A Japanese Moto2 rider has died after suffering a horrific crash during the San Marino Grand Prix. Shoya Tomizawa, 19, was travelling at full speed when he fell off on a corner and was hit violently by the bikes of Alex De Angelis and Scott Redding, who both also tumbled but looked relatively unhurt. Suter [...]
The Japan Football Association on Monday named former AC Milan and Juventus manager Alberto Zaccheroni to lead the national team. The 57-year-old, who becomes the first Italian and sixth foreigner to take the job, is set to be unveiled at a news conference on Tuesday. Reports on Monday said Zaccheroni had agreed to a two-year [...]
Nyjah Huston pocketed the biggest payday in skateboarding, $150,000, Saturday in Glendale, Arizona the inaugural Street League skateboarding contest, The DC Pro, at the Jobing.com arena. He edged out new sensation, Shane O’Neal, and Torey Pudwill. Street Leage Skateboarding is MTV realtiy television star, Rob Drydek’ s new business venture that has been years in [...]
The Little League team from Japan ended the United States’ five-year reign as World Series champions. The team from Tokyo limited Waipahu, Hawaii, to four singles, and got a homer and three RBIs from Konan Tomori to take the Little League World Series title with a 4-1 victory Sunday. For the first time since 2003, [...]
The thought had crossed Stanley Asato’s mind before. The gentleman was getting ready for retirement from the post office after years of service as a letter carrier. He always enjoyed watching baseball, especially his grandkids when they stepped on the diamond. The opportunity to possibly travel to the Little League World Series was on his [...]
A man has been arrested over an alleged betting scam during the current Test match between England and Pakistan. A tabloid newspaper alleged that some members of the Pakistani team were involved in cheating during the Lord’s Test. The News of the World claims it gave £150,000 ($275,000) to a middleman, who promised to arrange [...]
Teahupoo, Tahiti: The swell projected to pulse through Friday morning has failed to manifest once again, but the tournament is on regardless, with 3 foot swells. This resulted in seven consecutive lay days for the Billabong Pro competition in Tahiti’s peninsula. But a more favourable swell forecast for early next week should see the world’s [...]
Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova was named the world’s highest-paid female athlete by Forbes magazine. Sharapova pulled in $24.5 million over the past year, she earned $1 million in prize money and the rest was derived from endorsements and appearance fees, Forbes said. Sharapova, 23, became an overnight tennis sensation at the age of 17 [...]
Just as it did in 2004, the 92nd PGA Championship came down to the treacherous 18th hole. This time it included a bizarre ruling that won’t soon be forgotten. In a three-hole playoff that went from three men to two before it began, Martin Kaymer beat Bubba Watson with a bogey on 18 in extended [...]
The head of the Japan Sumo Association resigned after the nation’s ancient sport was beleaguered by a gambling scandal involving top wrestlers and coaches, with gangsters acting as go-betweens. Outgoing chairman Musashigawa, a former grand champion, was replaced on Thursday by Hanaregoma, who once held the second-highest rank of ozeki. His resignation came as the [...]
California’s Chico Outlaws’s 18-year-old ‘Knuckleball Princess’ is hailed as a pioneer for equality in sport, despite struggling on the field. An obscure baseball stadium in northern California is becoming a real-life field of dreams for Eri Yoshida. In just three months, the 18-year-old has pitched herself into sporting history and the affections of some of [...]
The top story so far during the week-long Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament is the enormous marlin that got away, but not before a wild struggle that included an attack on the press boat, providing the event photographer with the photo opportunity of a lifetime. Jon Schwartz was aboard the Chiripa off Kailua-Kona, waiting for one of the [...]
New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has hit his 600th career home run – a two-run blast in the first inning against Toronto Blue Jays. The homer, which landed on the net on top of monument park in Yankee Stadium, makes A-Rod the youngest and the seventh player to join the 600 club. The milestone [...]
The driver of the No. 1 Chevrolet remained No. 1 in NASCAR’s most prestigious races, and the car’s owner still owns the world’s most famous racetrack. Good things came in threes Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Jamie McMurray and Chip Ganassi. Passing Kevin Harvick for the lead on a restart with 11 laps remaining, [...]
Alberto Contador stood atop the podium at the Tour de France on Sunday for the third time in four years, struggling to rein in his emotions as Spain’s national anthem echoed across the wide boulevard of the Champs-Elysees. Off to one side, Lance Armstrong applauded and then, without much fanfare, headed toward the exit. “I [...]
