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Uruguay secured the last available berth for South Africa 2010 football World Cup by defeating Costa Rica 2-1 on aggregate in the playoffs.

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's football World Cup finals in South Africa.

Poland coach Franciszek Smuda got his first victory against Canada Wednesday while South Korea'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.

India is being approached to sponsor Lord's cricket ground - the Mecca of international cricket - the owners of the ground were quoted as saying Wednesday.

Afghanistan's national cricket team will compete in this year's Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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.

There were tears on the streets of Cairo Wednesday night as stunned fans shook their heads in disbelief at Algeria's convincing 1-0 victory to qualify for the football World Cup next year.

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.

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.

Argentina's coach Diego Maradona was handed a two-month ban Sunday by FIFA's disciplinary body as punishment for post-match comments made after his side's World Cup qualifier against Uruguay last month.