For 1993 read 2007. For Alex Ferguson read Mike Watkinson. For Steve Bruce read Mark Chilton. For Old Trafford read Old Trafford. Fourteen years after their footballing neighbours across the Chester Road ended a 26-season wait to win the championship, Lancashire's cricketers today go in search of the victory that would conclude an even longer quest for their sport's greatest national prize.
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So, what have Wayne Rooney, Emile Heskey and Manduro in common? All three are suffering from that curse of the modern athlete, a broken meta-tarsal. Though, possibly, the footballers are regretting that their injuries do not mean retirement to a life of luxury and stud duties.
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Richard Moore, previously one of the great misfits of the game, has reformed himself sufficiently to be on the brink of a Great Britain cap. The prop forward had been through a series of clubs before joining Wakefield last winter, with his stay at each one usually ended by indiscipline.
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Andy Robinson, who lost his job as England's head coach last November and has been out of professional rugby ever since, is close to striking a deal with Edinburgh, the Magners League team at the centre of an unholy club-versus-country row last month that almost left the entire game in Scotland in the hands of the lawyers.
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Jonny Wilkinson always believed that his latest injury ? a sprained ankle, suffered during England's first serious World Cup training session in France ? would clear up in good time for him to play a part in the pool stage, but if his confidence had turned out to be misplaced, he would not have been straight on the phone to the Samaritans. "It's not because I don't care," he said yesterday, "but because I deal with my setbacks in a different way now. There has been a 180 degree spin in my thinking over the last couple of years."
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The Toronto Argonauts built a 29-point advantage before holding on to defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 31-23 Sunday at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
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Sean Fleming went 4-for-4 on field goals and the defence didn't allow a major until the final minute as the Edmonton Eskimos held on for a 16-10 win over the Alouettes Sunday in Montreal.
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Jose Molina had three RBIs and phenom Joba Chamberlain recorded his first career save as the New York Yankees held on to defeat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Sunday.
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Packers quarterback Brett Favre equaled Dan Marino's touchdown mark Sunday en route to an upset win over the San Diego Charges in Green Bay, Wis.
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Cristiane scored the winning goal in the 75th minute to give the eighth-seeded Brazilians a 3-2 victory over upstarts Australia and a berth in the tournament semifinals.
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FC Girondins de Bordeaux coach Laurent Blanc insists it is too early to talk about the title, but with his side second in Ligue 1, he may have to get used to it.
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David Trezeguet believes Juventus can challenge for the Scudetto after scoring his 100th Serie A goal in a "morale boosting" 2-2 draw at AS Roma on Sunday.
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FC Barcelona have unveiled ambitious plans for a new-look Camp Nou with club president Joan Laporta saying the stadium will be a "world reference point".
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The seventh UEFA European Under-19 Championship kicks off this afternoon with 52 teams hoping to reach the final tournament in the Czech Republic next July.
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UEFA is marking ten years since the introduction of the European Coaching Licence with the 7th UEFA Symposium for Coach Education Directors in England.
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Frédéric Kanouté says Sevilla FC need to eradicate the kind of "silly mistakes" they made on Matchday 1 if they are to prosper in the UEFA Champions League.
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Olympique Lyonnais lost 3-0 at FC Barcelona on Matchday 1 but Jérémy Toulalan insisted that there was "better to come" from the French side in Group E.
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Armin Veh has signed a one-year extension to his contract as coach of UEFA Champions League hopefuls VfB Stuttgart, committing to the club until 2009.
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Werder Bremen midfielder Diego has extended his contract for one year until 2011 having produced a series of fine performances since joining from FC Porto.
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Toulouse FC's former Sweden Under-21 defender Jon Jönsson is out for the next two months as an ankle injury sustained in training requires surgery.
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Ottmar Hitzfeld conceded that last night's 1-0 home win against CF Os Belenenses was "not a wonderful result" for his ambitious FC Bayern München side.
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Four members of Sweden's five-team UEFA Cup contingent are still in with a chance of reaching the group stage after a testing night of European action.
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Empoli FC coach Luigi Cagni was "extremely satisfied" as his young side won 2-1 against Swiss champions FC Zürich in the club's first game in UEFA competition.
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After defeating former club Blackburn Rovers FC in the UEFA Cup, Larissa FC coach Georgios Donis was only rueful his side were not more emphatic winners.
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The Giants scored 21 consecutive points in the second half, erasing a lead and stifling, for now, the growing doubt about their chances of making another playoff run.
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Running back Thomas Jones led the Jets throughout the second half with punishing runs through the middle of the Miami defense.
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By beating Florida in 11 excruciating innings while Philadelphia was losing in Washington, the Mets increased their lead to two and a half games over the second-place Phillies.
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Joba Chamberlain ended the Blue Jays’ rally in the eighth inning and returned to toss a perfect ninth for his first major league save as the Yankees gained a game on Boston in the A.L. East.
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Carl Edwards won the race and climbed into third place in the standings, but perhaps only temporarily as his Ford failed the postrace inspection because its right rear was found to be too low.
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Champagne flows after Angels clinch third AL West title in four years -- one day after Dodgers' elimination from NL West race.
Mike Scioscia actually uttered the word "playoffs" Sunday afternoon without fear of the baseball gods striking him down on the spot. The Angels manager finally canned his one-game-at-a-time mantra and began looking ahead.
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Brett Favre came back, Norv Turner came back, and lots of people who follow the fortunes of the Green Bay Packers and the San Diego Chargers loudly wondered, "Why?"
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After Tony Abreu circled the bases, he should have been greeted by a high five, enthusiastic handshake or energetic pat on the back from his teammate at home plate, but Matt Kemp remained in his own little world.
PHOENIX -- Tony Abreu hit a first-inning home run for a 1-0 Dodgers lead Sunday, reason enough to stop the game and mark the occasion with a rousing ceremony, but Matt Kemp never moved from the on-deck circle some 20 yards away.
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Bruins' resurrection, if you can call it that, highlighted a topsy-turvy weekend.
That Florida State player wasn't the only person stunned in a bar over the weekend.
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He didn't make a move at trade deadline, but clubhouse cohesion pulls AL West champions through.
For a man who has had so much practice, Bill Stoneman had a surprisingly tough time prying the cork out of the champagne bottle he clutched with both hands Sunday.
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Barber & Co. shred defense; Grossman throws 3 picks
Bears defensive backs Ricky Manning Jr. and Adam Archuleta looked at each other dumbfounded, wondering how Cowboys running back Marion Barber III had slid through them for a 10-yard third-quarter touchdown.
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