Sports News In Brief

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The British Lewis Hamilton has clinched his second formula one Championship after winning th elast race of the year - the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton's Mercedes team-mate, and title rival, Nico Rosberg, started in second position. But the Brit immediately after the race began over took Rosberg
in the first lap and never looked back again until the finish line. Rosberg's car had mechanical problem during the race and managed to finish 14th, but ended the season in a second position to Hamilton.

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Iker Casillas, the Real Madrid and Spain international goalkeeper has been nominated in the goalkeepers shortlist for Fifa's Fifpro 2014 World XI to the surprise of many in the football community. He had a terrible time at the Brazil World Cup, and not many play time in the league. Others on the list are Bayern Munich and German international keeper, Manuel Neuer, Chelsea and Belgium international keeper, Thibaut Courtois, the Juventus and Italian international keeper, Gianluigi Buffon, and Barcelona and Chile international, Claudio Bravo.

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The WBA Pan African junior welterweight Champion, Paul Kamanga, had successfully defended his title on a 12 round bouts against ex - South African and IBO Junior welterweight champion Kaizer Mabuza at the Kibler Park Recreation Centre not far from Johannesburg on Saturday.
The 21 year old Kamanga was too fast for the 33 year old veteran Mabuza as he reeled out points after points against the Kaizer. The youngster won the fight comfortably.

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Manny Pacquiao (Pacman), the WBO welterweight champion, defeated Chris Algieri, the WBO junior welterweight champion in a unanimous decision on Sunday, at the Venetian Resort in Macao, China. It was a one - sided fight, in which the Pacman dorminated the fight from start to finish. Algieri who was before the bout, unbeaten, went down to the canvas six times. The judges scored the fight  for Pacquiao 119 - 103, 119 - 103, and 120 - 102.

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The Spanish giant and the 10 times European Champions League winners, Real Madrid, will participate in the 2015 pre-season Melbourne International tournament, which will be held at the 100,000 capacity Melbourne Cricket ground. The football tournament will include other big European teams such as Manchester City and Inter Milan etc. The organizers of the tournament said that they will announce in due course other teams that will be participating in the event.
It will be played in a round robin system and will be from July 18 to 24. Liverpool took part in this year's event.

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Roger Federer, the Swiss tennis legend has finally won the Davis Cup title with his Swiss team-mates by beating France in the final on Sunday. Switzerland began the Sunday's singles matches with a 2 - 1 lead and just neededa single point to lift the title. Federer beat Richard Gasquet in three straight sets of 6 - 4, 6 - 2, 6 - 2 in Lille. Roger has won every title in tennis except the Davis Cup and now he has done that too. The 17 time Grand Slam winner said emotionally later, ''This is a great historic moment for our country. It's an enormous pleasure for me. I've waited 15 years for this.'' This is the first Davis Cup title for Switzerland while France had won it 9 times.

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