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 Play-off kings Efes Pilsen aim for Turkish basketball title next season
 Luete rules as Pipeliners master Bakers to start on a Saudi winner
 Oldenburg become German basketball's golden boys with last-gasp win
 The 2009 NBA draft - and Memphis could face problems with their No.2 pick
 Kobe takes on Superman (and a load of Magic) in the great NBA showdown
 Kobe or LeBron? A touch of Magic puts the big NBA debate on hold
 Summer camps provide triple basketball boost for African kids
 NBA post-season: LA Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers look semi special
* Cricket
* The Ashes
 England's gutless cricketers should try working in an abbatoir
 Ashes agony: How do England clean up the whitewash?
 England's Ashes torment: the great humiliation
 McGrath, Warne and Langer: Why the saggy greens must have a rethink
 Justin time as England's failures salute Langer
 Flintoff's Ashes misery: Only Pietersen can prevent whitewash
 The Ashes: England ring Bell of defiance
 Michael Vaughan is the answer to England's problems
 England in despair as Australia's invincibles romp to innings win
 Shane and able: an Indian's tribute to a great bowler
 England's Ashes warning: Australia will be just as good in 2009
 The Ashes: a metaphor for English sport
 West Indies will need more than Bravo to stop Sri Lanka making the Twenty20 final
 The blame game: Now Dhoni and his India cricket flops face biggest test of all
 Champs or chokers? South Africa's chance to stand up to their limited-overs jinx
 Are Australia's big 'urners' in good enough shape to deny England the Ashes?
 It's a blast for Pietersen and England as Aussies take shock Twenty20 tumble
 The Wince of Orange: How England's embarassed cricketers fluffed their opening World Cup lines
 IPL 2009: Golden Gilchrist glitters in a tournament to remember
 From a Manchester United stunner to a Newcastle bummer and a John Arlott summer...
 Ready, Freddie, go! Why missing link Flintoff is so important to England's Ashes hopes
 England's Ashes hopes Flowering as new boys Swann it up
 County Cricket is alive and well - and fighting back against the one-day game
* Cycling news
 Olympic heroes Hoy and Pendleton inspire Britain's new cycling revolution
 Mark Cavendish, cycling rebel with a Tour de France cause
 Is Lance Armstrong foolish to have another crack at the Tour de France?
 One sure-fire way to stop Tour de France riders taking drugs
 It's all downhill for some mountain-bike riders – right to that winning last position!
 The REAL heroes that sports stars should all look up to
 Passport to legality: Cycling's new plan to wipe out the dope cheats
 Is justice being fair to athletes like Floyd Landis and Guillermo Canas caught up in drugs?
 Blood, sweat and tears in a race against the clock - all for a wood medal
 Cycling's FA Cup final approaches amid fresh controversy
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* Champions League
 How Manchester United could dig up a few ideas from Barcelona's midfield
 Not on your telly! Agony of a desperate Liverpool fan on the night Rafa's boys made football history
 Rooney convinced Manchester United will come back stronger
 The players who let Manchester United down - and where Ferguson got it wrong
 No justice for Fletcher and Manchester United - thanks to the sheer injustice of UEFA's kangaroo court
 Why Manchester United and Barcelona are haunted by Liverpool and Real Madrid
 How Drogba's shameful example dragged Chelsea's name into the mud
 As Chelsea and Manchester United pay the penalty, it's time for a UEFA rethink on big-match refs
 SIX reasons why Chelsea got spot under the collar and Barcelona are in the final
 Arsenal's future: Have Manchester United forced weary Wenger into a Real alternative?
 Manchester United, Arsenal and a Champions League blockbuster!
 The Special Ones: Liverpool’s spirit shines through even in dramatic defeat at Chelsea
 Chelsea 4 Liverpool 4: How the fear of Barcelona sparked a Stamford Bridge thriller
* Euro 2008
 Spare us the Eircom league - we need more of the REAL football stars in the summer!
 Sweet 16 is perfect for Europe's premier football tournament
 Marcos Senna, the Brazilian on the slow track to Euro stardom with Spain
 More teams could make Euro 2008 turn into Boring 2012
 Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas - king of Spain's magnificent midfield and the star of Euro 2008
 It must be glove! Why Casillas, Buffon, Cech and Co. deserve a big hand
 Viva Espana! It's fiesta time as Spain reign again
 X-tra special Xavi can lead Spain to the 2010 World Cup
 The menace of mediocrity: Arsenal's boss has it so right about the international game
 Could Guus Hiddink be the world's best football manager?
