Del Potro salvages victory to set up re-match with Federer - Update
London - Juan Del Potro struggled with nerves in a fragile win over Fernando Verdasco Tuesday to set up a re-run of the last Grand Slam final as he next takes on Roger Federer at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. The Argentine sprang a surpris...
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Manager Hart leaves Portsmouth
London - Portsmouth confirmed on Tuesday that Paul Hart has been relieved of his duties as manager. In a statement on the club website, the board said the decision had been made reluctantly and was based on results that leave the club at the bot...
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Del Potro dodges upset bullet with laboured London win
London - Juan Del Potro almost threw away a 5-2 lead in the final set, with the US Open champion needing to top off victory with a winning tiebreaker to escape against Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-1) at the ATP World Tour Finals Tuesday. Roger ...
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England World Cup bid shaken as Richards resigns
London - England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup suffered another blow on Tuesday as Sir Dave Richards, the vice-chairman for international relations, resigned. Richards, the chairman of the Premier League, was only appointed to the bid committee se...
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Croatia arrests Slovenian man wanted for match-fixing
Zagreb - Croatian police have arrested a Slovenian national in connection with the international football match-fixing probe, the HINA news agency reported Tuesday. Dragan Mihelic, 38, was detained at the border crossing from Slovenia on Monday, the ...
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Report: Swedish referee mulled quitting over handball row
Stockholm - Swedish referee Martin Hansson considered quitting over the row generated by failing to spot French captain Thierry Henry's handball in last week's controversial World Cup play-off between France and Ireland, a newspaper reported Tuesday....
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Swiss join match-fixing probe
Hamburg - Swiss prosecutors are to investigate match-fixing allegations as part of the probe into irregularities affecting some 200 matches in nine European leagues. Prosecutors said Tuesday they have sought the assistance of German prosecuting autho...
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Van Gaal safe for a while at Bayern as Toni eyes return to Italy
Hamburg - Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has given coach Louis van Gaal his backing for the next few weeks and said the management would be working together with the Dutchman to overcome problems with the side. Hoeness told Bavarian te...
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Bayern facing early exit - van Gaal too? - Feature
Hamburg - Bayern Munich's fate in the Champions League is out of their hands as they take on Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday. The fate of coach Louis van Gaal meanwhile hangs in the balance. Exit from a competition Bayern won in 2001 is bound to increase ...
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Brooding Gattuso may consider a farewell to AC Milan - Feature
Rome - His motto, quoted from his own website, states that he would play at AC Milan even as a goalkeeper. But Gennaro Gattuso, international midfielder who turns 32 in January, may be close to bidding farewell to the club where he won one Serie A sc...
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