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• Shehzad guides Pakistan to T20 victory

  02-04-2017 22:16
  Pakistan beat the West Indies by seven wickets to complete a 3-1 victory in their four-match Twenty20 series.
  
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• Colombia landslide death toll rises to 210

  02-04-2017 22:00
  The army say the death toll from the Colombia landslides is over 250 but the official count is 210 as survivors frantically search for loved ones.
  
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• Amateur ace Luck ready for Masters debut

  02-04-2017 21:56
  Australian world No.1 amateur Curtis Luck will make his major championship debut at the Masters buoyed by a Sunday practice round with 2013 champion Adam Scott.
  
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• More arrests expected in US Facebook rape case

  02-04-2017 21:51
  
  Chicago police say they anticipate making more arrests in a case that involves the rape of a girl being streamed on Facebook.
  
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• Protesters rally over Chinese man's death

  02-04-2017 21:42
  In the latest scandal to involve the French police, protesters have massed in Paris to protest a Chinese man's death at the hands of officers.
  
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• Houston Open win earns Henley Masters spot

  02-04-2017 21:37
  Russell Henley has locked up the final spot at the US Masters after surging to a three-stroke victory at the Houston Open.
  
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• Henley off to the Masters after winning Houston Open

  02-04-2017 21:28
  
  Henley wielded a hot putter to surge past a faltering Kang Sung-hoon, reeling off three consecutive birdies from the 13th hole at the Golf Club of Houston.
  
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• Turnbull slips but still preferred PM

  02-04-2017 21:22
  
  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lost ground to opposition leader Bill Shorten but is still the preferred PM.
  
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• Ferderer up to world No.4 after Miami win

  02-04-2017 21:04
  Roger Federer will return to fourth in the world rankings after beating Rafael Nadal win a third Miami Open title.
  
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• Federer beats Nadal in straight sets in Miami Open final

  02-04-2017 21:01
  
  Federer, peerless this year after returning from a six-month injury absence, broke once in each set on the Crandon Park hardcourt for his fourth consecutive victory over the Spaniard.
  
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• Gilbert restores Belgian pride with Tour of Flanders win

  02-04-2017 18:40
  OUDENAARDE, Belgium (Reuters) - Philippe Gilbert became the first Belgian in five years to win a major classic after a gutsy attack with about 50 kilometres left earned him victory in a crash-hit Tour of Flanders on Sunday.
  
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• Belgium's Gilbert wins Tour of Flanders

  02-04-2017 18:40
  Philippe Gilbert became the first Belgian in five years to win a major classic with victory in a crash-hit Tour of Flanders.
  
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• Milan held after rare Donnarumma mistake

  02-04-2017 18:31
  MILAN (Reuters) - AC Milan's European hopes suffered a setback when they were held 1-1 at basement side Pescara on Sunday after a rare mistake by 18-year-old goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
  
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• Cambridge may call for Trump impeachment

  02-04-2017 18:23
  If the city of Cambridge has its way then US President Donald Trump may face an impeachment probe.
  
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• Shangdong emerge as surprise leaders after Evergrande down SIPG

  02-04-2017 17:47
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Senegal's Papiss Cisse scored his third goal in three games on Sunday as Shandong Luneng became the surprise early leaders of the Chinese Super League after champions Guangzhou Evergrande ended Shanghai SIPG's perfect start to the season.Shandong joined Guangzhou R&F on nine points from the first three games when Cisse's second-half double ensured Felix Magath's side beat bottom side Changchun Yatai 2-0.
  
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• Swansea frustrated by Middlesbrough in goalless encounter

  02-04-2017 16:54
  
  Swansea City missed the opportunity to pull away from the relegation zone when they were held 0-0 at home by Middlesbrough in a tetchy encounter on Sunday.
  
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• Carberry marks return with emotional ton

  02-04-2017 16:30
  Former England and Perth Scorchers opener Michael Carberry has made a hundred for Hampshire as he made a first appearance since being diagnosed with cancer.
  
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• Venter joins Springboks coaching team

  02-04-2017 16:21
  South Africa have added former Springbok centre Brendan Venter to their rugby team management.
  
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• Celtic thrash Hearts to win sixth consecutive Scottish title

  02-04-2017 16:17
  
  Hearts had lost only three at home so far this season, but were blown away by the runaway leaders, who took the lead through Sinclair after 24 minutes when he fired into the roof of the net from an acute angle after fine interplay with Patrick Roberts.
  
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• Pollution report highlights 'toxic burden'

  02-04-2017 16:05
  Australian governments have been accused of total failure in tackling air pollution following the release of the annual National Pollutant Inventory.
  
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• French League to look into PSG fans' behaviour after Cup final

  02-04-2017 15:22
  PARIS (Reuters) - Paris St Germain could face sanctions after the French League (LFP) said that its disciplinary commission would study damage caused by their fans at Saturday's League Cup final against Monaco in Lyon.
  
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• Sevilla drop out of top three after stalemate with Sporting

  02-04-2017 14:30
  
  BARCELONA (Reuters) - Sevilla dropped out of the top three in La Liga for the first time since November after being held to a goalless draw at home on Sunday by relegation-fighting Sporting Gijon, dropping points for the fourth consecutive league game.
  
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• Day set for Masters start

  02-04-2017 14:16
  With mother Dening resting in Ohio following surgery, world No.3 Jason Day has arrived at Augusta National to prepare for his seventh Masters appearance.
  
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• Personal leave for Super League star Kelly

  02-04-2017 14:06
  
  In-form Hull FC five-eighth and former NRL player Albert Kelly is likely to miss next weekend's Super League clash with Salford due to personal reasons.
  
