SACHIN HITS
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AHMEDABAD, India: Gautam Gambhir made 114 and Sachin Tendulkar hit an unbeaten 100 as India batted out the final day to draw the first cricket Test against Sri Lanka here yesterday. India easily wiped out a huge first innings deficit of 334 runs as they scored 412-4 in their second knock before the high-scoring Test was called off with six overs remaining on the fifth day.
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Euro match-fixing probe targets 200 matches
BOCHUM, Germany: In what one Uefa official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said yesterday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine countries.
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Regalle wins
feature event
REGALLE scored a stunning one-length victory to win the feature event at the races in Sakhir yesterday.
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Ireland's replay
request rejected
LONDON: Football's world ruling body Fifa yesterday officially turned down a request from the Irish football authorities to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat to France.
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Ivory Coast and
Ghana clash in
African Nations
LUANDA: World Cup qualifiers Ghana and Ivory Coast will clash in the first round of the African Nations Cup after the draw here yesterday placed them in Group B with Burkina Faso and Togo.
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Westwood takes
two-stroke lead
DUBAI: Lee Westwood made the most of yet another spectacular blowout by Padraig Harrington as he took a two-shot lead at the halfway stage of the $7.5-million Dubai World Championship, the European Tour's new season-ending championship, here yesterday.
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Pacquiao in no hurry for Mayweather bout
MANILA: Newly crowned WBO welterweight king Manny Pacquiao said he was in no rush to fight American Floyd Mayweather Junior as he flew back to a hero's welcome in his native Philippines yesterday.
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Bahrain under-16
team stun Japan
BAHRAIN put on a scorching show in the end-game to pull off an stunning 85-84 victory over Japan yesterday in the Asian Under-16 Basketball Championship in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.
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Ferguson and Wenger back calls for video help
MANCHESTER: Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger joined forces Friday to call for video technology to be used in football to avoid controversies like the one that has marred France's qualification for the World Cup.
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BFB rout Eastern Precast for share of lead
BFB took a share of first place in the Filipino Club Tenpin Bowlers 'Ondoy' Charity Mixed League following a 4-0 (2,930-2,563) victory over Eastern Precast Company in week five action at Funland Centre.
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It's only fair to play again says Henry
LONDON: France captain Thierry Henry has agreed a replay against Ireland would be the fairest solution to the controversy surrounding the teams' World Cup playoff.
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Jawad lifts Grand Prix title
ALI Essa Ali Jawad won the Grand Prix class of the Horse Pride Showjumping Championship yesterday at the Mounted Police Centre Grounds in Budaiya.
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Riffa go down
to Al Wasl
BAHRAIN had mixed luck yesterday in the 25th GCC Clubs Soccer Championship, writes PATRICK SALOMON.
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Bahrain remain 61st in Fifa rankings
BAHRAIN remained 61st on the latest edition of the Fifa World Rankings, released yesterday by soccer's governing body.
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Wesam backs sports festival
WESAM Gulf Investment Company is sponsoring Al Shabab Club's first Junior Sports Festival to be held next month during Bahrain's National Day celebrations and His Majesty King Hamad's accession to the throne.
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Fifa suspend Iraq for political meddling
BERNE: Asian champions Iraq have been suspended from international soccer because of political interference in the country's Football Association, world governing body Fifa said yesterday.
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