Lanka beats Aussies

Australia was comprehensively outplayed in its one-off Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka, losing by seven wickets at the WACA ground in Perth yesterday.

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Wallaby O’Connor strikes late to end All Black streak

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Winger James O’Connor scored a last-minute try and then drilled the conversion to give Australia a 26-24 victory over New Zealand in Hong Kong on Saturday and end a 10-match losing streak against the All Blacks.

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Real flying on Ronaldo run

(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo has struck the richest vein of scoring form of his spectacular career this month and if the Portuguese stays free of injury it will be hard to stop Real Madrid ending their silverware drought.

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Mercantile Hockey champs

Mercantile Hockey Association’s awards ceremony was held yesterday following the conclusion of seven-a-side tournament at P. Sarawanamuttu Oval. HNB won the League and Knock Out Tournament whilst Commercial Bank beat HNB to win the seven-a-side.

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National Development Bank sprints off with 11 medals

NDB Bank sprinted off with 11 medals at the recently concluded 27th Mercantile Athletic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium recently.

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Ben Crane birdies final hole to win Malaysian thriller

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Ben Crane won his fourth PGA Tour title on Sunday when he calmly rolled in an eight foot birdie putt at the final hole to win the $6 million co-sanctioned Asia Pacific Classic in Malaysia.

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ICC upholds spot-fixing bans on Butt and Amir

DUBAI (Reuters) – Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir had their provisional suspensions over allegations of spot-fixing upheld by the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday.

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Obama warns of policy rollback if Republicans win

CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama warned Saturday that Republicans could roll back his agenda if they prevail in Tuesday’s congressional elections as he sought to rally Democrats in a final campaign push.

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Nations agree historic deal to save nature

Nagoya, Japan (Reuters) – Nearly 200 nations agreed on Saturday to a sweeping plan to stem the loss of species by setting new 2020 targets to ensure greater protection of nature and enshrine the benefits it gives mankind.

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ECB to hold fire as Fed loads second stimulus round

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank governing council meets this week after European leaders moved to shore up eurozone stability and as the US Federal Reserve mulls a second round of monetary stimulus.

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