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Miami Heat beat San Antonio in overtime to force Game 7

The Miami Heat produced an extraordinary comeback to beat the San Antonio Spurs 103-100 in overtime yesterday to force a decisive seventh game in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals, played in Miami.Needing a win to keep their title defence alive, Miami clawed back from a 13-point deficit in the third quarter before Ray Allen ... Read More

Spain’s players celebrate after their victory against Italy in the European Under-21 championship final soccer match at Teddy Kollek Stadium in Jerusalem. - Reuters pic, June 19, 2013.

Spain’s players celebrate after their victory against Italy in the European Under-21 championship final soccer match at Teddy Kollek Stadium in Jerusalem. - Reuters pic, June 19, 2013.

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WC2014 Africa: Ethiopia face points deduction after admitting error

Ethiopia football officials have admitted fielding an ineligible player in a World Cup qualifier and are resigned to being stripped of three points, potentially handing South Africa and Botswana a 2014 ... Read More

Australia, Iran and South Korea head for Brazil

Australia and Iran booked their fourth World Cup finals appearances with nervous 1-0 victories in a dramatic finale to Asian qualifying on Tuesday.South Korea joined them and Japan in qualifying for the ... Read More

Manchester City eye trophies with Pellegrini appointment

Manchester City's wealthy owners have entrusted Manuel Pellegrini with fulfilling their ambitions of a packed trophy cabinet, appointing the former Malaga manager as the successor to the sacked Roberto ... Read More

Tahiti score but trounced 6-1 by Nigeria

Nigeria pounced on some early mistakes on the way to a 6-1 Confederations Cup win over amateurs Tahiti, who claimed a moral victory by scoring on their debut in a major international tournament, in Belo ... Read More

Spurs on cusp of NBA title with win over Heat

Tony Parker scored a team-high 26 points as the San Antonio Spurs beat defending champion Miami Heat 114-104 to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals in San Antonio yesterday.Manu Ginobli, who ... Read More

Bolt’s coach calls for anti-doping lab in Jamaica

The Jamaican government need to establish an accredited anti-doping laboratory to protect their world-class athletes from taking contaminated substances, the coach of world record holder and Olympic ... Read More

Luis Suarez scores but Spain are still too good for Uruguay

Goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado helped Spain cruise to a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the Confederations Cup in Recife, Brazil, yesterday and reinforced their position as tournament favourites.Luiz ... Read More

Majestic Pirlo impresses Maracana in Italy

Mario Balotelli scored the winner and Andrea Pirlo, capping a majestic 100th international appearance by scoring with a 30-metre freekick, provided the inspiration as Italy beat Mexico 2-1 in their ... Read More

Murray recovers from slip to win Queen’s title

Andy Murray gave his fans a fright before recovering to beat Croatia's Marin Cilic to win the Aegon Championships for the third time at Queen's Club in London on Sunday.The world number two, who missed ... Read More

Protests mar Confederations Cup for second day

Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds as protests marred a second successive day of the Confederations Cup football tournament in Brazil on Sunday.Protesters tried to pass a ... Read More

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