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Unconfirmed reports circulating that Floyd Mayweather. Jr. is preparing for a ‘tune-up’ fight scheduled early next year in England against a tough opponent in Ricky Hatton’s brother Matthew. The world may have to wait a little longer for a much anticipated fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, jr. as the latter is rumored to take on Hatton first in preparation for his showdown with Manny Pacquiao. This came after Jeff Mayweather, Floyd’s uncle made comments on media last weekend making hints that Floyd Jr. has begun to train under his uncle/trainer Roger Mayweather secretly for a match in England most likely against Matthew Hatton.

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Golf Superstar Tiger Woods confirmed that he will not join the tournament to benefit his charity foundation as he is still recovering from minor injuries he sustained last Friday. He will miss the Chevron World Challenge that is scheduled to begin on December 5. Woods figured in an accident last weekend while driving  near his home in Florida.  Earlier reports indicated Woods suffered facial cuts and bruises.

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Seo Jang-Hoon of the ET Land Elephants became the first player in the Korean Basketball League (KBL) to reach the 11,000-point mark after leading his team to a win against the SK Knights. The 35-year old 6-foot-8 Center who joined the KBL in 1998-99 season scored 16 points in that game to secure a place in history for the South Korean professional league.

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Atsushi Fujimoto recently joined with the Yakult Swallows in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The 32-year old middle infielder agreed to a 2-year contract with the team worth Y100 million. Fujimoto became a free agent after last season and expressed his disappointment with his former team Hanshin Tigers because of limited playing time.

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Coach Lawrence Frank of the New Jersey Nets was fired from the team as head coach after the Nets suffered its 16^th straight defeat. Frank is the Nets all-time winningest coach at 225 games won. Assistant Tom Barisse has been named to temporarily handle the coaching duties for the Nets.

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New York Knicks guard Nate Robinson is considering to defend his slam dunk title if and only if, LeBron James joins the competition in the next year’s All-Star Weekend. Robinson thought of relinquishing his crown until the idea that James joins the contest next year. LeBron James has not joined yet the slam dunk competition in his NBA career.

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Allen Iverson and top officials of the Philadelphia 76ers met to discuss the possibility of Iverson returning to the team. Iverson was drafted 1^st overall by Philadelphia in the 1996 NBA Rookie Draft and played at least ten seasons with the Sixers until he was traded to Denver Nuggets in December 2006.  Both parties remain noncommittal but the talks are reportedly going on in a positive note.

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Amare Stoudemaire of the Phoenix Suns and Tyson Chandler of the Charlotte Bobcats were both fined by the NBA for $7,500 eaech for posting in their Twitter accounts during games. Beginning this season, the NBA has made a ruling about the usage of the social media which prohibits the players for updating their accounts during games.