England football fans will be facing a enormous bill of 6,400 pounds each to watch manager Fabio Capello's team play in this summer's World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off on June...

Afghanistan's cricket coach Kabir Khan has claimed that his team is capable of toppling any team in the forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in West Indies from April...

British singer Cheryl Cole is desperate to end her marriage with soccer player husband Ashley Cole as soon as possible and says she doesn't want any of his money, according to a...

Scandal-hit golfer Tiger Woods admits he has done some pretty bad things in his life that have hurt his wife and mother. He also says he is 'nervous' about his return to the sport next...

Hundreds of sports lovers and art enthusiasts on Sunday painted a 200-feet long canvas to mark the milestone event '200 days-to-Go' for the Commonwealth Games...

Bangladesh's Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is to step into Adidas shoes...literally. His Grameen Group, which is mainly into rural credit, is planning a joint venture with the German sports apparel maker to make low-cost shoes for the...

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is opposing proposals to move the Ashes from Sky TV to BBC, saying the move would cost them 137.4 million pounds in broadcast revenues over a four-year...

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has called in high-performance guru Don Tricker in a bid to lift the national team's performance against Australia.ricker, who also works with the New Zealand Rugby Union, Bike NZ, Swimming New Zealand and Netball New Zealand, is considered an expert on high performance in...

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has said that he is locked out of the game and is still struggling to clear his name over allegations of match fixing in the Indian Cricket League...

DHAKA (AFP) - Shakib Al Hasan grabbed two vital wickets to keep alive Bangladesh's hopes of gaining the first-innings lead in the second and final Test against England on Monday in Dhaka.The...

London, Mar 22 : England football fans will be facing a enormous bill of 6,400 pounds each to watch manager Fabio Capello's team play in this summer's World Cup in South Africa, which kicks off on...

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(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Butler team celebrates after Butler defeated Murray State 54-52 during an NCAA second-round college basketball game in San Jose, Calif., Saturday, March 20, 2010. At far left is...

(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, returns a shot to Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, during their finals match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 21, 2010, in...

Ian Bell struck the 10th Test century of his career to restore England's hopes of posting a first-innings lead on the evening of the second Test.Bell resumed in the morning on 25 and put in an...

Wayne Parnell , the Delhi Daredevils fast bowler, has been ruled out of the IPL because of a groin injury and will fly to South Africa this week. He sustained the injury during a warm-up and will be...

Just a day after New Zealand coach Mark Greatbatch bemoaned the inconsistency of the umpire decision review system, Australian spin bowler Nathan Hauritz has come out to bat for it.Even though...

While Parreira's side have impressed defensively on tour, not yet conceding a goal, their attacking play has often lacked any sort of inspiration. The Bafana coach had hoped this Brazilian camp...

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Siphiwe Tshabalala's stand-out tour of Brazil continued on Saturday afternoon as he netted the only goal in Bafana Bafana's narrow victory over Joel Santana's Botafogo. The Kaizer Chiefs winger...

By ZAAHIER ADAMS The celebratory champagne may still be on ice, but the Cape Cobras trounced the Dolphins by 10 wickets at Newlands yesterday and have virtually all but mathematically their first...

OSAKA, March 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Gamba Osaka's Brazilian striker Lucas is expected to be out of action for around four weeks after picking up a knee injury at the weekend, the J-League...

YOKOHAMA, March 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Yuta Naito hit a two-run homer among his three hits as the Yokohama BayStars outslugged the Yomiuri Giants 8-6 in the last game of the 2010 preseason schedule...

SAPPORO, March 22 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Nippon Ham Fighters erupted for 10 runs in the second inning and avoided a three-game opening series sweep by the Softbank Hawks with a 16-5 rout on...

Andy Powell's attack of the munchies which prompted an early-morning trip down the M4 in a golf buggy. If Tiger Woods wants some off-course action at the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor, he knows who to...

(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama reads letters that he has received during his visit to Capitol Hill to meet with House Democrats in Washington, Saturday, March 20,...

PROVO — Not reaching the Sweet 16 for the second time in school history and missing out on a chance to play this week in front of the hometown fans at EnergySolutions Arena made Saturday's...

