The St Louis Rams made Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford top pick in last night's NFL draft. The 22-year-old was heavily tipped to be drafted first and the Rams confirmed he would joining their ranks next season on day one of the three-day event at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

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A cricketing scandal in India looked set to turn into a full-blown political crisis today, as senior opposition political figures sought to exploit what they say is ministers' "misuse of power" before a crucial parliamentary vote next week..

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Li Fuyu, a rider for Lance Armstrong's Team RadioShack, has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after failing a drugs test. Chinese rider Li, 31, joined RadioShack in December 2009 after spells with the Discovery and Marco Polo teams.

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Olympic and world 400m champion LaShawn Merritt failed three drugs tests between October 2009 and January 2010. His lawyer Howard Jacobs claimed in a statement that the positive tests were caused by Merritt's "use of an over-the-counter male enhancement product".

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