Zimbabwe pin hopes in rookie Murphy
Zimbabwe is putting its confidence in rookie leg-spinner Brian Murphy when it faces the West Indies for the first cricket Test of a two-month Caribbean tour that begins at the Queens Park Oval on Thursday.



Pakistan book ticket for Sydney
Pakistan joined Spain and South Korea in the Sydney Olympics as the race hotted up for the remaining three men's field hockey qualifiers.



Chelsea in quarters
Chelsea stormed to a 3-1 win away to feyenoord last night to seal their spot in the last eight of the European Champions League, but seven-time champions Real Madrid remain in danger of missing out.



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