Underdogs Australia ready for Ashes scrap - Clarke
SYDNEY - Australia are rightly underdogs for the upcoming Ashes series in England but will do everything they can to bring the coveted urn back home, skipper Michael Clarke said on Wednesday.
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Motor racing-Monaco offers Hamilton his best chance yet
MONACO - Words and hats may have to be eaten along with the usual canapés and caviar if Lewis Hamilton wins the glamour race of the Formula One season in Monaco this weekend.
Murray pulls out of French Open through injury
LONDON - World number two Andy Murray has pulled out of the French Open after failing to recover from a lower back injury which he aggravated at the Italian Open last week.
Injured Carroll ruled out of England friendlies
LONDON - Striker Andy Carroll has pulled out of England's friendly internationals against Ireland and Brazil through injury, the FA said on its website (www.thefa.com) on Tuesday.
Pulis leaves Stoke after seven years in charge
LONDON - Stoke City and manager Tony Pulis parted company by mutual agreement on Tuesday after seven years in which he established the Potteries outfit back in the top flight of English soccer.
Cheruiyot expecting first child, aims to return in 2014
- Vivian Cheruiyot is not defending her world 5,000 and 10,000 metres gold medals in Moscow in August because she is expecting her first child, the Kenyan said in a statement.
Augusta: A tournament like no other
It was the author Mark Twain who wrote "Golf is a good walk spoiled".
Kings of ping pong
The international elite of table tennis battle it out at the world championships in Paris.
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