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Nine-time winner Real Madrid qualified for the Champions League's last 16 alongside Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, while Juventus kept alive its chances of reaching the knockout stages.
China's Liang Wenbo came within six pots of making the 100th maximum break in snooker history during a 6-2 win over Elliot Slessor at the UK Championship here on Wednesday.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo will miss playing against Galatasaray in the Champions League on Wednesday because of a left hamstring injury.
Former winners Real Madrid and Manchester United are two of the teams that could wrap up qualification to the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday. Big-spending French champion Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiakos and Bayer Leverkusen can also qualify.
LeBron James was even more efficient than usual, which says plenty. Dwyane Wade attacked early, distributed late and capped his night with a pair of cartwheels.
LeBron James is not the only one in his house hitting game-winning shots these days.
Dirk Nowitzki passed Brooklyn's Kevin Garnett on the all-time scoring list and finished with 18 on Monday in Dallas' 110-96 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
Chicago Bulls All-Star guard Derrick Rose underwent surgery on his right knee on Monday, when the Bulls announced the 25-year-old former MVP would miss the rest of the season because of the injury.
Authorities of the cycling event held an award ceremony in the old traditional style of the highest imperial examination.
Lionel Messi, the four-time world player of the year, will be ruled out for the rest of the year due to a hamstring injury, said Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino on Monday.
A prominent former football player and top official at a leading Spanish club, Jorge Valdano believes Argentine star Lionel Messi and his Portuguese counterpart Cristiano Ronaldo "are super heroes".
Veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon disclosed that he had voted for Juventus and Italy teammate Andrea Pirlo in this year's FIFA Golden Ball poll.
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