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Al Shabab coach Paulo Bonamigo is confident his side’s AFC Champions League experience will go a long way towards helping his squad improve in the competition next season.

The Dubai club played in the Asian continental competition for the only the second time in their history this year, with their debut coming in 2009.

They finished bottom of Group D with just two points from their six games. Their final match saw them beaten 3-1 at home by Iran’s Piroozi Athletic on Tuesday night, but after the game Bonamigo said he believes his team can become competitive at this level.

"We had some tasks for tonight’s match and one of them was to prepare [Azizbek] Hydarov for the Etisalat Cup final [on May 21 against Al Ahli] and at the same time give our youngsters match experience at the top-most level," Bonamigo said.

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Dubai: Al Nasr star Ali Karim will be joined by a pair of UAE goalkeepers in representing international teams at the upcoming Mundialito de Clubes tournament to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, later this month.

Karim, who has been the mainstay of the UAE beach soccer team for the past few years, has been picked up by the Seattle Sounders from the US for a second time, while Lokomotiv Moscow have secured the services of Humaid Jamal, and Ahmad Dad will be the stopper for Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon.

The second edition of the Mundialito de Clubes will be held at the Praia do Sol stadium in Sao Paulo from May 12-19.

Winner of UAE League

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Story By: by Mark Memmott

Junior Seau in 2009, when he played with the New England Patriots.

San Diego’s Union Tribune reports that former NFL linebacker Junior Seau “has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at his beachfront home.”

It adds that:

“Chargers chaplain Shawn Mitchell said he was notified of the death and is on his way to be with family members.”

According to The Associated Press, police in Oceanside, Calif., confirm Seau’s death and have said he was found with a gunshot wound to the chest. He was 43.

The Chargers team has posted messages on its Twitter page saying “everyone at the Chargers is in complete shock and disbelief right now. … We ask everyone to stop what they’re doing and send their prayers to Junior and his family.”

Seau played with the Chargers for 13 seasons, the Miami Dolphins for three and the New England Patriots for four.

Update at 3:55 p.m. ET. Reminder Of Dave Duerson:

If Seau did commit suicide by shooting himself in the chest, comparisons will be made to the February 2011 death of former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson. Before shooting himself in the chest, Duerson wrote a note asking that his brain be studied for chronic traumatic encephalopathy — a disease linked to depression. As NPR’s Tom Goldman reported at the time, some NFL retirees have shown signs of the disease.

Last month, former Atlanta Falcon Ray Easterling committed suicide. He was part of a lawsuit against the NFL over head injuries and was suffering from dementia. He shot himself in the head, police in Richmond, Va., told the news media.

Update at 3:45 p.m. ET. Police Say It’s Being Investigated As A Suicide:

Oceanside Police Chief Frank McCoy just told reporters outside Seau’s home that the former player was found by a woman who said she was his girlfriend. He was still alive, but “suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest,” McCoy said. “A handgun was found near the body.”

Efforts to save Seau were unsuccessful.

The case, McCoy said, is “being investigated as a suicide.”

Moments before McCoy spoke, Seau’s mother made an emotional appearance at the microphone. “I don’t know who do this to my son!” she said. “Take me!”

The fight ended with Jon Jones on his back.

That’s how dominant he was.

Say what?

What I’m saying is, Jones took so much of the fight out of Rashad Evans through the first 24 minutes, 50 seconds of Saturday night’s light heavyweight title bout at UFC 145 in Atlanta that, as the final seconds ticked off the clock and the fans roared for one last flurry of fisticuffs, what they got to see instead was a champion demonstrating that he can do anything he wants at any time.

So "Bones" leaped at Evans, wrapped his arms around his neck and legs around his back, then pulled the challenger down on top of him — the defensive maneuver known in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as pulling guard.

Why?

"You know what? Rashad, I knew he was going to be swinging for those haymakers," Jones said afterward in an interview in the cage. "And I am a mixed martial artist, and I’m not afraid to be on my back. So yeah, definitely, pull guard."

Later, at the postfight news conference, the 24-year-old amplified his reasoning.

"A lot of times people want to, you know, they look at that as kind of a sissy move or something," Jones said. "But I think a lot of Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioners around the world loved it and respected it. It’s part of the game, and I think it was a smart decision."

That’s one way of looking at it. Another way would be to acknowledge that Jones is ceaselessly unpredictable and imaginative. I mean, if he wanted to avoid any last-ditch Evans haymakers, the champ could have simply climbed on his bicycle and done some of that not-quite-Ali shuffling he’d showed off earlier in the round. But he wanted us to see something we hadn’t seen from him before. He always has something new to show us.