 Revealed: The THREE greatest Euro Championship games - excluding Turkey v Croatia!
 Turkey's miracle men give European football a true lesson in determination
 Euro 2008: Portugal fail for want of a Torres or Van Nistelrooy
 Euro 2008: Cech's blunder was costly but Calamity Kahn's takes some beating
 England's Premier League the best in the world? Not if Euro 2008 is anything to go by!
 Euro 2008: Simic, Leko, Frei and Kadlec all on Celtic's summer transfer radar
 England and negativity, a football marriage consummated by the press
* Football Rumours
 Could Milan Baros be Blackburn's Czech mate?
 Is Chelsea and Arsenal target Andrei Arshavin really worth the hype?
 Spurs or Liverpool? The stay-or-go question that's tormenting Robbie Keane
 Spurs will be worried Robbie is so Keane on a move to Liverpool
 Ronaldo's a lost cause - so Manchester United need to buy Berbatov from Spurs
 Can Karim Benzema be Arsenal's new Thierry Henry?
 Tuesday rumour mill: When Arsenal leads to Tottenham...
 Rumours: Arsenal and Spurs target says no thanks
 Rumours: Arsenal miss out on next David Seaman!
 Rumour: Liverpool want £10m Arsenal and Man United pair
 Rumours: Liverpool close to massive signing
 Rumour: Liverpool star Torres in shock ultimatum
 Rumours: Spurs in mega-swap
 Rumours: Arsenal star Diaby in Vieira swap?
* La Liga
 Why Rafael van der Vaart is not the answer for Real Madrid
 It's hotting up in Spain as Barcelona edge back at Real Madrid
* Premier League
 Manchester United? Liverpool Judas Owen should have gone to Hull - now he can go to hell!
 Owen's no gamble - Liverpool's former goal-den boy could be a Manchester United bargain
 FOUR Manchester City targets to strike fear into Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool
 The REAL reason why Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City can't compete with Madrid
 THREE real deals that can land Spurs a £30m jackpot
 Manchester City and Real Madrid playing a dangerous game as the football world goes crazy
 I'm Gunner stay! Forget Real Madrid and Barcelona, it's Arsenal for me says Fabregas
 Dos Santos is good enough for Mexico, so why aren't Spurs giving him a break?
 Owen, going, gone! From Liverpool and Europe's top striker to Spurs, Portsmouth, Wigan or Hull...
 The players Manchester City need to knock Arsenal down a peg
 The player Manchester United should NEVER have let go (and it's NOT Ronaldo!)
 Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and the mad, mad world of fantasy football
 The THREE players Spurs need to knock Arsenal out of the Big Four
 Into the lions' den: How will Wolves, Birmingham and Burnley cope with the Premier League?
 Revealed: The TWO big signings Arsenal need for a trophy push
 TWO factors that can convince Fabregas his future is at Arsenal - and not Barcelona
 Football's REAL aristocrats - and the price Chelsea, Man United, Liverpool and Arsenal are paying for success
 Liverpool need backup for hamstrung Torres - and Aston Villa may have the answer
 EIGHT targets for Liverpool to back Rafa's challenge to topple Manchester Unted
* Scottish Premier
 As Burnley's Premier asset Coyle says no, who's next for the Celtic hotseat?
 Celtic and Rangers in the Premier League? Then goodbye to the England football team!
 Hamilton wonderkid McCarthy and the green green grass of his ancestors...
 Rangers, Celtic and the question of survival in the English Premiership
 Well, Well, Well! THREE key factors that have put Motherwell on course for Europe
 Strachan, Smith and Hadden out? Why Celtic, Rangers and the SRU should ignore the sack calls
 Lies, damn lies and Kris Boyd's contribution to Rangers
 Has Walter Smith finally lost the plot at Rangers?
 Will it be lucky 13 for Motherwell in Nancy?
 Csaba Laszlo is winning over Hearts and minds - but the Romanov empire might be tougher
 Do Rangers get more than their fair share of decisions? It's time we found out...
* UEFA Cup
 Spurs in Europe: Has Ramos been thrown a lifeline in the UEFA Cup?
 Spurs go one better than Barcelona in Krakow – now bring on Hull City!
 Super Graeme Smith keeps Motherwell's UEFA Cup dream alive
 Why Spurs, Aston Villa, Everton and Co could be on an UEFA Cup loser
 Why Tottenham MUST forget about the UEFA Cup this season
 Rangers to reach another UEFA Cup final? Why not!
