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Gun trainer David Hayes says this year's Melbourne Cup is far from a match race between the last two winners of australia's greatest race in Efficient and Viewed as he begins to warm to the chances of his lightly weighted import Changingoftheguard.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan pays his respects to one of the greatest umpires of the game.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -Johnny Dawkins has little time to ponder the great challenge he faces in rebuilding Stanford's proud basketball program.Dawkins is too busy teaching and doing all he can to make sure his young roster figures out his system in time for the first game. He realizes that will be a work in progress all year.And he knew what he signed on for when Cardinal athletic director Bob Bowlsby lured the former top assistant at Duke to the West Coast to lead another school with a

Here's the great thing about mixed martial arts: When UFC President Dana White says that he wants a fast rematch between Lyoto Machida and Mauricio Shogun Rua, you actually believe him.   'I'm ready to make the rematch as fast as we can and I think that the second fight will be the fight we expected to see,' said White after the fight. 'I think they're both going to come in and not make the same mistakes they made in this first fight. They're going to come in and each one's going to try and win decisively.' White noted that he, like many fans, believed Rua won their UFC 104 encounter.  That said, it was a close, tactical fight that neither fighter took with any clarity.  Along with this, there were few, if any, dominant moments.  'At the end of every round, neither guy went after it,' White said. 'Neither guy tried to steal the round. Machida's the champ and the judges gave it to Machida tonight.' Here's looking forward to the rematch.  The first fight was a feeling out process.  T

The suspected link between football head injuries and brain problems has been the subject of great debate, and it played out again at a hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell defended the league and said that the care of retired players was a priority.

Are professional football players at greater risk of dementia and other neurological problems?

Pitcher CC Sabathia will take the ball for the New York Yankees on Wednesday in the first game of the 2009 World series. He will be opposed by Cliff Lee of the Philadelphia Phillies. But there's a twist. They both use to pitch for the now-hapless Cleveland Indians — a fact that is the source of great frustration among Indians fans. Paul Hoynes, a sports reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, offers his insight.

There's a small group of stars who are so great you can never leave them out of your fantasy football lineup, regardless of matchup, recent performance or minor injuries.

Tottenham captain Robbie Keane has kicked off the mind games ahead of this weekend's derby against Arsenal by insisting Harry Redknapp has the greater strength in depth in his squad.

St Helens hooker James Roby insists England's team spirit could not be stronger ahead of Saturday's Four Nations clash with australia.