Los Angeles - The Detroit Pistons are the NBA's latest streak busters.

Allen Iverson scored 23 points, Rasheed Wallace had 21 with 15 rebounds, and the Pistons rallied to cool off the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers' eight-game winning streak, 96-89 on Wednesday night.

After handing the Kobe Bryant-led LA Lakers their first loss of the season, 106-95 out west on the night of November 14, the Pistons returned home and claimed their second scalp by sending the LeBron James-led Cavaliers to their first defeat since the start of the month.

Berlin, Nov. 20 : England football skipper John Terry pulled off a `Great Escape’ to help his team beat Germany here last night.

After Matthew Upson’s opener, Terry gifted the Germans a soft equaliser when his mix-up left cursed keeper Scott Carson stranded. Terry, however, came storming back to the rescue with a brave 84th-minute winner to give Fabio Capello a magnificent end to his first full year in charge.

Dunedin (New Zealand), Nov. 20 : The West Indian cricket team will be greeted with an "It''s all white here" slogan when it arrives in Dunedin next month.

While the catch-cry has raised some eyebrows, Otago Cricket officials are confident the visitors will take the concept in the right sporting spirit, reports stuff. co. nz.

Brisbane, Nov. 20 (ANI): Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting believes all Test players owe it to the game to address the over rate crisis, which is ruining it at present.

"There is a great responsibility for everyone around the world to look at this over rate issue and make sure each team is doing the right thing by the game," The Australian quoted Ponting as saying ahead of the Gabba Test against New Zealand.

Islamabad, Nov 20 : Buoyed by the recent 3-0 win over the Caribbeans, Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is today expected to announce fresh incentives for cricketers who will perform outstandingly in future international contests.

The announcement is expected to come after PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt meets the PM at the PM House.

Sources close to the PM said that Gilani, who himself is a keen sportsman and has special affection for cricket, would discuss the affairs of the cricket with its new Chairman, who has produced “positive” results immediate after assuming the office last month, reported The News.

Villarreal, Spain  - A handsome 3-0 defeat of Chile on Wednesday rounded off a wonderful 2008 for the Spanish national team.

Goals from David Villa, Fernando Torres and Santi Cazorla kept intact new manager Vicente del Bosque's 100 per cent record - and stretched Spain's unbeaten run to 28 games.

It is now exactly two years ago since "La Seleccion" suffered their last defeat, a run which lively but naive Chile never seemed capable of ending.