 Krul the hero as Newcastle win at Palermo
 Just a small club in Europe
 Manchester United? Liverpool Judas Owen should have gone to Hull - now he can go to hell!
 Owen's no gamble - Liverpool's former goal-den boy could be a Manchester United bargain
 Goals mean glory: Argentina, Brazil and Spain strike a healthier World Cup record than England
 Galaxies apart: Why David Beckham is NOT the pride of Landon (Landon Donovan, that is)
 Not on your telly! Agony of a desperate Liverpool fan on the night Rafa's boys made football history
 FOUR Manchester City targets to strike fear into Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool
 As Brazil, Spain and Italy show signs of wear, beware the USA at World Cup 2010
 The REAL reason why Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City can't compete with Madrid
 Capello on the spot: How England's seniors can learn from Pearce's Under-21 heroes
 Manchester City and Real Madrid playing a dangerous game as the football world goes crazy
 The players Manchester City need to knock Arsenal down a peg
 THREE real deals that can land Spurs a £30m jackpot
 I'm Gunner stay! Forget Real Madrid and Barcelona, it's Arsenal for me says Fabregas
 Dos Santos is good enough for Mexico, so why aren't Spurs giving him a break?
 Into the lions' den: How will Wolves, Birmingham and Burnley cope with the Premier League?
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 Why Gillett, Hicks and Co can never destroy the Liverpool spirit
 Time to give Nikolay Davydenko a break in the tennis gambling scandal
 Best team in the Championship, but can West Brom stay the Premier League course?
 Can Maria Sharapova be a smash at Roland Garros?
 From Stockport to Southend, the play-offs mirror the true magic of football
 Two Chelsea stars in world's top four earners: Are Premier League salaries out of control?
 IPL not cricket? It's going to be the saving of the game!
 When Australia's cricketers get paid to behave . . .
 Worst-ever manager: The Portsmouth numbers crunch that added up to a Perrin disaster
 Why homegrown talent is better for Spurs, West Ham and all the Premier League
* More sports
 Has Britain's newest Racing Club found the winning formula?
 Pacquiao, Mayweather, Marquez - just WHO is the world's best pound-for-pound fighter?
 Sea The Stars dazzles Derby field for a second classic success
 Seconds out: Pacquiao flattens Hatton to prove he's king - now bring on Mayweather!
 Class act! Ghanaati's 1,000 Guineas victory gives trainer Hills 11th classic win
 Kinane and Oxx Sea The Stars with epic 2000 Guineas win!
 How Pacquiao's power and skill will put Hatton's lights out in Las Vegas
 Right on cue! Hendry's maximum heralds new Sheffield snooker boom
 The Hubbard glory years and the racing Promise that flourished and faded
 They're under orders! Wales to benefit from new NH racecourse at Ffos Las
* Motor Sports
 Why Monaco is the odd track out in the new Formula 1 world
 Brawn overdoes the muscle power as Button and Barrichello battle for Formula 1 glory
 From Karting to Formula 1 - the skills that made Ayrton Senna a legend and racing hero
 Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button? It's the F1 car that counts, not the driver!
 Hamiton and McLaren sin-binned again as Formula One takes stand against 'cheating'
 Brawntastic! How those FIA rule changes got Formula One back on track
 Formula One thrills and spills are back - so has the FIA got it right at last?
 Right on the Button, it's Brawn supremacy in Formula One!
 Formula One season off to a flying start - with a head-on clash in the courtrooms
 Can Brawn muscle his new Formula 1 team into championship contenders?
 Formula 1 rules changes should suit Lewis Hamilton - but 2010 is when the real fun starts
 Ecclestone's Olympic-style medals idea is driving Formula 1 round the bend!
 Lewis Hamilton: From childhood fantasy to Formula 1 world champion
 Lewis Hamilton is king of Formula One - but how much did luck play a part?
* Nostalgia
 Summer of '66 – when football was Moore fun and West Ham ruled the world
 Bravehearts of the Kop: Liverpool's greatest Scottish XI
 A sporting dream: The '73 Baa-Baas; Ovett v Coe; Botham batters Aussies; Ipswich stun Arsenal
 Cowdrey, Knott, Greig, Snow and Underwood: An 11-year-old's dream in black and white
 How the Banks of England thwarted a lethal raid from Brazil and Pele
 Thirty years on, and Man United hero Lou Macari is still a student prince
 Brian Clough, Trevor Francis and the Nottingham Forest fire that ignited a passion
 1970: The year it all went wrong for England
 Edwards, Rowley, Law, Best, Cantona, Ronaldo - how do you pick Man United's greatest team?