Saturday night’s victory, though by clear unanimous decision, was far from Jones’ most thrilling performance. But for the fourth time in 13 months, he beat a former champion. And even though two judges scored the first round for Evans, and Rashad landed a solid blow now and then, there never was a doubt who was The Man.

Will there ever be?

Dan Henderson gets the next shot. He has the thunderous right hand to change the championship picture in a flash, but is he fast enough — or will he ever be close enough — to sail that fist onto solid ground? Or to use his Olympic-level wrestling to get Jones off his feet?

Henderson at least understands the task at hand. "I thought Rashad fought Jon Jones’ fight, and you can’t do that against someone like Jones, who is going to pick you apart," the 40-year-old former Pride and Strikeforce champion said during the Fuel TV post-fight show. "I don’t think Rashad came in and had a solid takedown attempt. I don’t really think he utilized wrestling, and that’s what he is best at, is mixing it up and taking guys down. Jones did a great job picking him apart."

Good luck trying to do better, Dan. I just don’t think you, or anyone else in the light heavyweight division, can touch Jon Jones.

"One of the things about these fights, these ‘grudge matches,’ it usually means the guys respect each other," Dana White said. "You saw respect in there tonight."

That was the UFC president at Saturday night’s postfight news conference, trying to explain how his much-anticipated main event had been so methodical, with so few fireworks.

But while Dana cited respect, the fighters pointed to other nonphysical factors. Insecurity. Intimidation. A mental block.

"I would totally say that Rashad has been my toughest fight to date," Jones said at the news conference. "I think a lot of it came from how awesome and talented a fighter he is. And a lot of it came from a slight insecurity fighting Rashad. You know, Rashad, he did big brother me a few times when we used to work out together. So having that in the back of my head, it made me more hesitant. So I really had to fight myself in this fight as well as Rashad Evans."

Evans, too, seemed to be fighting himself for much of the bout. Part of the reason for that might have been the residual grogginess from being repeatedly elbowed in the head. But even after he landed a punch or kick on occasion, he never seemed able to take Step 2. It seemed like he was waiting for something to happen instead of making it happen.

"I didn’t do the things I trained to do," Evans said. "It was just something I wish I had back, a couple of moments in the fight that I felt I could have took advantage of some situations. But I didn’t do it. It was my mental block."

Jones, for his part, took something away from the experience of discomfort. "I learned that I need to trust my stuff more," he said. "Not be intimidated by people, by what they have. And just to trust what I have. I definitely move pretty fluidly when I’m going against a heavy bag or a coach with mitts, but tonight I kind of felt gangly and uncoordinated at some points. And I know that came from a slight insecurity in my attacks."

Abu Dhabi: Over 900 Emirati, regional and international athletes battled to be the best in yesterday’s second annual Tri Yas triathlon at Yas Marina Circuit. With increased numbers and new twilight timing, spectators were treated to a number of dramatic finishes and two new Tri Yas records set by both men’s and women’s Olympic category winners, Olivier Godart from Luxembourg and Australian Connie Bourverot.

Improving on his fourth place showing at the 2011 Tri Yas by over 12 minutes, Godart set a new Tri Yas record, beating last year’s best time of 1:59:04 by Jasper Blake with an impressive time of 1:57:41.

When asked how he felt crossing the finish line, a modest Godart said: "It’s hard to describe, I was just happy. When I’m racing, I never think too much about anything. I just focus on what I have to do."

Also setting a new Tri Yas record is women’s Olympic category winner Connie Bourverot, who like Godart improved on her first place finish at the 2011 Tri Yas by over three minutes to take first place honours with a 2012 time of 2:21:38. Bourverot, who faced stiff competition in this year’s race from Briton Christine Rae, came out on top, beating Rae’s time of 2:21:39 by only one second.

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Bridgetown West Indies kept the pressure on Australia on day three of the first Test in Bridgetown, Barbados, with the tourists restricted at the close to 248 for five in 95 overs.

Skipper Michael Clarke (73) was the backbone of the Australian batting as they laboured in reply to West Indies’ 449 for nine declared.

Resuming on their overnight total of 44-0, Australia suffered an early setback when West Indies skipper Darren Sammy struck twice to remove both openers.

Sammy’s nagging line outside off stump finally teased Ed Cowan (14) into an edge to wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh and then Sammy struck again with a similar delivery to Dave Warner (42) who found Darren Bravo at second slip.

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Over the last decade, the Baseball Hall of Fame has started to dig up the missing data of the Negro Leagues, recently releasing records of thousands of players to the thrill of scholars and fans alike. Host Rachel Martin talks stats with Rob Neyer, baseball editor at Baseball Nation.

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