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Fisher beats Cabrera in playoff, Kim beats Allenby 5 and 4 to reach World Match Play final
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AP - Ross Fisher beat Masters champion Angel Cabrera on the third playoff hole Saturday to set up a World Match Play Championship final against Anthony Kim.

AP - A friend sent me a YouTube link to a video called "Insane Cycling — New York City." I clicked on it, hoping to glean a few tips for my own cycling on the anarchic streets of China.

AFP - Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez endured another day to forget after his side were beaten 3-1 at Fulham and had two men sent-off at Craven Cottage here on Saturday.

AP - Auburn safety Zac Etheridge was carried off the field on a backboard after a collision with teammate Antonio Coleman in the first quarter against Mississippi.

AFP - Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky battled into the final of the 750,000-dollar St Petersburg Open after defeating Russia's Marat Safin in the semi-final here on Saturday.

AFP - Tottenham Hotspur's hopes of gatecrashing the English Premier League's established elite were put back into perspective on Saturday as they slumped to a chastening 3-0 defeat at Arsenal.

AP - Football fans lined up three deep Saturday to applaud and shake hands as players walked from their buses into Rentschler Field for the UConn Huskies' first home game since the slaying of Jasper Howard.

AP - McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton put in a stunning final lap in qualifying Saturday to claim the pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia tops Arnaud Clement of France 6-2, 6-4 to reach Lyon Grand Prix final
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AP - Ivan Ljubicic defeated Arnaud Clement 6-2, 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Lyon Grand Prix.

AFP - Arsenal swept aside Tottenham on Saturday as two goals from Robin van Persie inspired a 3-0 victory over their north London rivals at the Emirates Stadium.

Serena Williams withdraws from US Fed Cup team to face Italy in final
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Choi, Tseng lead after 2nd round of KOLON Championship
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AP - Na Yeon Choi of South Korea shot a 71 and Taiwan's Yani Tseng had a 70 to share the lead at 5-under par after a wet and windy second round of the LPGA Tour's KOLON Championship on Saturday.

AP - Sooner or later, some of these big bats are bound to break loose.

Daniels shines and South Florida ends two-game slide with 30-19 upset of No. 20 West Virginia
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AP - To stop a two-game losing streak, South Florida coach Jim Leavitt implored his players to do one thing against West Virginia.

AP - There is no better illustration of why baseball won't expand its use of instant replay than Phillies manager Charlie Manuel's answer to a question during off-day workouts about whether it should.

AP - Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks were 25 of 32 from the free throw line in routing the Los Angeles Lakers 94-80 Friday night for their first win of the season.