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Los Angeles - When high-flying Vince Carter went down, rookie Chris Douglas-Roberts stepped up.
Devin Harris scored 21 points and Douglas-Roberts added 18 off the bench as the New Jersey Nets beat the Miami Heat 100-98 in overtime on Thursday night in pre-season play.
The contest was played in Paris as part of an annual NBA Europe Live tour to promote the game globally.
The Nets and Heat take their show to London on Sunday. The New Orleans Hornets meet the Washington Wizards in Berlin on Tuesday, before traveling to Barcelona on Friday.
Though the Nets walked away with the...
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Dusseldorf - Rene Adler faces a baptism of fire as Germany goalkeeper in an important World Cup qualifier against Russia on Saturday.
"I am looking forward to the game, this is the highlight of my career," the 23-year-old Bayer Leverkusen player Adler on Friday told a news conference.
Goalkeeper coach Andreas Koepke expressed the full faith of the coaching staff in the uncapped Adler ahead of Saturday's game in front of 70,000 in Dortmund.
"We believe in his ability. Rene will play a super match. I am fully convinced that he will show the same performance as in...
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Fuji, Japan - Timo Glock of Germany led the way for home team Toyota in Friday's free practice for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix.
Glock clocked 1 minute 18.383 seconds in the day's second session on the 4.563-kilometres course at the foot of Mount Fuji.
The Singapore GP winner Fernando Alonso came second in a Renault in 1:18.424, followed by the world title rivals Lewis Hamilton in a McLaren-Mercedes (1:18.463) and Felipe Massa in a Ferrari (1:18.491).
Hamilton had won the morning session in 1:18.910 from Massa (1:19.063).
With three races left in the season,...
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Rome - Brazilian striker Ronaldo told an Italian newspaper that he is planning his comeback from a knee injury and dreaming of participating in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The 32-year-old, who is the all-time World Cup top scorer with 15 goals, was quoted in Friday's edition of Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport daily as saying that he will be back.
"It would be nice to be playing in the World Cup in 2010," he said.
Ronaldo, who has not played since suffering a serious knee injury playing for AC Milan against Livorno in February, is keen to start practising again...
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Berlin - Vitaly Klitschko returns into the ring after a four-year absence on Saturday, full of confidence he can claim the World Boxing Council heavyweight world title against holder Samuel Peters of Nigeria.
"I am fit and I am confident. You have to stay relaxed," said Klitschko on Friday after the weigh-in for the Berlin bout.
Klitschko, 37, carries the honour of WBC "emeritus champion" after retiring in 2005 over injuries including a ruptured knee ligament. The special status allowed him a title bout in his comeback fight.
His 37th and last bout so far...
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