Deakes agony as curse strikes
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JANE Saville was the first person to reach fellow Australian heartbreak walker Nathan Deakes when he was disqualified with a medal in sight in the Olympic 50km race yesterday.
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LIVERPOOL were haunted by another goalkeeping nightmare, as they threw away victory in the final minute of injury time. Disaster struck as Jerzy Dudek - who replaced the axed Chris Kirkland - somehow contrived
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It is too early to say the wounds have completely healed, but a year on from being on top of the world, followed by a dispiriting tumble, England&#39;s rugby machine is starting to go through the gears again.
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IF, as New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming suggested in the wake of yesterday&#39;s embarrassing capitulation, his team began the day with a &quot;mental hangover&quot; then he faces a devil&#39;s own job getting them back on the wagon in time for the next Test, starting
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Sport: Unlucky Wales are unable to poach the goal needed to secure a win against a poor Czech side.
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IT IS tempting to say that Wales will be kicking themselves for weeks over this one, but in truth, it will be for years. Wales last beat their greatest rivals as long ago as 1953 when the great Bleddyn Williams
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Black Caps coach John Bracewell was forced to make some tough decisions in naming his side for the first Test against Australia in Brisbane on Thursday.
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Under Michael Vaughan England have been unable to win batting first, or even set decent totals in one-day cricket. On a glorious day at the Oval yesterday, both demons were exorcised
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Few who witnessed the decisive sucker-punch try by Ireland&#39;s Ronan O&#39;Gara in Dublin last Saturday, scored while the Springbok captain John Smit was engaged in a lengthy conference with his team on the subject of illegal ball-killing, would use the word
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England are in trouble against South Africa in the Second Test at Kingsmead after being bowled out for just 139. It is the first time they had been bowled out in their first innings for less than 200 since
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Newcastle United and Liverpool have been hit by major injury worries as the gruelling Christmas and New Year schedule begins to exact a heavy toll in the Premiership.
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The Cursebusters, having done the bulk of their winter&#39;s work -- almost all before winter began officially -- are waiting for the Evil Empire to drop the other shoe, or two.
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Sport: Six Nations: Brian Ashton's rebuilt team will be looking to erase the memory of last week's defeat
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Sportswear retailer suffers another damaging blow.
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South Africa captain Graeme Smith says his team&#39;s losing run is reaching &quot;nightmare&quot; proportions following their ninth successive defeat.
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Sport: Brian Ashton has said that the six minutes of madness that cost England against Wales were a one-off
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So you say you want a winning NBA franchise eh? And what&#39;s that? You say you have been cursed with one of the losingest franchises of all time?