Spain striker Fernando Torres could miss selection for next year's European

Fernando TorresSpain striker Fernando Torres could miss selection for next year's European championship if he does not get more playing time with Premier League club Chelsea, Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque has said.In an interview with the Spanish sports daily As on Friday, the former Real Madrid coach said Torres's poor club form was a worry."There are five months until the European championship during which everything could turn around but if the situation does not change it will be hard for him," Del Bosque said.The 27-year-old striker, who scored the goal against Germany in 2008 that won the Spanish their second European title, has netted just five times in 23 games since his January move to London from Liverpool and seven of his 12 Chelsea appearances this season have been as a substitute."Fernando...

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The kind of anonymity that provides innocent experiences of when she would be excited to catch a fleeting peek of the top players of the day and when she "played on the last court on the left" in the juniors' competition at the age of 13.

 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark She's tall. Blonde. Screeches like a banshee on the tennis court and is half of one of the most famous sporting couples in the world. But on Saturday, Caroline Wozniacki looked back with a slight hint of regret at her lost anonymity. The kind of anonymity that provides innocent experiences of when she would be excited to catch a fleeting peek of the top players of the day and when she "played on the last court on the left" in the juniors' competition at the age of 13. "It's fun to think back," the world number one said after she had counted off on her fingers the number of times she had played at the year's first grand slam tournament. "I remember someone once confused me with Daniela Hantuchova. "They thought I just finished up a mixed doubles. They were like,...

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Australian opener David Warner hit an unbeaten 156 but Indian paceman Umesh Yadav took three wickets in the hour before lunch to reduce the hosts to 256 for three after the second morning of the third test on Saturday.

Australian opener David Warner hit an unbeaten 156 but Indian paceman Umesh Yadav took three wickets in the hour before lunch to reduce the hosts to 256 for three after the second morning of the third test on Saturday. It could have been even better for the tourists had Virat Kohli not dropped a straightforward catch off the bowling of Zaheer Khan when Warner, who hit the quickest century by an opening batsman in 69 balls on Friday, was on 126. As it was, Australia held a first-innings lead of 95 with Warner, whose batting lacked the fireworks of Friday's astonishing knock, accompanied at the crease by captain Michael Clarke (three not out). India, already 2-0 down in the four-match series, had laboured on another hot and humid morning at the WACA until Yadav finally separated the two Australian...

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Canada's David Hearn responded in the best possible way to some good-natured banter from his compatriots by charging up the second-round leaderboard at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Friday.

Canada's David Hearn responded in the best possible way to some good-natured banter from his compatriots by charging up the second-round leaderboard at the Sony Open in Hawaii on Friday. The previous day, fellow Canadian Graham DeLaet had set the tournament pace with a sizzling seven-under-par 63, and Hearn knew all about it when he checked his mobile phone messages after opening with a tidy 66 at Waialae Country Club. "I got a few texts from some guys saying you're not the top Canadian, I need to work harder," a smiling Hearn told reporters after posting another 66 on Friday to briefly hold the outright lead. "It's great to see Graham back. He had a tough year last year with his injury," he added, referring to DeLaet's back surgery in early January that almost entirely wiped out his 2011...

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Peterhansel, who had won the Dakar Rally six times on a motorcycle and three times in a car before his latest win, led Roma, who won the 2004 edition of the race on a motorcycle, by 41 minutes 56 second

Frenchman Stephane Peterhansel, in a Mini, won Sunday his 10th title in the Dakar Rally, finishing in Lima ahead of his Spanish team-mate Nani Roma.KTM's Cyril Despres of France won the motorcycle category ahead of defending champion Marc Coma of Spain.Sunday's 29-kilometre special between Pisco and Lima only confirmed the overall standings after the 13th stage.Peterhansel, who had won the Dakar Rally six times on a motorcycle and three times in a car before his latest win, led Roma, who won the 2004 edition of the race on a motorcycle, by 41 minutes 56 seconds."When you think of how hard it is to win a Dakar, it's incredible that I've been able to win ten of them," Peterhansel admitted, in comments posted on the Dakar Rally website.In a car, he won the 2004, 2005 and 2007 editions as well...

