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	<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Uruguay secure last World Cup berth</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/uruguay-secure-last-world-cup-berth-47704/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTEVIDEO - Uruguay secured the last available berth for South Africa 2010 football World Cup by defeating Costa Rica 2-1 on aggregate in the playoffs.

The two teams drew 1-1 at a packed Centenario stadium in Montevideo Wednesday in the return leg of a play-off between the fifth-placed team in the South American qualifiers and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portugal beat Bosnia to qualify for South Africa</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/portugal-beat-bosnia-to-qualify-for-south-africa-47690/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZENICA - Porto midfielder Raul Meireles was the hero for Portugal as his side beat a 10-member Bosnia-Herzegovina 1-0 to qualify for next year&#8217;s football World Cup finals in South Africa.

Portugal had already won the first leg of the play-off in Lisbon Saturday by the same score to progress 2-0 on aggregate Wednesday.	 	
The Bosnia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enke honoured as Germany draw with Ivory Coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/enke-honoured-as-germany-draw-with-ivory-coast-47685/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GELSENKIRCHEN - Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke was remembered by players from both sides ahead of a friendly football match that Germany drew 2-2 with the Ivory Coast.

Lukas Podolski, who gave Germany a first half lead, scored an injury time equaliser for the Germans Wednesday. Emmanuel Eboue and late substitute Seydou Doumbia scored for the visitors.	 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tears in Cairo as Algeria wins World Cup qualifier</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/tears-in-cairo-as-algeria-wins-world-cup-qualifier-47645/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KHARTOUM/CAIRO - There were tears on the streets of Cairo Wednesday night as stunned fans shook their heads in disbelief at Algeria&#8217;s convincing 1-0 victory to qualify for the football World Cup next year.

Cairo fell silent as French-born Anthar Yahia scored from an acute angle five minutes before the break to give Algeria the victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poland back to winning ways, Serbia end South Korea&#8217;s run</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/poland-back-to-winning-ways-serbia-end-south-koreas-run-47632/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG - Poland coach Franciszek Smuda got his first victory against Canada Wednesday while South Korea&#8217;s 27-match unbeaten run in international football came to an end with a 1-0 defeat to Serbia in a friendly match played in London.

Nikola Zigic netted the only goal of the game after six minutes to hand the Asians their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramzi stripped of Olympic gold for doping</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/18/ramzi-stripped-of-olympic-gold-for-doping-47600/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG - Olympic 1,500-metre champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster CERA.

Ramzi, who won Bahrain&#8217;s first ever Olympic gold medal in Beijing last summer, now faces a two-year ban. In addition, under IOC rules, the Moroccan-born Ramzi would be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roddick knee injury to keep him from London finals field</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/17/roddick-knee-injury-to-keep-him-from-london-finals-field-47353/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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LONDON - Andy Roddick withdrew from the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals due to a knee injury he suffered six weeks ago. The US player is being replaced in the eight-man draw by Swede Robin Soderling.
Roddick limped out of the Shanghai Masters with the injury last month. He had earned a berth at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Afghan cricket team to play in Asian tournament</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/16/afghan-cricket-team-to-play-in-asian-tournament-46909/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/16/afghan-cricket-team-to-play-in-asian-tournament-46909/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) Afghanistan&#8217;s national cricket team will compete in this year&#8217;s Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). 

Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Singapore and the UAE are also taking part in the competition that begins Nov 22.	 	
The Afghan team includes 14 players, their coach, manager and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maradona banned for 2 months over outburst</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/15/maradona-banned-for-2-months-over-outburst-46643/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/15/maradona-banned-for-2-months-over-outburst-46643/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ZURICH - Argentina&#8217;s coach Diego Maradona was handed a two-month ban Sunday by FIFA&#8217;s disciplinary body as punishment for post-match comments made after his side&#8217;s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay last month.

Maradona made a foul-mouthed tirade after Argentina clinched their place at the 2010 finals in South Africa with a 1-0 win in Montevideo Oct [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional &#8216;headless goat polo&#8217; planned for Karzai inauguration</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/traditional-headless-goat-polo-planned-for-karzai-inauguration-46405/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL - A traditional Buzkashi sport competition is scheduled here next week in honour of President Hamid Karzai&#8217;s inauguration, an official said. 

