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ASHES 2009: No Harmison in Cardiff

10:12am Sunday 5th July 2009

Steve Harmison's impressive performance against Australia this week has failed to earn him a place in England's squad for the first npower Ashes Test in Cardiff.

WASPS GAIN POINTS ON THE ROAD

9:24pm Saturday 4th July 2009

The Newport Wasps gained a bonus point under the new league scoring system when they ran the Berwick Bandits to a 45-45 draw at Shielfield Park Stadium on the Scottish Borders on Saturday evening.

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CRAIG WATSON SAYS: Onward and upward!

8:20pm Saturday 4th July 2009

FIRSTLY, it was great to see a healthy attendance at last Sunday's South Wales Argus Welsh Open Championship.

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South Africa 9 Lions 28

4:26pm Saturday 4th July 2009

The British and Irish Lions won their first Test match for eight years after a stunning end-of-tour performance left world champions South Africa reeling.

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Bruised Lions set for one final push

10:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

PRIDE is very much on the line today when the British and Irish Lions bid to avoid a Test series whitewash at the hands of world champions South Africa.

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Botha decision 'ludicrous' and 'scary'

I'M SO UNHAPPY: John Smit

9:10am Saturday 4th July 2009

SOUTH Africa captain John Smit has slammed the "ludicrous’’ decision that means Springboks hard man Bakkies Botha will miss today's final British and Irish Lions showdown.

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Lions desperate for overdue win

SECOND CHANCE: Ugo Monye

6:30am Saturday 4th July 2009

UGO Monye admits the British and Irish Lions are "desperate’’ to end their South Africa tour on a winning note at Ellis Park this afternoon (kick off 2pm).

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McGeechan: different faces, same passion

10:00pm Friday 3rd July 2009

IAN McGeechan has backed a much-changed British and Irish Lions team to produce another combative performance in tomorrow's Test series finale against South Africa at Ellis Park.

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Cwmcarn Paragons cycling

9:43pm Friday 3rd July 2009

CWMCARN Paragon / Dudley Shopfitters / Pontllanfraith Carpets, star roadman Richard Harris, lined up with many of the top professional riders in the world, Cavendish, Miller, Thomas, Hammond, Froome and Wiggins, to contest the British Elite Road Race Championship, at Abergavenny on Sunday 28th. 200 kms of tough undulating Welsh roads, which included the fearsome climb of the Tumble and 10 high speed laps of a finishing circuit awaited, a big ask for an amateur club rider.

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BAD LUCK HAMPERS WASPS EFFORTS

10:01pm Friday 3rd July 2009

The Newport Wasps came within ten points of the Premier League Champions the Edinburgh Monarchs despite falls, mechanical problems and the withdrawal of a rider through injury in his first outing.

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Common sense at last but a review of the rules shouldn't have been necessary it was bureaucracy gone mad. Here's to you Mrs Avery may you enjoy your allotment for many years to come.  − welshnannie

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So sanity has broken out. We all make mistakes and the best any of us can do is to change the mistake and apologise. Rogerstone Community Councillors now recognise they'd made an pretty daft error of judgement. The best way, now, to say 'sorry' to Mrs. Avery is to quietly knock on her door, (without the cameras and reporters being there), give her a new deck chair, a few clematis, and the offer by the coluncillors themselves that they will get their wellies on and erect some trellising for the plants to run over.  − Cleckandra

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