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		<title>Terrorist threat at the IPL</title>
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The third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is upon us and much like the previous two editions, most of the the talking points leading up to the tournament are taking place off the field.
 
In the first edition, the news was dominated by big money and pretty faces as glamorous Bollywood stars and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2010/03/10/indian-premier-league-and-terrorism/</link>
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		<title>Red Mist Descending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Liverpool&#8217;s season seems to get worse by the day &#8211; every misplaced back pass, every scuffed shot, every yellow card borne out of a frustrated tackle &#8211; it all contributes to what is turning out to be a spectacularly average year for the Red half of Merseyside.
A 1-0 defeat at the DW Stadium last night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2010/03/08/red-mist-descending/</link>
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		<title>Landmark goal for Scholes as United go top</title>
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Manchester United moved back to the top of the Premiership table last night with a deserved 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers – even if they made it look fairly difficult. Considering the close nature of the battle for the league title – United will be very happy with three points, which is all that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2010/03/07/landmark-goal-for-scholes/</link>
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		<title>Can Andy Murray win Wimbledon?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not since Fred Perry in 1936 has there been a male British Wimbledon Champion but that could finally be about to change. Andy Murray, currently the world’s number three, just completed a remarkable tournament at Queens in preparation for Wimbledon in which he didn’t drop a set and the British media have been quick to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/06/22/can-andy-murray-win-wimbledon/</link>
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		<title>Will Roger break the French Open jinx?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the one title that has eluded Roger Federer through his career but today represents the Swiss maestro’s best chance yet to lift the French Open. Gone is World Number One and clay-court wizard Rafael Nadal as are Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray and the title is now wide open for Federer. Standing in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/06/07/will-roger-break-the-french-open-jinx/</link>
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		<title>Barcelona win the Champions League</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
In the end, it was Lionel Messi who put the finishing touch on Barcelona&#8217;s incredible season by heading in Xavi&#8217;s pin point cross into the goal &#8211; a goal that would effectively finish off Manchester United&#8217;s own hopes of winning the Champions League. And as Barcelona passed the ball around in their usual unparalleled style [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/05/28/barcelona-win-the-champions-league/</link>
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		<title>Will Barcelona&#039;s defence hold up in the Champions League Final</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Barcelona may have made it through to the Champions League final on May 27 after a heart stopping victory over Chelsea thanks to Andres Iniesta&#8217;s late late goal but it came at a price. Many neutrals have been hoping for a Manchester United versus Barcelona final and the sheer number of attacking superstars on either [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/05/09/will-barcelonas-defence-hold-up-in-the-champions-league-final/</link>
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		<title>La Liga shaping up brilliantly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Catalans Vs Blavers   
First up, the grandslam began in La Liga with Barcelona playing Valencia at the Mestalla on saturday night. A great game it was and Barca took the lead with a brilliant one-two between Messi and Iniesta. The game was taut with Barca hogging posession and Valencia launching lightning counters with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/04/28/la-liga-shaping-up-brilliantly/</link>
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		<title>How Pepe lost his head</title>
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First of, let us get to the game at the Santiago Bernabaeu, a heated encounter between the bourgeouis darling Real Madrid CF and the blue collar suburbs,Getafe. Getafe being almost a feeder club of Real as Valladolid used to be in the past played with all the valour and physical effort. Higuain opened the scoring [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/04/26/how-pepe-lost-his-head/</link>
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		<title>IPL Season 2 &#8211; What the storyline looks like</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The second season of the IPL is finally here and what a start it has been to the tournament! After a splendid opening ceremony, we saw the two finalists from last year being beaten comprehensively. The matches so far have been a pleasant change from last year where the sole aim of the teams was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sportsnob.net/2009/04/20/ipl-season-2-what-the-storyline-looks-like/</link>
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