New Zealand made it two wins out of two in Pool A with a bizarre three-wicket victory against Scotland in Dunedin. The Scots were reduced to 12-4 in the fifth over before Matt Machan (56) and Richie Berrington (50) shared 97. Four batsmen fell first ball, a World Cup first and only the third such instance in
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Lance Armstrong has been ordered to pay $10m (£6.5m) in damages after losing a lawsuit with sports insurance company SCA Promotions. SCA were forced to pay the disgraced cyclist $7.5m in 2006 after Armstrong sued them for breach of contract when they withheld bonus payments he claimed he was entitled to for his seven Tour de
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Manchester United progressed to the last eight of the FA Cup after coming from a goal down to win 3-1 at League One Preston North End. Preston took a shock lead just after half-time through Scott Laird’s deflected effort from just inside the area, but United scored twice in eight minutes to claw their way back
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