The competition, which will be held Nov 19-21, consists of players on horseback who try to hold on to a headless goat as long as possible while riding full gallop to gain sympathy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cameroon, Nigeria, New Zealand qualify for World Cup</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/cameroon-nigeria-new-zealand-qualify-for-world-cup-46357/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JOHANNESBURG - There was joy for Cameroon, Nigeria and New Zealand as they booked their places at the World Cup finals in South Africa next year.

Algeria, who were hoping to pick up the final African place, will have to contest in a winner-take-all play-off against Egypt in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum Wednesday after losing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil edge past England as pressure builds on Burley</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/brazil-edge-past-england-as-pressure-builds-on-burley-46261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG - A goal from Villarreal winger Nilmar was enough to secure a 1-0 win for Brazil over England in a friendly international played in Doha Saturday while Scotland crashed to defeat against Wales to pile the pressure on under-fire coach Craig Burley.

An injury-weakened England suffered only their fourth defeat under Fabio Capello as Nilmar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Djokovic aims for second straight title</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - In-form Serb Novak Djokovic hopes to back up an ATP title from a week ago when he faces Gael Monfils in the final of the Paris Masters Sunday.
Monfils will be aiming for a second year of French success at home after Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lifted the honours in 2008.	 	
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		<title>Pecnik goal against Russia keeps Slovenia&#8217;s World Cup hopes alive</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/14/pecnik-goal-against-russia-keeps-slovenias-world-cup-hopes-alive-46225/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW - Two goals from Dinyar Bilyaletdinov looked to have put Russia in the driving seat for a place at the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa at the expense of Slovenia Saturday but a late header from Nejc Pecnik leaves the tie still wide open at 2-1.

The Everton striker struck in each half [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nadal regains lethal form with win into Paris semi-finals</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/nadal-regains-lethal-form-with-win-into-paris-semi-finals-45941/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Revitalised Rafael Nadal ended the repeat title dream of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Friday 7-5, 7-5 in a move to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
Second seed Nadal called his victory over the French defending champion his best in some months after starting the event with a pair of struggling wins.	 	
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		<title>Kibaki invites FIFA World Cup teams to train in Kenya</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/kibaki-invites-fifa-world-cup-teams-to-train-in-kenya-45934/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NAIROBI - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has invited the qualifying teams to take advantage of the country&#8217;s state-of-the-art sport facilities for training before their FIFA World Cup contest in South Africa next year.

He said a committee has been formed to work on the modalities to invite the teams which have qualified for the event. 	 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Verdasco claims last spot in London</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/verdasco-claims-last-spot-in-london-45924/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/13/verdasco-claims-last-spot-in-london-45924/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Fernando Vesdasco gained the last spot in the eight-man ATP season finals after Rafael Nadal defeated the last of the year-end contenders, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7-5, 7-5 Friday in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
Swede Robin Soderling was also dealt out of a chance at the World Tour Finals in London starting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Davydenko makes year-end finals field; four chase last spot</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/12/davydenko-makes-year-end-finals-field-four-chase-last-spot-45663/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Nikolay Davydenko Thursday claimed the penultimate spot in ATP year-end field, as a loss by Spain&#8217;s Fernando Verdasco at the Paris Masters guaranteed the Russian a place in the tournament.
Davydenko lost to Swede Robin Soderling 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in their third-round clash. But a later defeat by Fernando Verdasco 3-6, 6-3, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premier League says no to Rangers and Celtic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/12/premier-league-says-no-to-rangers-and-celtic-45652/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Premier League clubs voted Thursday to reject a proposal that would have seen Scottish giants Rangers and Celtic join the English top flight.

The scheme had been proposed by the Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside, as part of a wider plan to increase the Premier League to two 18-team divisions.	 	
That part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Double injury blow plunges Liverpool further into gloom</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/12/double-injury-blow-plunges-liverpool-further-into-gloom-45651/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Liverpool&#8217;s season was thrust deeper into crisis Thursday as it was confirmed that Yossi Benayoun and Albert Riera have both suffered torn hamstrings.

The two attacking midfielders both suffered injuries during Liverpool&#8217;s 2-2 draw with Birmingham City Monday, a game that extended the club&#8217;s miserable run to just one win in nine games.	 	
Both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federer stalls in Paris with upset loss to Frenchman</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/federer-stalls-in-paris-with-upset-loss-to-frenchman-45435/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Top seed Roger Federer exited the last tournament of the ATP regular season in disappointing style, taking a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 second-round loss to Frenchman Julien Benneteau Wednesday at the Paris Masters.
The Swiss, who was beaten in the Sunday final of his home event in Basle by Novak Djokovic, lost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German football mourns death of goalkeeper Enke</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/german-football-mourns-death-of-goalkeeper-enke-45385/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HANOVER - Germany Wednesday called off a friendly international against Chile to mourn the death of national team goalkeeper Robert Enke who committed suicide Tuesday.

