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Ryan Callahan scored for the fifth time in four days and defenseman Ryan McDonagh snapped a second-period tie to lift the New York Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals on Sunday.
Kobe Bryant hit a baseline jump shot with 4.2 seconds left and the Los Angeles Lakers wrapped up a six-game road trip by holding on to beat the Raptors 94-92 on Sunday, their eighth victory in nine meetings with Toronto
Arc's five up, five down: After No. 11 Michigan State's 58-48 upset of No. 3 Ohio State, you'd be a fool to discount the Spartans' national title chances now.
Miami coach Al Golden says the worst is behind him, but his headaches figure to continue now that former booster Nevin Shapiro, now in jail, says his involvement with the Hurricanes program will result in stiff penalties.
Golf's dream pairing - Woods and Mickelson - is on the course in the final round at Pebble Beach. Jason Sobel has hole-by-hole reports.
The United States completed a 5-0 rout of Switzerland in the Davis Cup on Sunday, with 19-year-old Ryan Harrison and John Isner winning closing singles matches.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Tessa Worley of France fought off gusting winds to win a second consecutive World Cup giant slalom Sunday in the Andorran Pyrenees. Overall leader Lindsey Vonn was more than a second behind and finished eighth.
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LONDON - Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored his seventh goal in Champions League qualifying to help defending champion Liverpool advance Tuesday to the third round of European soccer’s premier club competition.
The Reds won 2-0 over FBK Kaunas and advanced on a 5-1 aggregate.
Former champion Celtic was eliminated, however, losing 5-4 on aggregate to Artmedia Bratislava despite a 4-0 win.
Gerrard scored in the 77th minute, two minutes after entering the match. It was his seventh goal in four qualifying matches. Djibril Cisse added Liverpool’s second in the 85th at Anfield.
The remaining second round qualifying matches were scheduled for Wednesday.
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez rested eight of the starting 11 from last week, when the Reds beat the Lithuanian team 3-1.
Gerrard scored from 25 yards after a corner, and Cisse volleyed home a chip from Luis Garcia.
“We had more space in the second half and more pace — and at the end 2-0 is a good result,” Benitez said.
Liverpool, a five-time European champion, beat AC Milan on penalties in the final last season, but needed special dispensation from UEFA to participate in this season’s competition. The English club finished in fifth place in the Premier League — one spot below the last Champions League place granted to England.
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The English team will play either KF Tirana of Albania or CSKA Sofia of Bulgaria in the next round.
In Glasgow, Scotland, Gordon Strachan got his first win as Celtic manager, but it wasn’t enough to reach the third qualifying round.
Alan Thompson, John Hartson, Stephen McManus and Craig Beattie scored for the 1967 champions at Celtic Park. It still wasn’t enough to overturn a 5-0 loss last week in Slovakia.
Artmedia will next play either Partizan Belgrade of Serbia-Montenegro or Moldova’s Sheriff.
Euro Roundup: First-place Manchester City won 1-0 at Aston Villa on Sunday on Joleon Lescott's goal in the 63rd minute, maintaining its two-point lead over Manchester United in the Premier League.
Alex Morgan's 2 goals, including the winner in stoppage time, lift the U.S. past New Zealand 2-1.
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