New England Patriots @ Detroit Lions Sat. Aug. 27, 2011 8 p.m. EST

The New England Patriots are one of the few teams in the league that made moves in the offseason to drastically improve their squad on both sides of the football. Coming into this NFL regular season, the consensus was that the Patriots were legitimate Super Bowl title contenders once again, but the addition of two Pro Bowlers has made them that much better moving forward.

With the addition of Pro Bowl wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, superstar quarterback Tom Brady will now have that downfield threat back in his offensive arsenal which will terrify opposing defenses this season.

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Wednesday’s Champions League win at Udinese will have done wonders for the confidence of Arsenal’s youngsters and the result has certainly lifted a little of the pressure on Arsene Wenger after a troubled start to the campaign which has only yielded one point from two Premier League games. The Gunners manager said earlier this week that his squad thrive in the face of adversity but they will need all of their resolve for the trip to Old Trafford to face Manchester United.

Arsenal are still without a sizeable portion of their first team squad due to injury, suspension and, in the case of Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy, desertion for pastures new. So

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Nicky Henderson has been fined £3,500 by the British Horseracing Authority over the failed post-race test of Heather Royal.

He faced three charges resulting from the positive urine sample given by Heather Royal after a bumper at Huntingdon on February 10.

The five-year-old mare tested positive for the banned substance dexamethasone after finishing sixth when sent off the 5-4 favourite.

It was a result which led subsequently to Binocular’s withdrawal from the Stan James Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival – he had been receiving treatment for a rash with the same drug and was likely to also test positive were he to run.

The disciplinary panel accepted an admission from Henderson that he was in breach of the rule over positive drug test finding and imposed upon him a fine of £2,000. H

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A 17 year old Sachen Tendulkar made his maiden Test century 11 years ago this week and he is hoping to add his 100th Century at Trent Bridge when he steps out to bat in Indias first innings there.

The Indian Cricketing legend, known as The Little Master, missed out on a fairytale Lords Century in the last game as a viral infection meant he was far from his best at the home of Cricket. However, he is hoping to make a big impact on the series with a big score in the next game.

The Indian side have had some injury problems of late, as well as Tendulkars virus, Ishant Sharma is still not 100% with a hamstring injury and it is said to be touch and go as to whether the talented pace man will end up in the starting 11.

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Connections of Workforce remain hopeful he will be able to defend his crown in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following the injury he sustained at Ascot on Saturday.

Sir Michael Stoute’s four-year-old hung violently to his left in the closing stage of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and had to make do with the runner-up spot behind Nathaniel.

It transpired last year’s Derby and Arc winner had been struck into behind by the fatally-injured Rewilding and Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, is keeping his fingers crossed the top-class colt has not suffered any lasting damage.

“He’s not 100% and I spoke to Michael this morning,” Grimthorpe told Racing UK.

“On the night of the race he was quite sore behind and the following morning he was still not using himself properly.

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