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Pastore, Ibrahimovic Give PSG First Home Win

Paris Saint Germain warmed up for the opening of their Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over Toulouse on Friday, the big-spending team's first home victory of the season.

Argentine star Javier Pastore and Swedish international stiker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, with his fifth of the season, were on target for PSG who moved into third place in Ligue 1 with nine points.

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Schoolboy Breaks 200m Breaststroke World Record

Japan's precocious 18-year-old set a new world record in the men's 200-metre breaststroke on Saturday, then vowed to be the next Kosuke Kitajima.

The high-school student clocked two minutes 07.01 seconds, breaking the previous world mark of 2:07.28 set by Daniel Gyurta of Hungary on August 1 at the London Olympics.

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Madrid Reveals Record Revenues, Drop in Debt

Real Madrid said it posted record revenue of more than a half a billion euros (dollars) in the 2011-12 season, an increase of seven percent.

The world's richest club says it earned €514 million ($673 million) — up from a record €480 million — for a profit of €34 million in the season it won the Spanish league.

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Fifa Extends Juventus Coach Conte's Ban Worldwide

Juventus coach Antonio Conte had his 10-month suspension for match-fixing violations extended by FIFA on Friday to include all matches worldwide, barring him from working at a Champions League game against Chelsea next week.

Conte's ban "covers all types of matches, including domestic, international, friendly and official fixtures," FIFA said in a statement.

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Misfiring Germans Frustrate Loew

Germany coach Joachim Loew has admitted his team are misfiring and struggling to finish their chances despite winning both their opening 2014 World Cup qualifiers.

Loew's team opened their Brazil 2014 campaign with a 3-0 win over minnows Faroe Islands in Hanover a week ago followed by Tuesday's 2-1 win over Austria in Vienna.

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Palmeiras Fire Scolari

Brazil's 2002 World Cup-winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has been sacked by Palmeiras, ending a second spell at the Brazilian side, the club said overnight Thursday.

Scolari, who during a first spell with the club led them to the 1999 Copa Libertadores, the South American equivalent of the Champions League, was axed after a poor run of form.

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Wenger Ponders Arsenal Future as Saints Loom

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has given the club a glimpse of the future by saying he could leave the club when his contract expires in two years' time.

The Frenchman has been in charge of the Gunners since September 1996 but is currently overseeing a seven-year trophy drought.

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Association Du Polyliban Organizes the Fifth Polyathlon Des Cèdres

For the fifth consecutive year, the Association du PolyLiban (www.polyliban.org) organizes its Lebanese-Swiss sport and cultural event: The Polyathlon des Cèdres, a press release said.

It is a non-competitive adventure that expands your limits, gives you the chance to discover Lebanon, and raises awareness to respect the environment by using only your bike and legs as a means to travel, it added.

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F1 Stars Pay Tribute to Unsung Hero Watkins

Formula One stars on Thursday paid tribute to the sport's former medical delegate Sid Watkins, who has died at the age of 84.

Watkins helped save the lives of Ferrari's Didier Pironi at the 1982 German Grand Prix, Jordan's Rubens Barrichello at Imola in 1994, and McLaren's Mika Hakkinen at Adelaide in 1995 during an incident-packed 26-year career as Formula One's on-track surgeon.

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Ronaldo Says he's Focused on Winning, Not Contract

Cristiano Ronaldo says he is focused on winning for Real Madrid and not on his contract, beating down speculation that he is unhappy with his reported 10-million-euro ($13 million) salary.

Ronaldo shocked fans last week by declaring he was "sad" at the Spanish league champions without explaining why, except to insist later that it had nothing to do with money.

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