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Maria Sharapova asked herself where her game was going after a disappointing start to 2011, but winning two titles and returing to a grand slam final for the first time in more than three years has her heading in the right direction going into the Australian Open

Maria Sharapova asked herself where her game was going after a disappointing start to 2011, but winning two titles and returing to a grand slam final for the first time in more than three years has her heading in the right direction going into the Australian Open. The 24-year-old had shoulder surgery in 2008, which kept her out of the game for nine months and she had struggled to regain the consistency that had earmarked her as a player capable of dominating the game after she won Wimbledon as a 17-year-old. A new coach, change of racquet and some patchy form in the first half of last year raised more doubts but she felt she turned the corner by reaching the French Open semi-finals then the final at Wimbledon, where she lost to Petra Kvitova. "I didn't really start the year off on the best...

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Frenchmen Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres appeared poised for a Dakar Rally victory, with just one day to go

Frenchmen Stephane Peterhansel and Cyril Despres appeared poised for a Dakar Rally victory, with just one day to go.Peterhansel consolidated Saturday his lead among the cars with a stage win that braced his position atop the general standings, while Despres benefited from a crucial mistake by defending champion Marc Coma of Spain.The day featured a total of 352 kilometres marked by dunes, of which 276 kilometres were timed. Sunday's stage, between Pisco and Lima, only features a 29-kilometre timed special and is intended to be a triumphant ride into the Peruvian capital.While serious setbacks for all participants remain a possibility until the end of the race in such an extreme competition, few changes are expected in the overall standings.Peterhansel - the man who has won the most editions...

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The Brazilian, one of the best PSG players this season, opened the scoring from inside the box before the interval and set up Argentine Javier Pastore for the second after the break.

Nene scored two goals and set up another to earn new coach Carlo Ancelotti a winning Parc des Princes debut as Paris St Germain beat Toulouse 3-1 to retain their Ligue 1 lead on Saturday. The Brazilian, one of the best PSG players this season, opened the scoring from inside the box before the interval and set up Argentine Javier Pastore for the second after the break. He put the result beyond doubt in the 68th minute with a solo goal to give PSG 43 points from 20 games. Daniel Braaten scored a consolation goal for the visitors in the closing stages of a lively match. PSG still lead Montpellier by three points after the Southerners beat Olympique Lyon 1-0 courtesy of an Olivier Giroud second-half goal. Lille, who travel to Olympique Marseille on Sunday, are third on 36 points with Lyon in...

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Paterno, the longtime Penn State University football coach fired in the fallout from child sex abuse allegations against former assistant Jerry Sandusky

Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State University football coach fired in the fallout from child sex abuse allegations against former assistant Jerry Sandusky, says he was unsure how to handle the first report about Sandusky that reached him in 2002."I didn't know exactly how to handle it and I was afraid to do something that might jeopardize what the university procedure was," Paterno told The Washington Post."So I backed away and turned it over to some other people, people I thought would have a little more expertise than I did. It didn't work out that way."Paterno made his comments in an interview with Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins published on the paper's website on Saturday afternoon. They were his first extensive public statements since being dismissed by the university in November.Paterno,...

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Germany's Mona Barthel completed her remarkable run through the Hobart International tournament on Saturday, clinching her first WTA Tour title with a surprisingly easy 6-1 6-2 victory over top seed Yanina Wickmayer.

The 21-year-old had to qualify to make the main draw and beat second seed Anabel Medina Garrigues, fourth seed Angelique Kerber and Australian fifth seed Jarmila Gajdosova on her way to reaching her first final. Wickmayer, ranked just inside the top 30 in the world, was never in the game after the tall Barthel blitzed out to a 4-0 lead in the first set. Barthel will meet Britain's Anne Keothavong in the first round of the Australian Open, while Wickmayer plays Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan. Germany's Mona Barthel completed her remarkable run through the Hobart International tournament on Saturday, clinching her first WTA Tour title with a surprisingly easy 6-1 6-2 victory over top seed Yanina Wickmayer. The 21-year-old had to qualify to make the main draw and beat second seed Anabel Medina...