 Life after Bedi: The Indian left-armers who put the world in a spin
 Pele, George Best, Stanley Matthews: What made them great?
* Olympics Games
 Northern lights: Manchester the ideal blueprint for London's 2012 Olympic aspirations
 Golden Olympians make it a year to remember for Britain
 The SEVEN secrets that turned Usain Bolt into a world-beater
 Beijing – a triumph for China, Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Great Britain... and not forgetting India
 The TEN greatest Beijing Olympic moments that you might just have missed...
 Which country REALLY won the Olympics - Bahamas, Jamaica or Iceland?
 Beijing 2008: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
 The Redeem Team played like a dream in the Olympic basketball final
 After Usain Bolt, is there ANY limit when it comes to world-record times?
 The Juan and Jorge show: Time for Spanish basketball's golden boys to show their world class in Beijing
 Michael Phelps, the greatest Olympian but NOT the greatest sportsman
 Becky Hammon, the American girl who is key to Russia's Olympic basketball dream
 Usain Bolt's greatest achievement... putting Michael Phelps in the shade
 Beijing belongs to Usain Bolt as 'Lightning' strikes twice with world record No.2
 The lightning Bolt that lit up Beijing
 What nationality are you? The new world of Olympic gold-hunting
* Rugby
* Rugby League
 The 75-year war: How French Rugby League survived to conquer
 Humble heroes: A Kiwi lesson for spoilt-brat Stuart and his cocky Kangaroos
 The massive global challenge facing rugby league
 The case against one-off finals: Does rugby need a SERIES of games to decide the world champions?
 Australia 20 New Zealand 34: Was this the biggest Rugby League World Cup upset of all time?
 Australia v New Zealand: SIX ways to stop the mighty Kangaroos winning World Cup No.10
 New Zealand the only team who can stop Australia winning the Rugby League World Cup
 As the Polynesians light up the Rugby League World Cup, let's have Samoa of the same!
 This joke of a Rugby League World Cup looks a doddle for Australia
 Australia the ones to beat as the Rugby League World Cup nears kick-off
 England 74 Wales 0: From rugby league joke Test to World Cup farce
 Storm run out of puff as Manly win NRL Grand Final
 NRL Grand Final overshadowed by Cameron Smith ban and the grapple tackle controversy
 Raging Storm: Ranting coach lands Melbourne's rugby league maestros in new fury
 Rugby League showdown: NRL deciders point to Australia v New Zealand final
 Be afraid, Sea Eagles! Wiki's Kiwi Warriors are coming to clip your wings
 Can the Warriors follow up their Melbourne shock by stuffing Sydney?
* Rugby Union
 Why the Peter de Villiers school of Springbok thuggery has no place in rugby
 TEN reasons why South Africa's Peter de Villiers is rugby union's greatest
 How rugby's bitter Lions and their media have soured a fantastic Test series
 Never mind that Springbok cheating, rugby's lame Lions must TRY harder
 Time for the All Blacks to recycle their team?
 The big Test: Are France about to expose the Wallabies as overrated imposters?
 Booty and the Beast: Lions must pack more punch - or Springbok whitewash is on the cards
 Springboks 26 Lions 21: Second-best Vickery set to pay the price
 Will France's All-Black tamers be the team to beat at the 2011 Rugby World Cup?
 Wounded All Blacks set to turn tables on France
 Home unions beware - Wallabies are out to make new rugby history
 New Zealand v France, take two: All Blacks feel strain in build-up to Wellington
 Pienaar and Steyn the ringmasters as South Africa unveil their Lion tamers
 New Zealand 22 France 27: No.1 ranking under threat as All Blacks feel Carisbrook pain
 Did the All Blacks lose – more than the French won?
 Test warning for Springboks as stuttering Lions begin to roar
 NINE reasons why France will be fancying a repeat win against the All Blacks
 Why Mike Cron's influence on the All Blacks is so scrum-sational
 Cane and able: Ma'a Nonu on the Super 14 play-offs, the pain of the past - and THAT moustache
 Another Canterbury Crusade? Or will it be the Blues for the defending Super 14 champs?
 Super 14: Everything to play for as the pride of New Zealand and Australia meet head-on
 Rugby revolution: The case for Super 15 - and SIX New Zealand teams
 A matter of belief – the rugby challenge facing the 2009 Wallabies
 Munster mash Ospreys - can anyone deny them another Heineken Cup now?
