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Manchester City star on Dubai visit

Dubai: Manchester City’s star striker Sergio Aguero, who ensured his team clinched the English Premier League title with a last-gasp winner in their final match against Queens Park Rangers on Sunday, arrived in Dubai late yesterday to watch his father-in-law Diego Maradona’s team Al Wasl in action. The Argentine landed at Dubai International Airport and [...]

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Epidemic of blown saves creates open market for closers

By David Gonos, RotoExperts.com, Special to SI.com For more great in-season Fantasy Baseball advice, grab the RotoExperts.com Xclusive Edge Fantasy Baseball package now! You’ll get in-depth roster tips, injury insights, player ranks, exclusive insider reports from the MLB clubhouses and much more. When was the last time you had your mind blown? Was it when [...]

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Changing Champions

Borussia Dortmund has made a fine habit out of getting there first — whether the “there” in question is the ball or a particularly useful player. But for once, the new and old German champions will have to wait. Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa has told the club he will not decide on extending his contract [...]

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Adrian Dater: Little things adding to up big things for transformed Kings

All you needed for visual proof of the complete and total transformation of the Los Angeles Kings in the past 30 days was to watch the final two minutes of their Game 4 sweep of the St. Louis Blues on Sunday afternoon. A month ago, Dustin Penner was just another name to flog in the [...]

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Sauber F1 join hands with Chelsea

London: Sauber’s cars will sport the blue logo of Champions League finalists Chelsea from next week’s Spanish Grand Prix as part of a deal between the Swiss-based Formula One team and the English Premier League club. "A partnership like this between Formula One and football has never existed before in this form, yet there are [...]

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Al Wasl shortlist Zola and Lippi

Dubai: Italian legends Gianfranco Zola and Marcelo Lippi are among the managers Al Wasl are considering to replace disgruntled boss Diego Maradona should the Argentinian carry out his threat to quit. A source at the Zabeel club told Gulf News that former Chelsea player and West Ham manager Zola and the hugely experienced World Cup-winning [...]

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NHL Playoffs Head Into Second Round

Story By: All Things Considered Robert Siegel talks to sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the NHL playoffs.

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City to play friendly in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Premier League title contenders Manchester City will play a friendly match against a Malaysia XI in Kuala Lumpur in July, promoters of the event said yesterday. It will be City’s first fixture in Malaysia when they play at the 90,000 capacity Bukit Jalil Stadium on July 30. "We are very honoured to be [...]

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Regular-season grades for all 30 NBA teams

It’s time again to hand out regular-season grades. As I’ve said before, the most important measurement of a team’s success comes from the standings that determine playoff berths and seedings for the postseason series that begin this weekend. But it is also interesting, and hopefully revealing, to consider other aspects of a team’s performance when [...]

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Big boost to youth rugby programme

Dubai: The UAE Rugby Association (UAE RA) has announced HSBC Bank will be the principal sponsor for the UAE Rugby Player Pathway programme (RPP), launched to provide opportunities for 4,000 children to play rugby and find undiscovered Emirati rugby stars along the way. The UAE RPP was launched last year to increase the number of [...]

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