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No Surprise as Martin Johnson Steps Down As England Rugby Boss

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Martin Johnson was appointed as Manager of the England Rugby Union team without any management or coaching qualification on his otherwise impeccable CV from his impressive playing career. The appointment was made by a ‘toothless’ RFU who ignored his inexperience but expected his stature to bring home not only the Six Nations every year but [...]

SEAG Opens Today

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Southeast Asian Games officially open today and the 11 countries participating in this event are all ready to compete and give glory to their country. Indonesia the host country will play against the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei and Timor Leste in different type of sports. Football, [...]

For friendship and unity, it’s SEA Games 2011

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It’s the time of the year again when the best and most gifted athletes from every country in the ASEAN region come together to battle it out for supremacy. Eleven countries with one ultimate goal: to outshine and outclass their opponents. This year’s Southeast Asian Games or widely known as SEA Games will be held [...]

LA Galaxy visits the Philippines

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The Philippine national football team or popularly known in the country by the name of Azkals, will face one of the most eminent and illustrious soccer team in Major League Soccer (MLS), a professional football team in the USA which is the L.A. Galaxy. The Galaxy will be spearheaded by one of the most notable [...]

Lemaire and Dunaden claims Melbourne Cup

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FLEMINGTON, Victoria — The crowd was intense, you can feel the thrilling atmosphere, you can hear the wild cheers, the boos and the nail biting finish shook all of the people who witnessed the Melbourne Cup yesterday. Jockey Christophe Lemaire with horse Dunaden raced to the finish beating Michael Rodd and horse Red Cadeaux by [...]

Vet checks participants before race

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MELBOURNE, Victoria — One week to go and the most anticipated race in Australia, the Melbourne Cup will start. The pot money for the race is USD6.2 million but all of the horses will first be participating in a fitness check.This was the first time that a fitness check will take place in Melbourne Cup’s [...]

The HAKA issue

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand– After a great game of Rugby on the Rugby World Cup finals at Auckland, New Zealand there were some controversies and getting fined about the HAKA is one of them. In Sunday’s finals the New Zealand all blacks was scheduled to meet the France national team. The two teams came out very [...]

NZ All Blacks triumphs in Rugby World Cup

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand–The New Zealand All Blacks ended their 24 years of being a dropout in the league when they defeated France’s national team in a very close match, 8-7 to claim the Rugby World Cup for the second time yesterday. New Zealand last won the tournament in 1987 beating France in the French territory. [...]

Australia Can Add To All Blacks World Cup Misery

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  Is it just possible that the New Zealand Rugby World Cup “hoodoo” is about to continue with the news that they have now lost their top two fly halfs from the tournament and captain, Richie McCaw is still on the injury list for this weekend’s Rugby World Cup Semi Final against Australia and joins [...]

“KO” of Brenneman a Troublesome Hint of Things to Come?

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It has been the mantra of the MMA announcers for a long time: “The referees are looking out for the fighter’s best interests.” and while a majority of the time the professional referees do a bang-up job, there are worrying signs that the sport is going down the path of the NFL (dubbed by jilted [...]

Cruz Stays Dominate

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“Dominate” Domonick Cruz was able to gather all five rounds in a decision win over Demetrious Johnson at UFC on Versus 6 and retain his Bantamweight belt. While Cruz (13-1) is usually the elusive and quick fighter in all his bouts, Johnson forced the young Champion to utilize his wrestling and size to garner the [...]

UFC on Versus 6: Undercard Bouts to Note

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To cap off the undercard, Yves Edwards takes on Rafaello Oliveira in what ought to be a main card bout. If the nights main card fights go short, one can almost be assured that the bout will be utilized as filler. Edwards (40-17) is coming off a surprising knockout loss to Sam Stout at UFC [...]

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