa in a time of 2 hours 43 [...]

Young striker Bojan Krkic admitted his disappointment at leaving FC Barcelona to join Italian side AS Roma.
The 20-year-old has left Barcelona in search of more first team appearances after spending all of his career at the club that he joined as an eight year-old.
Speaking in the Spanish sporting press, Bojan admitted that he was disappointed [...]

Chinese super star Liu Xiang clocked 13.22 seconds to clinch his fourth victory in the 110m hurdles at the Asian athletics championships in Kobe, Japan on Sunday.
Liu clocked 13.50 seconds in the first round.
Source: Xinhua

 
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Sevilla striker Alvaro Negredo this Saturday said he was delighted to know he will be able to remain at the club.
Negredo is a product of the Real Madrid youth system and Real Madrid had until midnight on Friday night to take up a buyback option that was included in the deal that took Negredo to [...]

World No. 1 Luke Donald said Wednesday he\’s over his disappointment of failing to make the cut at last week\’s British Open and was looking forward to a return to the form that has seen him win three titles this year.
"Yeah, I was disappointed," said the Englishman in Vancouver on the [...]

The Victorian state government on Sunday said the Australia\’s state is planning a major celebration for Cadel Evans, who will soon become this year\’s Tour de France winner.
Evans will become the first Australian to win Tour de France when he finishes the race in the early hours of Monday morning.
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