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ARSENAL
Theo Walcott believes Arsenal are on the verge of a British invasion, writes Jem Maidment. The young striker is in the England squad for Saturday s World Cup qualifier with Andorra and Wednesday s tough trip to Croatia. He says more of his compatriots are... » MORE
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SPURS
JONATHAN Woodgate has picked out Tottenham team-mate Luka Modric as Croatia s danger man ahead of England s vital World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Woodgate, who was surprisingly overlooked by Fabio Capello for both Saturday s trip to Andorra and in Croat... » MORE
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SPORTS EDITOR PAT MOONEY REFLECTS ON A MEMORABLE DAY OF ACTION OFF THE FIELD AT WHITE HART LANE: TOTTENHAM were one of the most active clubs in the country on Manic Monday – transfer deadline day – being involved in deals worth more than £53million. Spurs... » MORE
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ON THE DISPLAY AGAINST CHELSEA: In the first half perhaps we paid a little too much respect to our opponents and were overawed by Chelsea and playing in their stadium. In the second half that was a thing of the past. We managed to keep the ball and our... » MORE
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CRICKET
WE VE got just six games remaining – three in the County Championship and three in the Pro40. And we don t want the season to peter out, especially in the Pro40 where we are in big danger of being relegated. We ended last season on a high by winning promo... » MORE
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FOOTBALL
JONATHAN Woodgate has picked out Tottenham team-mate Luka Modric as Croatia s danger man ahead of England s vital World Cup qualifier on Wednesday. Woodgate, who was surprisingly overlooked by Fabio Capello for both Saturday s trip to Andorra and in Croat... » MORE
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ATHLETICS
New Highgate Harriers recruit Moses Nicholls broke the club s under-13 boys long jump record with 4.74metres in a Young Athletes League meeting on Sunday. The previous best was Daniel Jacoel s 4.60m in 1997. Highgate also produced a number of A-string wi... » MORE
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MISCELLANEOUS
CUMBERLAND S Anne Keothavong became the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1991 to reach the third round of the US Open when she stunned 25th seed Francesca Schiavone in three sets on Wednesday, writes Patrick Mooney. Keothavong, 24, broke the Italian... » MORE
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BOXING
MARTIN Power failed in his ambition to secure a Lonsdale belt as he crashed to defeat against reigning British bantamweight champ Ian Napa at Newham Leisure Centre last weekend. In a rematch of their 2005 clash, the two fighters went toe-to-toe for... » MORE
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CYCLING
MAIDA Vale cyclist Bradley Wiggins was still celebrating this week despite failing to become the first British athlete in 80 years to bag a hat-trick of Olympic golds. The 28-year-old finished up with a brace of gold medals in Beijing after his successes... » MORE
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SWIMMING
SUSAN Halter loves swimming so much she carries a costume with her wherever she goes. But that isn t the Hungarian s greatest eccentricity, writes Jonny Weeks. Remarkably, Halter – a former Olympian born in 1927 – defies her 80 years by swimming every day... » MORE
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TENNIS
Cumberland s Anne Keothavong gave Olympic champion Elena Dementieva a scare before bowing out 6-3, 6-4 in the third round of the US Open at Flushing Meadow last week. After losing the first set, 24-year-old Keothavong broke serve to lead 4-3 in the secon... » MORE
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