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• Pearson among world champs selections

  02-04-2017 14:00
  
  Sally Pearson has been named in Athletics Australia's first wave of selections for August's world championships in London.
  
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• Storybook reading could help with language

  02-04-2017 13:48
  Reading a story again and again could help children struggling with language to learn vocabulary faster.
  
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• Retirement is like dying for Arsenal manager Wenger

  02-04-2017 13:12
  
  Calls for Wenger to end his 20-year reign at Arsenal have grown louder after the club were knocked out of the Champions League in the last-16 for a seventh successive season and lost four of their last five Premier League matches to slide down to sixth in the table.
  
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• "Use Brexit to pressure UK over frozen pensions": Lobbyists

  02-04-2017 12:34
  
  Frozen pensions affect half-a-million Britons across 150 mainly Commonwealth countries, and many lobbyists see Brexit as a chance for chance.
  
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• Bolton fumes after Blues let win slip

  02-04-2017 12:20
  Carlton coach Brendon Bolton was in no mood to celebrate a gallant effort against Melbourne after his side let a late lead slip to fall to a 22-point loss.
  
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• Flag fancies find a way in AFL furnace

  02-04-2017 12:19
  Geelong's one-point victory over North Melbourne and Melbourne's win over Carlton have capped off a weekend of tight contests in the AFL.
  
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• Floodwaters still rising as search for missing continues

  02-04-2017 11:52
  
  Forecasters expect a major flood peak to hit Rockhampton on Thursday, reaching a level larger than the 2011 floods and potentially matching the February 1954 flood level of 9.4 metres.
  
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• 'No issue' after Foran stopped at airport

  02-04-2017 11:50
  
  The Warriors are confident Keiran Foran won't be stopped and interviewed by NSW police before the club's next match in Australia.
  
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• Hawkins shines and struggles in AFL clash

  02-04-2017 11:30
  While star Geelong forward Tom Hawkins kicked four goals in the one-point AFL win over North Melbourne, he also gave away a whopping five free kicks.
  
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• Gray stars as Port trounce Dockers

  02-04-2017 11:26
  
  Port Adelaide have trounced Fremantle by 89 points in Sunday's AFL twilight game at Adelaide Oval.
  
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• Colombia mudslides kill more than 200, sweep homes away

  02-04-2017 11:18
  
  A sudden surge of mud and water claims hundreds of lives in southern Colombia in the latest of several recent natural disasters to strike South America.
  
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• What happened in round two of the AFL

  02-04-2017 11:05
  A snapshot of all the action from round two of the AFL season.
  
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• Dragon Dugan ruled out of Manly NRL clash

  02-04-2017 10:43
  
  Josh Dugan will miss at least a week of football after injuring his hamstring in the Dragons' NRL win over the Tigers on Sunday.
  
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• Vixens down Magpies in netball derby

  02-04-2017 08:59
  The Melbourne Vixens have beaten the Magpies 60-56 in their Super Netball derby clash.
  
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• Rugby - Chiefs co-captain Cane to be rested after concussion

  02-04-2017 08:24
  
  WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Waikato Chiefs will be without co-captain Sam Cane for at least part of their three-week tour after the All Blacks flanker suffered concussion during the Super Rugby win over the Bulls in Hamilton on Saturday.
  
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• Bulls edge Hawks, Clippers down Lakers

  02-04-2017 08:04
  Chicago have downed Atlanta 106-104 in the top-billed of five NBA Saturday games with the Bulls' Jimmy Butler shooting a game-high 33 points.
  
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• NSW flood victim tells of trauma, damage

  02-04-2017 07:53
  
  A woman whose house was badly damaged by northern NSW flooding has ended up at hospital after collapsing traumatised on her friend's floor.
  
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• Bartel feels sorry for struggling Ablett

  02-04-2017 07:40
  
  Retired Geelong champion Jimmy Bartel says it's hard to see the Gold Coast allowing former AFL teammate Gary Ablett to return home.
  
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• Athletics - Australia's Pearson back in world championship frame

  02-04-2017 07:38
  
  MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Sally Pearson shrugged off two years of injury trauma to post a world championship qualifying time in winning her eighth 100 metres hurdles title at Australia's national athletics championships in Sydney on Sunday.
  
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• Lightning down Firebirds in Super Netball

  02-04-2017 07:08
  The Sunshine Coast Lightning have recorded a crushing Super Netball win over the Queensland Firebirds.
  
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• Murdoch's New York Post app hacked

  02-04-2017 06:52
  The Rupert Murdoch owned New York Post has apologised after its app was hacked and sent out an alert saying 'Heil President Donald Trump'.
  
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• President of Afghanistan visits Australia

  02-04-2017 06:38
  
  Dr Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, will visit Australia this week.
  
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• Foran's tribute to role model Johnson

  02-04-2017 06:28
  
  Kieran Foran has opened up on his battles with mental illness and gambling addiction.
  
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• Kyrgios promising to stay focused

  02-04-2017 06:00
  Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios credits his stellar run in 2017 to a newfound commitment to training and is pledging to keep his head down.
  
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• Hawks AFL veteran Birchall fractures jaw

  02-04-2017 05:52
  
  Hawthorn premiership defender Grant Birchall will undergo surgery and miss up to a month of AFL after fracturing his jaw during their loss to Adelaide.
  
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• NSW premier to visit flood-hit regions

  02-04-2017 05:37
  
  NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian will visit flood-ravaged areas in the northern part of the state on Monday.
  
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