Enke, who had been treated for acute depression since 2003, feared he could lose both his adoptive daughter and his playing career if his illness became public, his widow Teresa said.	 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etisalat signs sponsorship agreement with Manchester City</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/etisalat-signs-sponsorship-agreement-with-manchester-city-45355/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based communication services provider Etisalat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Manchester City for a three-year sponsorship, WAM news agency reported Wednesday.

Manchester City FC (MCFC) CEO Garry Cook and Etisalat Chief Marketing Officer Essa Al Haddad signed the MoU, which precedes a full three-year strategic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Ian Botham to take 13th super-walk to aid cancer research</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/11/sir-ian-botham-to-take-13th-super-walk-to-aid-cancer-research-45298/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Cricket legend Ian Botham has launched his 25th anniversary hike to aid cancer research along with two brave children fighting leukaemia.

&#8220;If you want to know why I keep doing these walks, look no further than these two,&#8221; The Mirror quoted Botham, as saying.
Bradley Smith, 6, has one year left to finish his three-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Madrid crash out of cup against third-division Alcorcon</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/real-madrid-crash-out-of-cup-against-third-division-alcorcon-45200/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Real Madrid crashed out of the Spanish King&#8217;s Cup against third-division part-timers Alcorcon.

Real won the second leg 1-0, but go out on an emphatic 4-1 aggregate result because they astonishingly lost 4-0 in Alcorcon, an industrial suburb to the south of Madrid, in the first leg two weeks ago.	 	
Real captain Raul Tuesday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Verdasco win knocks Cilic, Stepankek from London race</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/verdasco-win-knocks-cilic-stepankek-from-london-race-45198/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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PARIS - Fernando Vedasco kept pace with Russian front-runner Nikolay Davydenko Tuesday at the Paris Masters, with the Spaniard&#8217;s win eliminating a pair of rivals from the chase to the year-end championships.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the holder, also preserved his place among the candidates with a defeat of Alberto Montanes 6-1, 7-5.	 	
Seventh-seed Verdasco, expecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronaldo released by Portugal because of ankle injury</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/ronaldo-released-by-portugal-because-of-ankle-injury-45197/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/ronaldo-released-by-portugal-because-of-ankle-injury-45197/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Cristiano Ronaldo has returned to Madrid after the Portuguese football federation had confirmed his badly sprained right ankle, which will need two more weeks to recover.

Ronaldo, 24, had been called up by Portugal to play in next week&#8217;s World Cup play-offs against Bosnia, despite his club, Ral Madrid, insisting that he was injured.	 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke commits suicide</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/germany-goalkeeper-robert-enke-commits-suicide-45186/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/germany-goalkeeper-robert-enke-commits-suicide-45186/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HAMBURG - Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke has died, the president of his Bundesliga club Hanover 96 announced Tuesday.

Enke&#8217;s advisor Joerg Neblung confirmed Tuesday night to DPA that Enke, who died early Tuesday evening after being hit by a train at a railway crossing near his home, had committed suicide.	 	
&#8220;It was suicide, but I do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol industry should not sponsor sports, say scientists</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/alcohol-industry-should-not-sponsor-sports-say-scientists-45083/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/10/alcohol-industry-should-not-sponsor-sports-say-scientists-45083/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Scientists are advocating an outright ban on the alcohol industry&#8217;s sponsorship of sports, which they believe should be replaced with a dedicated alcohol tax.

British and Australian scientists have called on governments to outlaw the practice, citing their highly publicised 2008 study that showed alcohol-industry sponsorship of elite and community sport was associated with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Specializing in one sport can damage your health</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/09/specializing-in-one-sport-can-damage-your-health-44784/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Gifted young athletes are increasingly under pressure to play only one sport round the year. But a new study has found that such specialization increases the risk of injury.

Researchers from the Loyola University Health System (LUHS) examined 519 junior tennis players and analysed 3,366 matches in junior competitions in the US and found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UAE to lead world bodybuilding federation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/06/uae-to-lead-world-bodybuilding-federation-43958/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DUBAI - Osama Ahmed Al Shafaar of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was named the chairman of the World Bodybuilding Federation, WAM news agency reported.

