February 6, 2012
DUBAI: Pakistan’s bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England here on Monday, wrapping up a humiliating 3-0 series whitewash in the process.
Set a daunting 324-run target, England were bowled out for 252 with paceman Umar Gul taking 4-61 and off-spinner Saeed Ajmal 4-67 to help Pakistan achieve a first-ever Test cleansweep against their opponents.
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February 6, 2012
MADRID: Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2010 Tour de France title Monday and banned for two years after sports' highest court found the Spanish cyclist guilty of doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport suspended the three-time Tour champion after rejecting his claim that his positive test for clenbuterol was caused by eating contaminated meat on a 2010 Tour rest day.
The three-man CAS panel upheld appeals by the International Cycling Union and World Anti-Doping Agency, which challenged a Spanish cycling tribunal's decision last year to exonerate Contador.
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February 6, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS: New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin said 'mental toughness' explained how his team could find the late season burst of form that led them to win the Super Bowl over the New England Patriots.
The Giants had been 6-2 in the regular season before losing four games in a row and after their season was in danger of falling apart they needed to win their last two regular season games to progress to the playoffs.
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February 6, 2012
British hip-hop artist M.I.A.'s obscene gesture in the Super Bowl halftime show is prompting apologies from NBC and the NFL. But it isn't immediately registering as a moment that viewers latched on to.
The digital video recorder maker Tivo said Monday that there wasn't an appreciable bump in viewers who played back the moment where M.I.A. extended her middle finger during Madonna's performance of "Give Me All Your Luvin'" on Sunday night's show.
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February 6, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS: You will not catch Eli Manning bragging about his two Super Bowl wins or answering those who doubted him but New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin said Sunday's win over the New England Patriots should end the debate over the quarterback's status.
Ever since the Giants traded up for Manning in the 2004 draft, rather than take Philip Rivers or Ben Roethlisberger, there has been a constant argument among fans and pundits over whether that move was a smart one.
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February 6, 2012
MELBOURNE: A half-century by debutant Matt Wade and some middle-order slogging by the Hussey brothers propelled Australia to a 65-run thrashing of hapless India in the rain-shortened first one-day international on Sunday.
Australia recovered from an early wobble and a three-hour rain delay to post a competitive 216-5 in their allocated 32 overs, before the tourists’ batsmen crumbled to be all out for 151 under the lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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February 6, 2012
LONDON: Manchester United staged a remarkable comeback from 3-0 down inspired by two Wayne Rooney penalties to salvage a 3-3 draw at Chelsea in a thrilling Premier League match on Sunday.
An own goal by Jonny Evans, a scorching Juan Mata volley and David Luiz’s header six minutes into the second half put Chelsea in complete control but Rooney twice held his nerve from the spot and substitute Javier Hernandez headed the equaliser seven minutes from time to earn the champions a point.
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February 6, 2012
BALTIMORE: The Baltimore Orioles traded veteran right-handed starter Jeremy Guthrie to the Colorado Rockies in exchange for pitchers Jason Hammel and Matt Lindstrom, the teams said Monday.
Guthrie, 32, has spent the past five seasons with the Orioles and was 9-17 with a 4.33 earned run average in 2011.
"Jeremy is excited about a fresh start with a new organization and a contending team close to his home in Salt Lake City," Guthrie's agent, Brodie Van Wagenen, said on his Twitter account.
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February 6, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS: Tom Coughlin says he has every intention of returning to coach the Giants next season.
New York beat the New England Patriots 21-17 on Sunday night to give Coughlin his second Super Bowl win, and the 65-year-old coach says he is looking forward to Tuesday's parade up the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan.
Eli Manning also was on hand at the Monday morning news conference to receive his second Super Bowl MVP award.
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February 6, 2012
LAS VEGAS: Is what is good for Chrysler good for America?
The auto maker courted controversy and won kudos for a two-minute Super Bowl advertisement that was less a car sales pitch than a political message in a presidential election year.
Rugged Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood proclaimed it was "Halftime in America" in the spot that did not mention a Chrysler car or truck but intoned that the automaker's successful turnaround could be used as an example for the United States as it struggles with high unemployment and a slow economic growth rate.
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