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Cook seals England's rout of Sri Lanka

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England captain Alastair Cook's unbeaten 95 completed his side's crushing 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at Trent Bridge here on Wednesday.

England's win left th

Jayawardene century sets up Sri Lanka win

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Mahela Jayawardene's career-best 144 provided the platform for Sri Lanka's 69-run victory against England in the second one-day international at Headingley here on Friday.

Sri Lanka's win, which leve

Eyes on Beyonce as muddy Glastonbury nears end

US pop star Beyonce takes the main stage at Glastonbury on Sunday as the closing act, hoping to repeat husband Jay-Z’s success in 2008 and help a huge crowd banish thoughts of mud and the long trip ho

Jayawardene seals Sri Lanka thrashing of England

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Mahela Jayawardene's unbeaten 72 saw Sri Lanka to a crushing nine-wicket victory against England in the lone Twenty20 international here on Saturday.

Jayawardene's innings backed up an impressive bow

The longest-match sequel falls flat at Wimbledon

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Inevitably, the sequel didn't live up to the original. Not even close.

The replay of the longest match in tennis history turned out to be a ho-hum Part II, with John Isner beating Nicolas Mahut in st

Wimbledon: Rafael Nadal, Venus Williams win opening-round matches

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Rafael Nadal opened his Wimbledon title defense with a convincing victory on Monday, beating Michael Russell 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 on a ‘fantastic’ day while his parents watched from the Royal Box.

In keepin

No ton no problem for Pietersen

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Kevin Pietersen insisted he felt ‘a lot of happiness’ despite missing out on a Test century against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl here on Saturday.

Pietersen made a fluent 85 to help England to 195 for

Manchester United relegate brave Blackpool

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Premier League champions Manchester United sent Blackpool straight back down to the Championship with a 4-2 win at Old Trafford here on Sunday.

Blackpool led 2-1 with half an hour remaining but three

Chelsea visit Man Utd for title-deciding clash

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Manchester United winger Nani has started the mind games ahead of Sunday's title-deciding visit of Chelsea by claiming his teammates hold a psychological edge over their rivals.

Sir Alex Ferguson's s

Wills, Kate to NW England in last pre-wedding trip

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Ignoring a steady rain, Prince William and fiancee Kate Middleton visited northwest England on Monday to support local youth charities, the last trip in their pre-wedding tour of England, Scotland, Wa

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