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Sam Allardyce keen to take over at Sunderland
Sam Allardyce is ready to return to the Barclays Premier League after Roy
Keane?s resignation as Sunderland manager ? via text message ? yesterday.
Allardyce has been out of work since his exit 12 miles away at Newcastle
United in January, but he has made it known that he would be eager to
succeed the Irishman at a club he served briefly as a player.
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Jenson Button undone as Honda driven off grid
Formula One experienced a seismic shock last night when it emerged that Honda,
the Japanese car giant, is pulling out of the sport because of the collapse
in car sales that is forcing it to suspend manufacturing at several of its
plants around the world.
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David James clanger signals end for Portsmouth in Uefa Cup
David James has been one of the cornerstones of Portsmouth?s successes in
recent seasons, but the goalkeeper will want to forget the defeat in Germany
last night that brought a premature end to the club?s first European
campaign.
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Kevin Pietersen?s strong lead buys England time
?A collective decision? was how Kevin Pietersen described the England team?s
decision to fly to Abu Dhabi yesterday. And while no player, he insisted,
would have his arm twisted to return to India, the clear impression given
was that the England team would decide, after discussing the final security
report on Sunday evening, to travel onwards together, or return home
together. And since no man?s life should be considered more important than
another?s, this, surely, is a step in the right direction.
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Wasps welcome back cavalry as time runs short to save season
There can be no more ?should bes? or ?what ifs? for London Wasps. If the
English champions are to give themselves some new year aspirations after a
season of toil and woe, they must beat Edinburgh at Murrayfield this
evening, when the Heineken Cup resumes with the second tranche of pool
fixtures.
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