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World Series MVP Hideki Matsui has officially become a free agent. Together with five Yankees and one hundred fifty more in the MLB, Matsui can now accept offers from any team following the end of his contract.

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Chan Ho Park of this year’s runner-up Philadelphia Phillies has joined three other teammates in filing for free agency.  It is expected that a handful of teams will chase the right-handed Relief Pitcher from Gongju, South Korea.

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Real Madrid winger Christiano Ronaldo has accepted the libel damages from Daily Mirror.  The tabloid newspaper was sued after it reported that Ronaldo drank heavily and danced in a night club in Los Angeles while he was recovering from his injury.

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Wayne Rooney of Manchester United has been warned of his future conduct after he criticized game officials following their loss to Chelsea.  He was seen of his remarks on television cameras intended primarily on referee Martin Atkinson.

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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez refused to concede their team’s title hopes even though trailed in the standings and hounded by injuries to key players.  In an interview last Monday, November 9, he told scribes that they are taking one game at time and a championship dream is still realistic at this stage.

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LA Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is now recovering in Metropolitan Hospital in Managua, Nicaragua after he was accidentally shot in the leg by his instructor in one of his target shooting sessions last Tuesday, November 3.

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Vergel Meneses was recently named as the new head coach of the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers basketball team in the Philippines’ National Collegiate Athletic Association after former coach Ariel Vanguardia’s contract was not renewed.

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Christiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid will continue to be sidelined and will miss this Saturday’s game against Atletico Madrid following reports that his ankle injury showed no signs of progress.

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Greg Norman will miss this year’s Australian Open after his doctors advised him not to play competitive golf within the year as he recovers from the arthroscopic surgery he underwent last September.