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Hawks Level Pacers, Nets Gain on Bulls

The Atlanta Hawks withstood an Indiana comeback over the final two quarters to even their first round playoff series with a 102-91 victory over the Pacers in Game 4 on Monday, while the Brooklyn Nets cut the Chicago Bulls' lead to 3-2 with a 110-91 win in their series.

The Houston Rockets avoided a series sweep to the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 105-103 win.

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Villa Routs Sunderland 6-1 to Close in on Safety

Aston Villa moved closer to avoiding relegation from the Premier League after Christian Benteke scored a second-half hat trick in a 6-1 thrashing of Sunderland on Monday.

The Belgian international scored in the 55th, 60th and 72nd minutes at Villa Park to tally 22 league goals and 27 in all competitions in his first season at the club.

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Messi Fitness Key to Barca's Comeback Hopes

Barcelona admit any chance the Catalans have of overturning a 4-0 first-leg defeat to Bayern Munich in their Champions League semi-final return on Wednesday depends very much on the fitness of Lionel Messi.

The World Player of the Year looked out of sorts in Munich last week as an energetic display from the hosts tore Barca to pieces, but Messi did come off the bench to score a wonderful individual goal and set-up a second for Alexis Sanchez in Barca's 2-2 draw with Athletic Bilbao on Saturday.

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Career Not over, Says Inter Veteran Zanetti

Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti has insisted that his career is not over despite suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon at the weekend.

Zanetti suffered the injury 17 minutes into Inter's 1-0 defeat by Palermo, leaving the 39-year-old to be carried off the pitch on a stretcher.

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Double Win for Tottenham's Bale at English Awards

Still to win any trophies with Tottenham, Gareth Bale collected the top two awards in English football on Sunday to cement his status as one of the sport's most talented players.

The Wales forward was voted player of the year and the young player of the year by his fellow professionals in English football.

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Spurs Finish 4-Game Sweep, Routing Lakers 103-82

The San Antonio Spurs completed a first-round sweep of the injury-plagued Los Angeles Lakers with a 103-82 victory in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series Sunday, while the Miami Heat advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals with a 115-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Tony Parker scored 23 points and Tim Duncan had 11 points and six rebounds for the second-seeded Spurs, who will face the winner of Denver's series with Golden State in the second round. They'll get plenty of rest after flattening the Lakers, who finished without three regular starters in their first opening-round exit since 2007.

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Pakistan to Play Match for Malala Fund

Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates are to play a charity football match to raise money for the girls' education fund set up by teenage campaigner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban.

The 15-year-old, from Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley, came to international attention in October last year after she was shot by a gunman for campaigning for the right of girls to go to school.

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Nadal Wins Record Eighth Title in Barcelona

Rafael Nadal extended his record number of Barcelona titles to eight as he brushed off a slow start to beat Spanish compatriot Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday.

Last weekend's Monte Carlo runner-up regained his accustomed position on an ATP winner's podium with his fourth title of 2013 and his third on clay for the year.

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Boxing: Khan Knuckles down to Training in San Francisco

Amir Khan admits he will have to spend more time with his trainer Virgil Hunter in San Francisco after being floored on his way to a 12-round points win over Julio Diaz.

The Briton quickly bounced up off the canvas in the fourth round but after a count there were more worrying moments before he looked on the verge of being stopped in the 11th round.

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Rodgers Thrilled by Suarez-Less Liverpool

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers heralded his side for drawing a line beneath the Luis Suarez biting affair with an emphatic 6-0 rout of Newcastle United in the Premier League.

In their first game since Suarez was given a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic, Liverpool destroyed Newcastle at St James' Park on Saturday to record their most handsome league win since a 6-0 rout of Derby County in September 2007.

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