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Pacers 16-1 after 105-100 Win over Clippers

David West scored 14 of his 24 points in the third quarter and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Paul George had 27 points as the league-leading Indiana Pacers improved their best start in club history to 16 wins from 17 games with a 105-100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

Roy Hibbert added 19 points to the Pacers' seventh straight win.

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Barcelona Loses Again without Messi

Barcelona lost its second straight game without injured star Lionel Messi when Athletic Bilbao handed the defending Spanish league champions a 1-0 loss Sunday at San Mames.

Forward Iker Muniain scored the winner in the 70th minute after Bilbao's incessant pressure recovered the ball and sparked a counterattack inside Barcelona's half.

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Chelsea Moves to 2nd, City Stays Perfect at Home

Chelsea recovered from conceding a goal after only 13 seconds to move to second in the Premier League with a 3-1 win over Southampton while defending champion Manchester United and Liverpool lost ground in the title race on Sunday.

John Terry scored on his 400th Premier League appearance after Gary Cahill canceled Southampton's opener from Jay Rodriguez at Stamford Bridge, and substitute Demba Ba sealed the victory in the 90th.

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Nets Nab Needed Win in Memphis

The struggling Brooklyn Nets seized a much-needed NBA victory Saturday with a 97-88 triumph over the Memphis Grizzlies.

Brook Lopez, in his second game back from an ankle injury, took charge in the fourth quarter, scoring 12 of his 20 points in the final period to help the Nets seal the win.

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Ronaldo still the Best for Hat-Trick Hero Bale

Gareth Bale insisted that Cristiano Ronaldo remains the world's best player in his eyes as the Welshman ably filled the Portuguese's shoes with his first Real Madrid hat-trick in a 4-0 win over Valladolid on Saturday.

Ronaldo was forced to sit out a second consecutive game with a slight muscle strain, but his absence proved no problem for Madrid as Bale took his tally to eight goals in his last seven games.

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Wenger Envious of Match-Winner Ramsey

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left feeling his age after Aaron Ramsey scored twice against former club Cardiff City to stretch his side's lead in the Premier League.

Ramsey, a Cardiff academy graduate, scored with a 29th-minute header and an injury-time drive, either side of an 86th-minute Mathieu Flamini strike, in a 3-0 win at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.

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Galliani Will Stay, Insists Berlusconi

AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi insisted Saturday that chief executive Adriano Galliani will stay at the club despite the latter's claim on Friday that he would resign.

Galliani, who is also a vice-president, responded to recent criticism by saying he would resign in a few days.

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Pakistan Women Break New Ground at Kabaddi World Cup

Sixteen young Pakistani women will make history this weekend as they compete in the kabaddi world cup -- the first time the conservative Muslim country has ever fielded an international women's team in the sport.

The traditional tag-wrestling sport involves players trying to tag an opponent before making it back to their half of the field.

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J-League Race Down to Wire as Niigata Stun Marinos

Albirex Niigata stunned J-League leaders Yokohama Marinos 2-0 on Saturday to send the title race down to the final day of the season.

A win would have been enough for Marinos -- holding a four-point lead with two games remaining -- to clinch their first championship since 2004 in front of 62,632 home fans.

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FIFA Unlikely to Change WCup Kickoffs over Heat

The chairman of FIFA's medical committee said the World Cup match schedule is unlikely to change despite the international players' union voicing concerns about 1 p.m. kickoffs in Brazil's heat and humidity.

Michel D'Hooghe told The Associated Press that "I will be surprised if we can change it. Everything is arranged."

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