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Frampton to land Odyssey title shot

Carl Frampton is set to finally get it on with European super-bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez at the Odyssey Arena in January.

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Belfast Giants crash to first defeat

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Sheffield Steelers 2 Belfast Giants 1: Doug Christiansen took no consolation from the fact that last night’s defeat to the Sheffield Steelers was the first time this season that his Belfast Giants team had finished a game empty handed.
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Even Audley Harrison must see the dream is over

Monday, 15 October 2012

So farewell to Audley Harrison and the great career that never was, nor could ever have been. It was difficult to feel anything other than pity for Harrison as he lay spread-eagled on a Liverpool floor. It should never have come to this.
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Revenge for Novak Djokovic in rivalry with Andy Murray

Monday, 15 October 2012

Most thought it would be many years before we would see a rivalry to match that between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, but yesterday's final of the Shanghai Masters showed that Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic have the potential to thrill spectators for many years to come.
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Heather Watson becomes first Briton to win WTA title in 24 years

Monday, 15 October 2012

The greatest year for British tennis in the professional era brought another memorable moment yesterday as Heather Watson ended the country's 24-year wait for a victory on the Women's Tennis Association tour.
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Cycling: Lance Armstrong may use lie detector

Monday, 15 October 2012

Lance Armstrong's lawyer said the disgraced cyclist might take a lie detector test to prove he is innocent of doping allegations – but admitted few people would believe the results if they showed he was being truthful.
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Boxing: Marc McCullough aiming to seize big chance

Saturday, 13 October 2012

Marc McCullough is eager to show that he deserves an opportunity to fast-track up the British featherweight rankings when he returns to the ring tonight.
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Cycling: Doping scandal has tainted us all, says Wiggins

Friday, 12 October 2012

Bradley Wiggins last night admitted he was shocked by the scale of the doping programme orchestrated by Lance Armstrong and frustrated to have to defend the propriety of his sport.
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Murray used psychologist to end Grand Slam misery

Friday, 12 October 2012

Andy Murray has doubted the value of psychologists in the past but the 25-year-old Scot revealed here last night that he has been consulting one for most of this year. Ivan Lendl, Murray's coach, suggested that the world No 3 could benefit from seeing Alexis Castorri, a psychologist based in Fort Lauderdale who helped him during his own career.
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Cricket: Dockrell named international player of year

Friday, 12 October 2012

George Dockrell is the Ireland international player of the year. The slow left-armer, who was named the ICC’s top Associate player last month, added the Cricket Writers of Ireland award at their annual dinner in Malahide last night.
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Cycling: Lance Armstrong - the verdict

Thursday, 11 October 2012

The jaw-dropping scale of the doping programme in which Lance Armstrong played a leading role was revealed last night when the US Anti-Doping Agency published the first batch of what will run to 1,000 pages of evidence, including testimony from 11 of Armstrong's former team-mates.

Prize-money increase quells tennis player strike threat

Thursday, 11 October 2012

The threat of a strike by players at next year's Australian Open appears to have been averted by the tournament's decision to increase next year's prize-money by 15 per cent to a record A$30m (about £19.2m).
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Luke Wilton has title shot firmly in his sights

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Luke Wilton will tangle with Mexican Danny Flores at the Ulster Hall on Saturday night in a fight that could make or break the east Belfast man’s title fight ambitions.
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Shanghai Masters: Murray-Djokovic practice pulls in the crowds

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

One of the biggest crowds here at the Shanghai Masters yesterday was for a practice session on an outside court. While first-round matches were being played in front of a modest sprinkling of spectators in the main stadium, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic practised together in front of hundreds of excited fans in readiness for their first matches today.
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Stephen hits money shot at Belfast Giants game

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

The Belfast Giants claimed maximum points against the Nottingham Panthers and Hull Stingrays over the weekend — but it was a fan who was celebrating the most.
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Special night of stars for Games appeal

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

After London 2012 and the Paralympics, it’s the turn of our Special Olympians to take centre stage at the World Winter Games in South Korea in January.
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Djokovic a threat as Federer aims for 300 milestone

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Roger Federer races past milestones with the speed of some of the taxi drivers on the freeways here in China's largest city. The latest target in the sights of the 31-year-old Swiss is a record 300th week at the top of the world rankings, which he will achieve if he reaches at least the quarter-finals of this week's Shanghai Masters.
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Usain Bolt will defend Olympic titles in Rio de Janeiro in 2016

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Usain Bolt has revealed he plans to defend his Olympic sprint titles in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and not switch disciplines.
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Belfast Giants produce sting in the tail

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Hull Stingrays 1 Belfast Giants 4: Whatever Belfast Giants coach Doug Christiansen said to his Belfast Giants players during the first break hit home as a triple salvo in the second period ensured that they will stay at the top of the Elite League table for another week.
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Irish boxing ace Nevin goes pro

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Ireland's Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin has confirmed he is joining the professional ranks.

Japan Open: Andy Murray reaches semi-finals

Friday, 5 October 2012

Andy Murray survived a stiff test against Stanislas Wawrinka to move into the semi-finals of the Japan Open today.
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• Errigal’s big shout in Ulster

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• Ulster in great shape for tilt at Heineken Cup glory

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• James Lawton: Enough joking, it's time to get serious about diving

The Football Association video reviewers must surely have Monday as a double-shower day, the second one coming immediately after the kind of shift which yesterday included analysis of allegations that Robin van Persie delivered an utterly gratuitous cheap shot to Yohan Cabaye and Robert Huth stamped on Luis Suarez.