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Armstrong crashes out

Author: John Harris

Date: 24/03/2009

Lance Armstrong's hopes of winning Spain's Vuelta Castilla y Leon have been ended by a broken collarbone.

The seven-time Tour de France winner crashed out of the first stage around 12 miles from the finish in Baltanas and was taken to hospital for treatment.

Armstrong's participation in this summer's Giro d'Italia and Tour de France during his comeback year from retirement are now in doubt.

In English football, Monday night's League Two clash between Dagenham & Redbridge and Brentford was postponed due to floodlight failure.

The clash at Victoria Road had been due to be televised but an electrical fault caused the floodlights to fail just before kick-off and the decision was taken to call off the game.

Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki hit a two-run single in the top of the tenth inning as defending champions Japan defeated reigning Olympic champions and sportsbook favourites South Korea 5-3 to win a second successive World Baseball Classic title.

Japan were winners of the inaugural tournament three years ago after beating Cuba 10-6 in the final at San Diego and they repeated the feat at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in front of a bumper 50,000 crowd.

Japan pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Boston Red Sox claimed the MVP award after winning all three of his starts during the event.

In the NBA, Antawn Jamison scored 34 points as Chicago Bulls overcame Washington 101-99.

Atlanta were comfortable 107-99 winners over Minnesota, Boston got the better of LA Clippers 90-77, while Memphis lost 82 points to 94 in Miami.

Orlando Magic secured a closely-fought 106-102 win over New York Knicks, while there were wins for Phoenix and Philadelphia over Denver and Portland.

Philadelphia closed to within seven points of New Jersey in NHL's Atlantic Division after defeating the Devils 4-2 on Monday night.

Elsewhere, Ray Whitney's overtime goal secured a 3-2 win for Carolina against Florida, while Calgary were 5-3 winners over Detroit.

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