 Crash, bang, wallop! How the Blues beat the Lions - and the pain barrier
 Ospreys fly into monster Munster challenge as Grand Slam heroes chase Euro glory
 Blues 36 Lions 12: Top-four place beckons for New Zealand's Super 14 free-wheelers
 Leicester v Bath: Corry and Croft aim to put record straight for Tigers
 Cardiff v Toulouse: As Wales sings the Blues, Young's unbeaten heroes have it all to do
 Are the Sharks swimming towards the Super 14 title?
 Can the Hurricanes reach Storm Force to reach the Super 14 finals?
 How New Zealand's home-rule philosophy turned me away from rugby
 The 75-year war: How French Rugby League survived to conquer
 Chiefs take charge of New Zealand's five-star Super 14 bid
 Question time as Australia pin their Super 14 hopes in Waratahs
 Charging Bulls and killer Sharks: The South African challenge for Super 14 glory
 Super 14: Do the Blues have a case of the blues?
 Creaking Crusaders so close to the Super 14 form that made them great
 Super 14: New Zealand teams turning up the heat
 Super 14: Highlanders bully the Bulls to produce the upset of 2009
 Super 14: Waratahs to get the Blues at the Garden of Eden
 Rugby kings at last: How Kidney added the punch that inspired Ireland to fulfil their promise
 So far yet so near: How England's rugby flops turned their Six Nations season around
 Hurricanes 14 Bulls 19: The ref who played his cards right
 Hadden's last stand: It's now or never for Scotland as England go for French encore
 Wales v Ireland: Which is the best rugby nation in the Northern Hemisphere?
 French rugby: The sublime and the ridiculous
 Wounded Wales head for a Roman holiday with a sting in their tail
 Ireland beware, Scotland's attacking flair can rescue last-chance Hadden
 Le crunch: England's Six Nations stutterers can still hand out a French lesson
 The spirit of '48: At last - a green light for Ireland's rugby stars to grab Grand Slam glory
 Super 14 analysis: New Zealand after the great rugby exodus
 Where will the 15th Super Rugby team come from - South Africa, Argentina, Australia or the Pacific Islands?
* Sportingo Challenge
 Cricket-mad Rohit is Sportingo Author of 2007
 Greg Varkonyi nets our Basketball Competition prize
 WHO will win WHAT in 2008 - and who's doomed to failure?
 Celtic and Rangers, Aussie brilliance and Novak Djokovic top Sportingo's six-hitters
* Tennis
 Why beating Wawrinka signalled a psychological breakthrough in Andy Murray's Wimbledon title bid
 Andy Murray's late, late show is a smash hit - now bring on Ferrero!
 Six of the best for Venus Williams at Wimbledon - but prepare for second-week shocks
 A nation of losers? Here are SEVEN British tennis girls to be proud of
 It's time for Andy Murray to put a SMILE on the face of British tennis
 Graf and Seles: The act of LUNACY that changed the course of women's tennis history
 No Nadal, but can Murray REALLY topple Federer and be crowned King at Wimbledon?
 Full-set Federer's the greatest - but how long before Nadal takes his crown?
 Why Rafael Nadal is destined to surpass Federer and Sampras as the greatest EVER
 Britain expects! The weight on Andy Murray's shoulders at Wimbledon is not from Federer, Nadal or Djokovic
 FOURTEEN reasons why Roger Federer is poised to become the greatest tennis player ever
 Super Soderling eyes a final sensation as Federer heads for tennis history
 The Final frontier: Federer's best chance to achieve his French Open dream
 Manchester United? Liverpool Judas Owen should have gone to Hull - now he can go to hell!
 Owen's no gamble - Liverpool's former goal-den boy could be a Manchester United bargain
 Galaxies apart: Why David Beckham is NOT the pride of Landon (Landon Donovan, that is)
 Goals mean glory: Argentina, Brazil and Spain strike a healthier World Cup record than England
 FOUR Manchester City targets to strike fear into Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool
 Why the Peter de Villiers school of Springbok thuggery has no place in rugby
 Not on your telly! Agony of a desperate Liverpool fan on the night Rafa's boys made football history
 How rugby's bitter Lions and their media have soured a fantastic Test series
 Six of the best for Venus Williams at Wimbledon - but prepare for second-week shocks
 THREE real deals that can land Spurs a £30m jackpot

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