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Sport: Clarke slips off lead in Japan

Darren Clarke and Lee Westwood are two shots off the lead in the Taiheiyo Masters in Japan. Westwood fired a second round 70 while Irishman Clarke carded a 71 to add to his opening 66.

Katsuyoshi Tomori holds the lead in Gotemba after a 66, a shot clear of Japanese compatriots Naomichi Ozaki and Hirofumi Miyase.

Scotland's Andrew Coltart and Swindon's David Howell made the cut after second successive rounds of 72. They have joined wonderkid Sergio Garcia on 144 after the 19-year-old's second-round 73.

New Zealand's Micheal Campbell shot a second round of 71 to move to 7-under-par at the end of his second round of the Johnnie Walker Classic at Western Resort Ta Shee in Taiwan. He is joined in the lead by Ernie Els. Tiger Woods remains at 4-under after a level par 72 while Paul McGinley is 4-over after a 75.