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 Graeme Smith's Proteas targeting a hat-trick of number ones
 South African tsunami is ready to batter the 'Mouth Island' Australia
 Why no one can stop Graeme Smith heading cricket's hall of fame
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 Cricketing Lions claw back some respect - but are any of them ready for England?
 Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United... you'll be blown away by the white tornado (and it's not Spurs!)
 India need to Mendis their ways - and downgrading the importance of the IPL would be a start!
 ICC's about-turn on Twenty20 hits Australia v South Africa for six
 Get real, Graeme Smith's South Africans have NO chance against the Aussies
 Ricky Ponting beware! You're next up for cricket's captain-killer Graeme Smith
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 Why Liverpool may be fated to win the Champions League again this season
 Why Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal will rule Europe for years to come
 Chelsea win FOUR trophies? If Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs couldn't do it, Scolari has no chance!
 Manchester United and Chelsea move over - Bayern Munich are set to rule Europe again
 Manchester United and Chelsea are history if Ronaldo turns out to be the Real deal. And as for Arsenal and Liverpool...
 Euro champs again - but Fergie's heart belongs to the Manchester United of Cantona and Co
 Manchester United and Chelsea go Euro while Arsenal and Liverpool chase home comforts
 Manchester United's double bonus as Chelsea pay the penalty in Moscow
 Liverpool need to raise the Standard - or they could be £12m out of pocket
 Manchester United were singing in the rain as Chelsea got in a spot of bother
 It's Chelsea to turn Red Square blue as Manchester United pay the penalty
 Whether Manchester United or Chelsea lift the trophy, let's hope the real winner is English football
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 Spare us the Eircom league - we need more of the REAL football stars in the summer!
 Sweet 16 is perfect for Europe's premier football tournament
 Marcos Senna, the Brazilian on the slow track to Euro stardom with Spain
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 Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas - king of Spain's magnificent midfield and the star of Euro 2008
 It must be glove! Why Casillas, Buffon, Cech and Co. deserve a big hand
 Viva Espana! It's fiesta time as Spain reign again
 X-tra special Xavi can lead Spain to the 2010 World Cup
 The menace of mediocrity: Arsenal's boss has it so right about the international game
 Could Guus Hiddink be the world's best football manager?
 Revealed: The THREE greatest Euro Championship games - excluding Turkey v Croatia!
 Turkey's miracle men give European football a true lesson in determination
 Euro 2008: Portugal fail for want of a Torres or Van Nistelrooy
 Euro 2008: Cech's blunder was costly but Calamity Kahn's takes some beating
 England's Premier League the best in the world? Not if Euro 2008 is anything to go by!
 Euro 2008: Simic, Leko, Frei and Kadlec all on Celtic's summer transfer radar
 England and negativity, a football marriage consummated by the press
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 Could Milan Baros be Blackburn's Czech mate?
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 Spurs or Liverpool? The stay-or-go question that's tormenting Robbie Keane
 Spurs will be worried Robbie is so Keane on a move to Liverpool
 Ronaldo's a lost cause - so Manchester United need to buy Berbatov from Spurs
 Can Karim Benzema be Arsenal's new Thierry Henry?
 Tuesday rumour mill: When Arsenal leads to Tottenham...
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 Shevchenko, Milan and Kenyon's Chelsea garbage trail...
 Why are Spurs hanging on to Berbatov? Sell Manchester United's new Cantona before it's too late!
 Forget Spurs reserves - Berbatov MUST be sold to Manchester United
 FOUR gaps that Spurs must fill - and O'Hara is the answer to one of them
 Sunderland a surprise package? Not with tough-guy Keane running the show!
 Great start, good squad - but Benitez holds key to a REAL Liverpool challenge at the top
 Spurs in disarray - where it's all going wrong for Ramos
 What happened to Arsenal's £70m war chest – and how come Spurs can splash so much cash?
 Spurs in the mire: Has Ramos REALLY proved any better than 'more talent than Arsenal' Jol?
 Is Arsene Wenger still the right man to take Arsenal forward?