Al Shafaar has been the chairman of the UAE Bodybuilding Association and the Asian Bodybuilding Federation (ABBF), the report said Thursday.	 	
The decision was taken at the general assembly of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One in 20 Brit kids believe Hitler was Germany&#8217;s football coach!</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/06/one-in-20-brit-kids-believe-hitler-was-germanys-football-coach-43871/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Adolf Hitler was Germany&#8217;s football coach. Don&#8217;t get shocked, for that&#8217;s what one in 20 schoolchildren seems to believe, according to a new UK survey.

War veterans&#8217; charity Erskin questioned 2,000 children aged nine to 15 to reach the conclusion that kids have a poor knowledge of the two world wars in human history.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UAE to host world triathlon event in 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/05/uae-to-host-world-triathlon-event-in-2010-43743/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/05/uae-to-host-world-triathlon-event-in-2010-43743/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host world triathlon competition here in March next year, WAM news agency reported Thursday.

Some 1,000 triathletes, including the world&#8217;s top 40, will participate in the competition, a 223-km power course, on March 13.	 	
The route has been specially designed to include a number of Abu Dhabi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toyota to quit Formula One racing: Reports</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/04/toyota-to-quit-formula-one-racing-reports-43370/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/04/toyota-to-quit-formula-one-racing-reports-43370/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp, the world&#8217;s largest carmaker, is planning to quit Formula One racing, Japanese media reports said Wednesday.

Quoting sources close to the company, the reports said Toyota decided on the step in an attempt to cut costs. The carmaker is expecting to report losses for the second consecutive year, due to collapsing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Rigorous workouts, high-stress basketball games making Obama skinny&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/03/rigorous-workouts-high-stress-basketball-games-making-obama-skinny-43144/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - US President Barack Obama has sparked health concerns after being snapped looking slimmer than usual.

The Drudge Report website published the picture, entitled &#8220;Barack &#8216;N Bones&#8221;, showing the president looking thinner as he stepped out of a gym wearing a large jacket in Washington.
The website said &#8220;rigorous workouts and high-stress basketball games&#8221; were to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vettel takes Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/11/01/vettel-takes-abu-dhabi-formula-one-grand-prix-42667/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABU DHABI - Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix Sunday to secure second place in the drivers&#8217; championship ahead of Brawn GP&#8217;s Rubens Barrichello.

Teammate Mark Webber claimed second spot at the Yas Marina Circuit with third place on the podium going to Brawn&#8217;s Jenson Button, who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kalmadi agrees to bury hatchet, fine by Hooper too</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/10/30/kalmadi-agrees-to-bury-hatchet-fine-by-hooper-too-41939/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - The chairman of the organising committee for the 2010 Commonwealth Games formally agreed Friday to focus his energies on the successful celebration of the sporting event after a series of meetings in London to iron out a dispute with the international body responsible for it. 

Suresh Kalmadi, MP, gave the formal undertaking after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian president, British queen launch Commonwealth baton relay</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/10/29/indian-president-british-queen-launch-commonwealth-baton-relay-41758/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - President Pratibha Patil joined Britains Queen Elizabeth II Thursday to launch 2010 Commonwealth Games baton relay - described as the longest and most inclusive in history - at a gala Indian ceremony in Buckingham Palace.

The 51-year-old tradition - a curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games that are held every four years - took place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gill meets Games chief Fennell, says all issues resolved</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/10/29/gill-meets-games-chief-fennell-says-all-issues-resolved-41749/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/10/29/gill-meets-games-chief-fennell-says-all-issues-resolved-41749/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dipankar De Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON - Indian Sports Minister M.S. Gill said Thursday he has assured the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) that India is ready to host good Games in 2010 and the entire country is behind the efforts.

I told them that we are ready for a good Games, Gill told journalists after meeting CGF head Michael Fennell in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IAF daredevil sets record in Everest lap</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/10/29/iaf-daredevil-sets-record-in-everest-lap-41737/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/sports/2009/10/29/iaf-daredevil-sets-record-in-everest-lap-41737/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sudeshna Sarkar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KATHMANDU - A 37-year-old parachute jump instructor from the Indian Air Force, along with a Kiwi world skydiving champion and an American pro, set a world record for the highest landing in the lap of Mt Everest.

Wing Commander Jai Kishan, stationed at the Paratroopers&#8217; Training School at the IAF station in Agra, Wednesday broke the [...]]]></description>
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