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Swiss club Thun drop striker for cup game
Geneva - Swiss second division club FC Thun has dropped striker Omar Faye for a cup game on Sunday following allegations that the player was involved in the current betting scandal that has taken European football by storm. Swiss media said that Thun...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Manchester United defender defends Henry
Valletta, Malta- Labelling French striker Thierry Henry a cheat for his controversial handball against Ireland last Wednesday is wrong, Manchester United captain Gary Neville has said. Writing in his weekly column for The Sunday Times of Malta, Nevil...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Norway and Sweden win opening relays - Summary
Beitostolen, Norway - There was joy for the Norwegian men's and Swedish women's cross-country relay teams as they won the season's opening World Cup events in Beitostolen on Sunday. Going into the final lap of the 4x10 kilometre race Norway, Russia a...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

German police put brakes on illegal car race
Hockenheim, Germany - Police in the western German city of Hockenheim broke up an illegal car-racing meeting taking place overnight at the famous Hockenheimring, home to the German Grand Prix, officials said Sunday. A local resident informed police o...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

FIFA expert says match fixing is as bad as doping
Hamburg - A betting expert of football's controlling body FIFA, Wolfgang Feldner, has described match fixing as dangerous as doping. Match-fixing for betting purposes are one of the biggest threats to football, as dangerous as doping, the German said...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Sweden take women's relay
Beitostolen, Norway - The Swedish women's cross-country skiing team on Sunday won the first relay of the World Cup season, when they took the 4x5 kilometre event in Beitostolen. The Swedish relay team of Anna Olsson, Sara Lindborg, Anna Haag and Char...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Messi to miss Barcelona-Inter clash
Madrid - Barcelona's star striker Lionel Messi will miss Tuesday's crucial Champions League clash at home to Inter Milan, the European champions announced Sunday. The little Argentine pulled a mucle in his left thigh in Saturday's disappointing 1-1 d...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Hawks grounded by Hornets hotshot rookies - Summary
Los Angeles - The Atlanta Hawks had their seven-game winning streak stopped by a pair of rookies on the New Orleans Hornets, who have a winning streak of their own. Darren Collison had 22 points and 11 assists and fellow rookie guard Marcus Thornton ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ US (Sports) ]

Barcelona's draw in Bilbao leaves Real Madrid top - Summary
Madrid - European champions Barcelona were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw away to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, a result which leaves Real Madrid top of the Spanish Liga. Earlier on Saturday Real had scored a contro...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Parma stun Fiorentina after Inter Milan beat Bologna - Summary
Rome - Newcomers Parma late Saturday stunned Fiorentina 3-2 on home turf to leapfrog them and move to third place in the Italian Serie A. A brace from international Alberto Gilardino was not enough for the Florence side ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Sports ]

Defoe's new boots lift Spurs to cloud nine

Arab media: Deal for release of Gilad Shalit to be signed on Friday

Home draw against Zaragoza keeps Malaga bottom - Update

Polls put incumbent ahead in Romanian vote; fraud reported - Summary

Police block march by banned Hungarian group

Leaked documents reveal shortcomings of British role in Iraq war

Murray overcomes Del Potro to open with year-end win - Update

Leverkusen on top after draw in Munich; Bochum stun Hamburg - Summary

Nilmar goals continue Villarreal's revival

Brown's Labour party gains ground on Cameron's Conservatives

Iran's controversial former interior minister dies

Comeback on the cards for Schumacher?

US envoy visits Taiwan to give briefing on Obama's China trip

Deep ocean census finds jumbo Dumbo and oil-drilling worms

Murray overcomes Del Potro to open with year-end win

Bolt and Richards are World Athletes of the Year 2009

Totti returns with hat-trick for Roma - Update

New York man kills fellow commuter over seat on train

Leverkusen back on top after draw in Munich - Update

Two arrested in Northern Ireland car bomb attack