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Vettel quickest in first practice
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel heads Ferrari's Felipe Massa in first practice for the season-opening Australian GP.
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VIDEO: Villas-Boas demands action on racism
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas says he is "sure" Uefa will act over apparent racist chanting during Spurs' Europa League tie against Inter Milan.
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Newcastle 1-0 Anzhi (agg 1-0)
Papiss Cisse scores in the last second of the tie to send Newcastle into the quarter-finals of the Europa League.
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Zenit eliminated by 10-man Basel
Russian side Zenit St Petersburg miss a late penalty as 10-man FC Basel knock them out of the Europa League.
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Donald closes on leaders in Tampa
Luke Donald moves into contention with a third round of 67 that leaves him two strokes off the lead at Tampa Bay.
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Swann has operation on elbow
England and Nottinghamshire off spinner Graeme Swann has undergone an uncomplicated operation on his right elbow to excise excess bone formation that had re-accumulated following his previous operation four years ago.
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Burgeoning England relishing battle ahead
England's developing young side are relishing a battle with Wales where victory will be decided by fine margins, writes Tom Fordyce
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Villas-Boas expects racism action
Andre Villas-Boas says he expects Uefa to take action against Inter Milan after fans appeared to racially abuse Spurs players.
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Azarenka pulls out of Indian Wells
Top seed Victoria Azarenka and seventh seed Sam Stosur pull out of the Indian Wells quarter-finals with injury.
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Cardiff sign Norwich's Barnett
Cardiff City sign defender Leon Barnett on loan from Norwich and he could play on Saturday at Sheffield Wednesday.
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Jockey McNamara injured in fall
JT McNamara in induced coma after Cheltenham fall.
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Fans want 'bloodbath' win - North
Wing George North says Wales fans want them to beat England in Cardiff amid a 'bloodbath' in the Six Nations on Saturday.
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VIDEO: Englishman Edwards wants Wales win
Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards believes they can deny England a Grand Slam as the Six Nations comes to a close at the weekend.
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Dublin 1-14 0-18 Tyrone
Tyrone boost their chances of making the Football League semi-finals with a narrow victory over unbeaten Dublin.
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VIDEO: Roberts thrives on rugby and exams
Wales centre Jamie Roberts hopes to relax amid the pressures of the Six Nations and his final medical exams by celebrating a win over England in Cardiff on Saturday.
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Cousins hopes for GB top-10 finish
Former Olympic champion Robin Cousins says a top-10 finish would be success for Nicholas Buckland and Penny Coomes.
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Di Canio denies Reading job link
Paolo Di Canio denies his visit to Reading was linked with the departure of Royals manager Brian McDermott.
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Loyalty still in style for Rio
Rio Ferdinand shows that there is still loyalty in international football by waiting for his return to the England squad
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Cleverly aims to take on Hopkins
Nathan Cleverly aims to fight world champion Bernard Hopkins if he beats Robin Krasniqi in April.
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