History-making Oscar Pistorius missed out on the Olympic 400m final when he finished last in his semifinal.
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/ 29 September 2011
South Africa, England and Ireland head into the final round of World Cup pool action top of their groups, but are not set for quarterfinal spots.
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/ 24 September 2011
Wingers Mark Cueto and Chris Ashton both scored hat-tricks as England turned on the style to run in 10 tries in a 67-3 thrashing of Romania.
Even the keenest statistician might be hard pressed to name the winners of the last 11 Major championships.
Rafael Nadal delivered a command performance to withstand a fired-up Andy Murray and beat the home favourite to a spot in the Wimbledon finals.
A preliminary report says there was "convincing and overwhelming" evidence that Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner were involved in attempted bribery.
Chelsea confirmed the appointment of Portugal’s Andre Villas-Boas as their new manager on Wednesday.
Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona cemented their place in soccer’s pantheon when they overwhelmed Manchester United 3-1 in the Champions League on Saturday.
Chelsea scored two late goals to beat a toothless Manchester City 2-0 on Sunday and keep alive their faint hopes of retaining the league title.
Chelsea blew the race wide open when they came from behind to beat Premier league leaders Manchester United 2-1 thanks to Frank Lampard’s penalty.
Manchester United finally put space between themselves and the chasing pack with a 2-1 home win over Stoke City on Tuesday.
Premier League pacesetters Manchester United and Manchester City ground out wins to stay clear at the top on Saturday.
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/ 28 December 2010
New Zealand have been the dominant force in rugby yet even a Tri-Nations clean sweep and a European grand slam are viewed as a mere warm-up.
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/ 20 November 2010
England finished strongly to beat a doughty Samoa 26-13 on Saturday.
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/ 13 November 2010
England produced their best performance since 2003 with winger Chris Ashton scoring two tries as they stormed to a 35-18 over Australia.
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/ 7 November 2010
Chelsea suffered their second defeat of the season as Fernando Torres scored twice to guide resurgent Liverpool to a deserved 2-0 victory at Anfield.
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/ 30 October 2010
Chelsea snatched a 2-1 victory at Blackburn Rovers with a late Branislav Ivanovic goal and Alex Song’s header secured a 1-0 home win for Arsenal.
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/ 24 October 2010
Manchester United and Arsenal enjoyed landmark victories over Stoke City and Manchester City respectively on Sunday.
Colin Montgomerie looked like the cat who got the cream as he milked every moment of Europe’s one-point victory in the Ryder Cup’s closing
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/ 27 September 2010
The United States Ryder Cup team arrived at Cardiff airport on Monday, with all eyes on Tiger Woods.
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/ 19 September 2010
Darren Bent scored in the fifth minute of stoppage time to earn Sunderland a 1-1 home draw after 10-man Arsenal had scored a freak goal.
England fans getting ready for Sunday’s match with Germany love discussing their country’s unfortunate World Cup exits.
The Netherlands advanced to a second-round meeting with Slovakia in ominous style on Thursday when they beat Cameroon 2-1.
England delivered one of their worst tournament performances for years when they were held to a goalless draw by Algeria on Friday.
The Springboks demolished France 42-17 on Saturday but captain John Smit said his team were more than content to stay in the shadow of the World Cup.
The Premier League title will be decided on the final day after Chelsea won 2-0 at Liverpool and Manchester United defeated Sunderland 1-0 on Sunday.
Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City set up a Champions League showdown next Wednesday when they both won on Saturday.
England’s manager can take some comfort from the fact that, in the case of David Beckham’s position, he has a wealth of alternatives.