 Berbatov's Manchester United sulk sounds the Spurs alarm bells
 The Spurs smokescreen that masks the reality of Juande's strike problems
* Scottish Premier
 Do Rangers get more than their fair share of decisions? It's time we found out...
 Celtic, Rangers, Cardiff City and Loovens: Who are the REAL winners?
 Walter Smith and his Rangers legacy: The risk and reward of a return to past scenes of glory
 Rangers fans shouldn't be afraid to criticise the chairman - it only shows their concerns
 Why no Rangers protest at Ibrox will offer a deafening silence when supporters' voices MUST be heard
 Why Rangers crashed out of Europe so quickly - the Bear facts and the search for scapegoats
 Rangers fans must take action to avoid turning into the Celtic of the 90s
 Celtic and Rangers? The League Cup is a lifeline for the East Stirlings of Scottish football
 One Hull of a survival job for the Tigers - but Hearts could be heading for Europe
 Rangers to reach another UEFA Cup final? Why not!
 The painful truth about Rangers' decline from the heady days as Britain's greatest club
 Celtic or Rangers - and who'll finish third? The lowdown on the new SPL season
 THREE reasons why Rangers are lost without Barry Ferguson - and Celtic will win the SPL again
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 Why Spurs, Aston Villa, Everton and Co could be on an UEFA Cup loser
 Why Tottenham MUST forget about the UEFA Cup this season
 Rangers to reach another UEFA Cup final? Why not!
 Krul the hero as Newcastle win at Palermo
 Just a small club in Europe
 How Arsenal can solve those Spurs striker problems
 Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool and £390m worth of summer transfer tosh
 Spurs, Arsenal, Everton - who's next for a Cardiff City bargain buy?
 Spurs turn attention to Portugal after £20m Arshavin deal peters out
 Ipswich Volz into town as Watford seek to close the gap
 Why Spurs will benefit from magic Juande's continental approach
 Spurs' striker signing is a step in the right direction - but who's next?
 Shevchenko, Milan and Kenyon's Chelsea garbage trail...
 Why are Spurs hanging on to Berbatov? Sell Manchester United's new Cantona before it's too late!
 Why Spurs, Aston Villa, Everton and Co could be on an UEFA Cup loser
 How can Capello play Tottenham's Jenas and not Aston Villa's Young?
 Disaster at Derby: How long can Jewell survive after nearly 30 league games without a win?
 Forget Spurs reserves - Berbatov MUST be sold to Manchester United
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 When Australia's cricketers get paid to behave . . .
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 Lewis Hamilton and Co are testing Formula 1's fuel economy drive to the limit
 Lewis Hamilton shows Formula 1 why he could be the next Michael Schumacher
 Back-to-back victories for Lewis Hamilton - now he's more Hungary than ever for that world title!
 Why Coulthard, Trulli and Barrichello should be driven out of Formula 1
 Rolling circuits - the ONLY way to keep Formula 1 growing
 A knight to remember: Why Murray Walker deserves one of the Queen's highest accolades.
 Level the Formula 1 playing field - and bring back the fun to racing!
 Formula 1 is in a race for survival – but spare us the sight of Lewis Hamilton in a Toyota Prius
 Robert Kubica is Formula 1's Pole in pole position
 Arise Sir Murray! It's time Formula 1's long-distance Walker was given a knighthood
 Long may Monaco reign as the king of Formula 1 circuits
 Valencia's waterfront circuit will bring more flair to the Formula 1 calendar
 Lewis Hamilton or Kimi Raikkonen - will Hockenheim see the Formula 1 title race get even tighter?
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 Thirty years on, and Man United hero Lou Macari is still a student prince
 Brian Clough, Trevor Francis and the Nottingham Forest fire that ignited a passion
 1970: The year it all went wrong for England
 Edwards, Rowley, Law, Best, Cantona, Ronaldo - how do you pick Man United's greatest team?
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 Pele, George Best, Stanley Matthews: What made them great?
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 Beijing 2008: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
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