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new Porsche 911 GT3 RS hybrid (Associated Press) Porsche flywheel Porsche debuted its 911 GT3 RS hybrid, which uses a flywheel rather than batteries to...

Marvin Williams scored 26 points to lead three scorers with 20 or more points and the Hawks beat San Antonio 119-114 in overtime on Sunday night for their first win over the Spurs in five...

(CNN) -- The upsets continued to the last at Indian Wells as veteran Croatian Ivan Ljubicic beat home hope Andy Roddick 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5) to win the first Masters 1000 tournament of his...

CENTRALIA, KS, March 22, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Shooting faster than one shot per second, Coach Bob Fisher of Centralia, Kansas made 88 free throws in two minutes to smash the Guinness world...

DHAKA (Reuters) - Ian Bell and Matt Prior smashed half centuries to help England recover from the loss of an early wicket to reach 285-5 at lunch on the third day of the second test against...

Australian cricketers are always the first to shoot off their mouths when it comes to security - especially when they are to visit the sub-continent. That's when the rest of the world's top players...

Riding on a four-wicket haul by Angelo Mathews and 101-run stand between openers Man of the Match Manoj Tiwary and Brad Hodge, the Kolkata Knight Riders trounced last year's finalists the Royal...

In a very tight finish, the Mumbai Indians on Saturday managed to edge out the Rajasthan Royals by four runs but not before 27-year-old Yusuf Pathan (100; 37 balls, 9x4, 8x6) set the Brabourne...

By Ashfak Mohamed STORMERS coach Allister Coetzee says that his team are "just starting on Polly Shortts" on their marathon journey to the Super 14 title, and that the Bulls are still the leaders...

The Stormers maintained their challenge in the Super 14 southern hemisphere championship with a bruising 21-8 win over the Cheetahs at Newlands on Saturday. The win kept the Stormers in second...

By IQBAL KHAN Chennai In a dramatic finish, with a "super over" being called, the Kings XI Punjab beat the Chennai Super Kings by one wicket in an all-action and gripping Indian Premier League...

Adelaide - Samoa confirmed their emergence as a Sevens power when they achieved back-to-back titles by downing the US 38-10 in the final of the Australia round of the IRB Sevens in Adelaide on...

Rome - AC Milan squandered the chance to leapfrog Inter and go top of Serie A after a 1-1 with Napoli on Sunday, while Antonio Cassano's 35-yard stunner gave Sampdoria victory over a sorry Juventus. ...

DHAKA - Shakib Al Hasan grabbed two vital wickets to keep alive Bangladesh's hopes of gaining the first-innings lead in the second and final Test against England on Monday in Dhaka. The left-arm...

Jacques Kallis is far and away the best South African performer at the DLF Indian Premier League after the first quarter of the competition. Kallis has been in awe-inspiring form since the start...

Indian Wells: Ivan Ljubicic played the match of his life to upset third seed and holder Rafa Nadal 3-6 6-4 7-6 on Saturday and reach the final of the Indian Wells ATP tournament. The big-serving...

After playing in the WCHA Final Five over the weekend, the Huskies and Badgers are coming back to St. Paul. St. Cloud State and Wisconsin will be two of the four men's college hockey teams playing...

The Timberwolves' low-key sales pitch to Darko Milicic might be working. The Serbian center said Sunday he is willing to play for the Wolves next season, rather than return to Europe, if the team...

(Sunday, March 21st) Final Score: Houston 116, New York 112 New York, NY (Sports Network) - Aaron Brooks scored seven of his 16 points late in the fourth quarter as the Houston Rockets held on for a...

Canterbury Crusaders winger Sean Maitland scored two tries and flyhalf Colin Slade added 21 points with the boot to help their side to a 46-19 victory over the Lions in a Super 14 match in...

New Orleans Hornets ' lineup.One source close to the All-Star guard said that Paul and the team are weighing whether to launch the comeback Monday night at home against Dallas or Wednesday night at...

Texas A&M's Nathan Walkup is trapped by Purdue's John Hart and D.J. Byrd, behind, during their second-round battle in Spokane, Wash. Purdue's Chris Kramer made a layup in the closing seconds of...