Thursday, October 18, 2007 (PARIS)
Russia's Roman Pavlyuchenko scores his second goal past England's Paul Robinson in Moscow on Wednesday. Russia won 2-1.
By Darren Staples/Reuters
Russia's Roman Pavlyuchenko scores his second goal past England's Paul Robinson in Moscow on Wednesday. Russia won 2-1.

Soccer, Euro 2008: England looses in Moscow; Portugal wins in Almaty

Russia rallies to beat England 2-1; Portugal scores 2 late goals to defeat Kazakhstan 2-1
Soccer: Euro 2008 qualifying roundup

Greece, the Czech Republic and Romania qualified for next year's European Championship with wins Wednesday, and England's chances of advancing were hurt when it lost at Russia 2-1.
Indians 7, Red Sox 3
Baseball: Big inning by Indians puts Red Sox on brink

Paul Byrd did not allow a run for the first five innings and the Indians destroyed Tim Wakefield and Manny Delcarmen in a seven-run fifth for a three-games-to-one lead in the best-of-seven series.
Baseball: Colorado Rockies storm into this year's World Series

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try again.
Tennis, Madrid Masters: Canas defeats Calleri

Guillermo Canas won 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 advancing to a matchup with Roger Federer in the third round.
Tennis, Zurich Open: Mauresmo upset by Bondarenko

Dementieva retires
Cycling: Franck Bouyer nears victory in bid to stay awake

The 33-year-old Frenchman has narcolepsy, a disorder marked by recurring and unpredictable episodes of sleep during normal waking hours and disturbed sleep at night.
Cycling: UCI hoping to introduce anti-doping passports for riders in 2008

Anne Gripper, the UCI's anti-doping chief, said Wednesday that blood and urine samples would be collected from all professional riders to create "a biological passport" - a medical profile that could then be compared to the values registered in subsequent doping tests.
Soccer, World Cup 2010: Argentina beats Venezuela 2-0

Gabriel Milito and Lionel Messi scored first-half goals in South American World Cup qualifying
Soccer, Friendly Internationals: Japan beats Egypt 4-1; Croatia defeats Slovakia 3-0

Okubo for Japan; Ivica Olic for Croatia score two goals each.
Ice Hockey, NHL: Roundup

Biron's shutout leads first-place Philadelphia over winless Atlanta
Cricket: India defeats Australia by two wickets

Australia in wins seven-match 4-2.
Cricket: Inquest begins into Bob Woolmer death

A maid describes finding blood spattered around the hotel room.
Tennis, Madrid Masters: Federer shows little rust from five-week layoff in win over Ginepri

Roger Federer needed less than an hour and half to beat Robby Ginepri 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
Tennis, Zurich Open: Mauresmo reach second round; Serena Williams retired

Serena Williams retired with a sore right thigh while trailing Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6-0, 3-0.
ATHLETICS, world road running championships: Kiplagat sets half-marathon world record; Tadese defends men's title
Rockies 6, Diamondbacks 4: BASEBALL: Rockies sweep into the World series
BOXING: Daiki Kameda banned for year over violence
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: The AP Top 25
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Kentucky beats No. 1 LSU; Oregon State down No. 2 California
CRICKET: Australia defeats India
DOPING: French candidate Jean-Francois Lamour bows out of race for new WADA chief
FORMULA ONE: Ferrari extented Massa's contract
FOOTBALL: NFL: New York Giants defeat Atlanta Falcons
FOOTBALL, NFL: Patriots easily pass the test against the Cowboys
GOLF, LPGA Tour: Lorena Ochoa wins Samsung Championship
GOLF, World Match Play Championship: Els beats Cabrera 6 and 4
ICE HOCKEY, NHL: Roundup
JAPANESE BASEBALL: Marines beat Fighters 5-1 to even PL series
NASCAR: Jeff Gordon continues march toward 5th Nextel Cup title
RUGBY UNION, World Cup: Springboks size up underdog England
SOCCER: In Moscow and Rio, the field reflects the game
WOMEN'S SOCCER: Soccer: Women's game has come a long way in Germany
SOCCER: Ashkan Dejagah who refused to travel to Israel will continue Germany career
TENNIS, Kremlin Cup: Elena Dementieva and Nikolay Davydenko win
TENNIS, BA-CA Tennis Trophy: Djokovic beats Wawrinka in final
TRIATHLON, Ironman: On his sixth try, Chris McCormack finally won Hawaii classic

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