England should have fallen two behind after Wes Brown's mistake left Fabiano clear and he was brought down by his Manchester United teammate Foster.

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No doubt they're stronger with Howard, much better defensively, and point guard Steve Nash was an excellent pickup, but unless Los Angeles plans to build a fire-pit in the middle of the court, I still don't see them shutting down Durant or his dynamo teammate Russell Westbrook.

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But their physical play slowed him down enough to end his hopes of catching teammate Amare Stoudemire's Knicks record of nine straight 30-point games.

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Trying to conserve her energy, she barely qualified for the final ("Definitely a little bit of a scare, " she said.) She didn't have enough time for a proper cool-down, so as her U.S. teammate Ryan Lochte swam to a fourth-place finish in the men's 200-meter freestyle, Franklin swam slow, lonely laps by herself in the adjacent diving well, trying to lower her heart rate and ready for her main event.

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Massa's teammate and world championship leader by 24 points, Fernando Alonso will start down in 10th.

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His team took the lead through an own-goal by Cesar Azpilicueta, then conceded their own by Matthew Kilgallon and then went down to a fortunate deflection by Branislav Ivanovic off a shot by Chelsea teammate David Luiz.

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