Villa's Gerrard primed for emotional Liverpool return

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Football Focus: Lewandowski named Bundesliga's Player of the Season

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Pitana's path from film extra to World Cup final referee

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Sports Shorts: Fraser-Pryce announces pregnancy, to miss world champs

IMAGE: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images Jamaican sprinter and reigning 100 metres world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce announced on Wednesday that she......