The Games the World Plays:
OK, I'm biased. I'm Australian and there aren't that many games that are played in most countries of the world. I've been rather selective - if there is another world sport that you would like to see in here, just drop me a line.
CONTENTS: -- Cricket -- F1 Grand Prix -- Rugby Union -- Soccer
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Cricket |
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Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features.
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Shafqat Rana, Pakistan's associate manager, has said that Mohammad Amir's age should have no bearing on possible punishment if the spot-fixing charges leveled against the 18-year old seamer are proved to be true
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A responsible yet attacking 93 from Kuthethurshri Vasudevadas, and a surprise four-wicket haul from Hemang Badani gave India Cements a 25-run victory against Air India in the first semi-final of the Corporate Trophy
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Stuart Broad believes that the same professionalism that helped England to victory in the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean back in May has enabled them to keep their focus amid a torrid week
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Kevin Pietersen has been fined for his outburst on Twitter following his omission from England's one-day squad
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Jamie How, the Central Stags captain, has said the Champions League Twenty20 is an opportunity for the youngsters in his side to stake claims for higher honours
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Morne van Wyk scored an unbeaten century to lead South Africa A to a comfortable victory over Sri Lanka A in the final of the triangular series
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England will want to sharpen their skills in the second match ahead of the five ODIs, but such is the confidence in the team it is hard to see past another home victory
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Luke Sutton will return to Derbyshire, one of his former clubs, next season following his decision to leave Lancashire
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Tasmania have signed Netherlands allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate for the upcoming Australian Twenty20 Big Bash tournament
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Chilaw Marians CC won the Under-23 Youth Division I title for a fifth time by virtue of the first innings lead against Nondescripts CC in the drawn three-day final at the SSC
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Dorset 245/10 & 6 * v Lincolnshire 254/10
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Mountaineers v Matabeleland Tuskers
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Southern Rocks 301/8 * v Mashonaland Eagles
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Canada 163/4 * v Ireland 175/9
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F1 Grand Prix |
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The source for Grandprix news
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Renault is still hoping to overhaul Mercedes for fourth place in the constructors' championship and is bullish after the promising performance last time out at Spa.
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The new Korean Grand Prix circuit delivered the most concrete indication that the race, scheduled for October 22-24, will go ahead as planned when former Red Bull junior driver Karun Chandhok completed a demonstration in a Red Bull chassis yesterday.
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Despite Lewis Hamilton re-taking the world championship lead by three points from Mark Webber with his third win of the season at Spa, McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh also wants to see Jenson Button back in the championship fight after his non-finish at the hands of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in Belgium.
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Korea will not have its final track inspection until late September, just a month before the inaugural Korean G1 Grand Prix is scheduled to take place over October 22-24.
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Sixteen-year-old Malaysian Nabil Jeffri became the youngest driver to test an F1 car when he conducted a day of aero testing for Lotus Racing on the Duxford RAF Museum's runway in Cambridge, England.
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Felipe Massa started ahead of his grid position in last weekend's Belgium GP amateur video footage has shown, but it is too late for him to suffer any penalty.
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Stories intensified in Belgium that a deal has been concluded for Lotus Racing to switch to Renault engines next year.
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The outcome of next week's World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) verdict on Ferrari's activities in the German GP - where Felipe Massa moved over to allow Fernando Alonso to win - will be awaited with even greater interest following last weekend's Belgian GP.
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McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh was highly critical of Sebastian Vettel's misjudgement which took second placed Jenson Button out of the Belgian GP.
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Rugby Union |
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Rugby World Cup Latest News
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Rugby World Cup Limited announces the appointment of DHL
Express as a Worldwide Partner for Rugby World Cup 2011 in New
Zealand.
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Tourism New Zealand's Giant Rugby Ball - measuring 25
metres long and 13 metres high - was officially opened today in
downtown Sydney
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Applications for the second phase of Rugby World Cup (RWC
2011) ticketing, individual match tickets, open for a four week
period on Friday September 10
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RWC 2011 will offer Kiwis companies a chance to give their
business guests a corporate hospitality experience they will never
forget.
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Angela Thompson is one of the thousands of Kiwis who have
already put their hand up to volunteer for RWC 2011
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Martin Snedden reflects on what it means to reach the 365 day
countdown to RWC 2011 and how the country will be
celebrating...
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A year out from the teams travelling to the 2011 Rugby World
Cup, Total Rugby speaks with the two most recent winning captains,
starting with Martin Johnson.
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New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs and Rugby World Cup
joins Agustin Pichot and Andrew Mehrtens in Buenos Aires and
proclaims 2011 a 'golden year' for NZ.
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Rugby World Cup Limited awards the contract to market the
corporate hospital and travel programmes to Rugby Travel &
Hospitality Ltd for RWC 2015 and 2019.
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Soccer |
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World Soccer news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
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New West Brom signing Paul Scharner will try to convince Roberto Di Matteo that he is fit enough to be considered for the weekend Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham.
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Two Sunday tabloids have alleged that Wayne Rooney cheated repeatedly on his then-pregnant wife last year with a prostitute.
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Bayern Munich striker Mario Gomez claims the Bundesliga champions blocked a deadline-day loan switch to Liverpool.
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Ashley Cole's new bachelor pad has been burgled while the footballer was away with the England team.
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Scotland 1/20 Draw 13/2 Liechtenstein 33/1 Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Scotland assistant manager Peter Houston has paid tribute to skipper Darren Fletcher, who will win his 50th cap against Liechtenstein at Hampden on Tuesday night.
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Lionel Messi and Carlos Tevez will lead Argentina's attack when it faces World Cup winner Spain on Tuesday in a friendly that promises to be a bit more than that.
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Chelsea Multiple Trophies 10/11. Click here to bet. Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti has revealed that Frank Lampard has recovered from a hernia operation to start against West Ham on Saturday.
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Aston Villa hope to appoint Gerard Houllier as successor to Martin O'Neill in the next 48 hours.
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Defender Paul Konchesky believes signing for Liverpool is his last chance to play at the highest level but admits it is a huge step up for him.
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Wayne Rooney is a top player who will continue to perform for England, team-mate James Milner has said after allegations about the striker's private life appeared in a Sunday newspaper.
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