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MINNEAPOLIS - Nick Punto had three hits and two RBIs, and the Minnesota Twins gained ground in the AL Central with a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.
MONZA - German Michael Schumacher, who has won a record seven Formula One world titles, on Wednesday wished Giancarlo Fisichella well ahead of the Italian's first race for Ferrari.
LONDON - Britain on Wednesday pardoned an English soccer fan who spent four years in prison for attempted murder in Bulgaria, saying another man had confessed to the crime.
LONDON - British Justice Secretary Jack Straw has pardoned a Liverpool football fan convicted in Bulgaria in 2005 for the attempted murder of a barman which he had consistently denied.
HAMBURG - Captain Michael Ballack and his teammates have found their 2010 World Cup base camp in the form of a five-star hotel halfway between Johannesburg and Pretoria, the German football federation DFB said Wednesday.