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Goals from Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon gave La Liga leaders Real Madrid a 2-1 comeback win at Real Mallorca after a gritty display on Saturday that stretched their advantage over second-placed Barcelona

to eight points.However, third-placed Valencia missed the chance to close within a point of Barca when they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at home to Real Sociedad in Saturday's late kickoff.Mallorca's Israel forward Tomer Hemed's superb glancing header gave the home side a shock lead over Madrid six minutes before the break at their Iberostar stadium but Real substitute Higuain levelled with a deflected strike 18 minutes from time.Callejon grabbed the winner for the visitors in the 85th minute when he ran on to a loose ball and fired through a crowd of defenders past Hemed's international team mate Dudu Aouate in the Mallorca goal to lift Real to 46 points from 18 matches.Real had to battle for the victory and coach Jose Mourinho, who switched to a more attacking formation with only three defenders...

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The food crisis was declared in Somalia six months ago and levels of need are expected to remain high until July or August

.UN aid chief in Somalia, Mark Bowden, told the BBC malnutrition rates there were the highest in the world.He said a quarter of a million Somalis were still suffering from the famine."We know that tens of thousands of people will have died over the last year," Mr Bowden, said, describing the rates of malnutrition as "amazingly high"."Children will have suffered the most, malnutrition rates in Somalia were the highest in the world, and I think the highest recorded... up to 50% of the child population suffered from severe or acute malnutrition."'Very high mortality'Mr Bowden said malnutrition rates have begun to drop but the crisis was likely to continue for the next six or seven months. "Fortunately they've started to come down across the board, but that does mean that there will have been...

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The two elderly victims were found near the ship's restaurant, still wearing their life jackets, Coast Guard spokesman Capt

The bodies of two elderly people have been recovered from the ill-fated cruise ship Costa Concordia, the Italian Coast Guard said Sunday, bringing the number of dead in the wreck to at least five.. Cosimo Nicastro told reporters. At least 20 people were injured, authorities said.The grim discovery came as criticism continued to mount Sunday, three days after the ship hit rocks off the coast of Tuscany. The captain and first officer are both in custody, as authorities try to determine how and why the vessel ran aground and examine the crew's response afterward.Carnival Corp., the parent company of Costa Cruises, did not respond to requests Sunday from CNN for more information on the incident.Gianni Onorato, president of Genoa-based Costa Cruises, has said the cruise line was unable to answer...

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A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been

suggested by researchers in Sweden.They said eating an extra 50g of processed meat, approximately one sausage, every day would increase a person's risk by 19%.But the chance of developing the rare cancer remains low.The World Cancer Research Fund suggested the link may be down to obesity.Eating red and processed meat has already been linked to bowel cancer. As a result the UK government recommended in 2011 that people eat no more than 70g a day.Prof Susanna Larsson, who conducted the study at the Karolinska Institute, told the BBC that links to other cancers were "quite controversial".She added: "It is known that eating meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer, it's not so much known about other cancers."The study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, analysed data from 11 trials...

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Arsenal have lost ground in the race for a Champions League place after they were beaten 3-2 at Swansea in a thrilling English Premier League match on Sunday

.The visitors started brightly and took a fourth-minute lead when Robin van Persie coolly finished Andrey Arshavin's through-pass for his 18th league goal of the season.But Swansea leveled 11 minutes later when Scott Sinclair netted from the penalty spot after Aaron Ramsey was adjudged to have brought down Nathan Dyer.Who are football's top January transfer targets?Swansea took the lead for the first time in the 57th-minute when Joe Allen dispossessed Ramsey and fed the ball through for Dyer to finish on the right of the area.That was the cue for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger to bring on Thierry Henry.The Frenchman had scored the winning goal against Leeds on Monday and, within six minutes of his arrival, Arsenal were level.However, it wasn't Henry on target this time, but the wearer of his...

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