Australia's first match of this World Cup will feature Warne pitting his skills at the dusty Wanderers ground in Johannesburg against a stack of talented, wristy Pakistani batsmen.

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Pennetta, 28, took the initiative with an immediate break, consolidated by a backhand arrowed down the line which would become a feature of the match.

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That match in Gdansk will be the feature clash of the third day of the Euro 2012 finals, while the Republic of Ireland will take on Croatia in the other opening Group C fixture in Poznan.

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Andriy Yarmolenko and Artem Milevskiy both failed to test English goalkeeper Joe Hart when well-placed, a failing that would become a feature of Ukraine's play in the match.

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Finally, Google has brought its Google Play scan and match feature to the US. The service looks at your local collection of music and identifies those tracks automatically, making them instantly available for access through Google's systems.

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As an open territory, L.A. is the beneficiary of an NFL doubleheader every week, with the league free to feature its most appealing match ups.

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It was a match that desperately needed an early goal to force one team to abandon the tactical caginess that has been a feature of the opening round of fixtures.

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