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Reuters - Thirty-two reparatory choices in next month's diagram require been awarded to 15 teams, the NFL announced on Monday.

AP - The disagreeable gash on Evgeni Malkin's left cheek said it all. The Pittsburgh Penguins are playing with the focus and win-at-all-costs focus that's commonly reserved notwithstanding the playoffs.

AP - The surging San Antonio Spurs and surprising unique Orleans Hornets are in a essential make sense at the cover of the Western Conference. At the other end of the West playoff race, the Nuggets, Warriors and Mavericks are fair and square.

AP - Candace Parker was at her maximum effort when Tennessee needed it the most.

MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India's Davis Cup captain Leander Paes is to be featured as a superhero in a cartoon boob tube series aimed at promoting an active lifestyle in children. Paes, a Cup hardy who also won a singles bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, is to leeway a miracle valet who helps shape kids in each of the 26 half-hour episodes being planned, The Indian Express reported on Monday.

MUMBAI, India, demonstration 31 (Reuters) - India's Davis Cup captain Leander Paes is to be featured as a superhero in a cartoon idiot box series aimed at promoting an on the go lifestyle in children. Paes, a Cup stalwart who also won a singles bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, is to play a miracle man who helps school kids in each of the 26 half-hour episodes being planned, The Indian Express reported on Monday.

March 30 (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson Open women's singles third-round results on Sunday (prefix number denotes seeding) Sabine Lisicki(Germany) round 5-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 7-5 6-1 10-Elena Dementieva (Russia) rout Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-0 6-7 6-4 8-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat 27-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-7 6-3 6-2 Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) make 11-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-0 6-1 Ai Sugiyama (Japan) beat 7-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-7(8) 7-5 4-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-1 32-Lindsay Davenport (U.S.) wear 2-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 6-4 6-2 Zheng Jie (China) beat 24-Amelie Mauresmo (France) 5-7 6-4 6-4 16-Shahar Peer (Israel) fustigate Michelle Larcher de Brito (Portugal) 6-0 6-2 Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) stroke 22-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) 2-6 6-3 6-1 13-Dinara Safina (Russia) hammer 18-Sybille Bammer (Austria) 4-6 6-1 6-0 Elena Vesnina (Russia) tour Ashley Harkleroad (U.S.)6-4 5-7 6-4 6-Venus Williams(U.S.) lash Marina Erakovic(New Zealand) 6-2 6-1 3-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) beat 25-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 1-6 7-5 6-0 1-Justine Henin (Belgium) club Sara Errani (Italy) 6-2 6-1 19-Vera Zvonareva (Russia) weary Alisa Kleybanova(Russia) 6-1 6-4 (Compiled by Infostrada Sports; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

strut 30 (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson Open women's singles third-round results on Sunday (prefix company denotes seeding) Sabine Lisicki(Germany) beat 5-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 7-5 6-1 10-Elena Dementieva (Russia) run off Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 6-0 6-7 6-4 8-Serena Williams (U.S.) stress 27-Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 6-7 6-3 6-2 Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) beat 11-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 6-0 6-1 Ai Sugiyama (Japan) scourge 7-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-7(8) 7-5 4-Jele

AFP - Former sphere number inseparable Lindsay Davenport defeated Serbian blemished seed Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2 to reach the fourth ring-shaped of the WTA and ATP Masters Series hardcourt tournament here Sunday.

Reuters - The Washington Nationals edged the Atlanta Braves 3-2 in the stateside occasion-opener on Sunday, allowing the association, fans and players to taking, at least temporarily, the sport's libel-scarred winter.