He was perhaps the finest, most flamboyant snooker star of them all. The whirling dervish whose lightning speed at the baize showcased perfectly his unique brand of brilliance and bravado. Alex ‘‘Hurricane’’ Higgins, who died in his native Belfast yesterday, not only thrilled snooker fans in the Seventies and Eighties with his lightning pots, his [...]
South African golfer Louis Oosthuizen has clinched his first major title by seven stokes on the famed Old Course at the Open tournament in Britain. Oosthuizen had missed the cut in all three of his previous Opens, but he was in top form on Sunday, outperforming a star-studded cast. He started the day four clear [...]
Andres Iniesta scored late in extra time, lifting Spain to a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands for its first World Cup title. Iniesta broke free inside the penalty area Sunday, took a pass from Cesc Fabregas and put the ball just past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg. Spain rules the soccer world, winning [...]
In pouring rain on a ragged field, Germany and Uruguay staged a match entertaining enough to be for the World Cup title. Too bad it was only for third place. Sami Khedira scored in the 82nd minute to give Germany a 3-2 victory and third place for the second straight World Cup. But the Germans [...]
Paul the octopus has plumped for Spain to beat the Netherlands in Sunday’s World Cup final in Johannesburg, South Africa. The psychic cephalopod, which is kept at Sea Life in Oberhausen, western Germany, wasted no time in opening the box in his tank labeled with the Spanish flag. Paul previously predicted the winners of all [...]
Somewhere in Catalonia, a Dutchman is smiling. His name is Johan Cruyff, and since before the Beatles broke up he has been fighting on behalf of an attack-intensive brand of soccer, a stylish game of short passes and zig-zag dashes that brought pleasure to tens of millions of fans but never produced a world champion. [...]
Spain outplayed Germany yet again. And now the Spanish have the biggest prize of all within their sights. Spain will play for the World Cup title for the very first time, thanks to Carles Puyol’s goal on a powerful header in the second half Wednesday night. The 1-0 victory was the exact same score as [...]
A Dutch treat: The Netherlands is in the World Cup final. Long wasteful with its soccer talent, the Netherlands sure has found the right touch in this tournament. Dutch stars Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben scored three minutes apart in the second half as the Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 Tuesday night to advance to their [...]
Nigeria’s president has backed down on his decision to suspend the national soccer team, according to the African country’s football federation. The announcement came just before Monday’s deadline set by world governing body FIFA, which had threatened to expel Nigeria completely if the ruling was not overturned and also withhold $8 million due for participating [...]
So eager was Rafael Nadal to reclaim his Wimbledon title on Sunday that he entered Center Court with his racket already cocked in his left hand and the unwitting Czech Tomas Berdych lined up in his sights. Luckily Berdych, slayer of six-times champion Roger Federer in a seismic quarter-final shock and Novak Djokovic in the [...]
Its stunning opening loss a distant memory, Spain appears to have regained its first-class form heading into a World Cup quarterfinal match in which it will be heavily favored. A bigger threat than Paraguay might be Spain’s own history of disappointment. The reigning European Champions haven’t been to the semifinals of soccer’s biggest stage in [...]
No trash talking needed. Germany was just too good for Argentina. Miroslav Klose scored twice to move into a tie for second on the all-time World Cup scoring list, and Thomas Mueller and Arne Friedrich added goals to give Germany a resounding 4-0 victory in the World Cup quarterfinals. As flashbulbs popped, the Germans hugged [...]
Serena Williams has successfully defended her Wimbledon title beating Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-3 6-2 in a one-sided Ladies Singles final at the All England Club. The victory is Williams’ fourth Wimbledon singles title and her 13th overall in Grand Slams. The early exchanges on Centre Court promised a more even contest as both women held [...]
Victories – and defeats – don’t come any tougher than this. Uruguay survived when Ghana missed a penalty kick at the very end of extra time, then won the shootout 4-2 after a 1-1 draw Friday. The wild win sent the South Americans into the World Cup semifinals for the first time in 40 years. [...]
Don’t call the Dutch underachievers anymore. Not after the way the Netherlands rallied to upset five-time champion Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals Friday. After waking themselves up at halftime, the title that has eluded the Dutch for all these years is now just two wins away. “For 45 minutes we went full throttle,” [...]
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan has banned the country’s football team from international competition for two years following their poor showing at the World Cup. Nigeria finished bottom of their group in South Africa with just one point from three matches after losing to Argentina and Greece and drawing with South Korea. Rotimi Amaechi, governor of [...]
The last thing Paraguay wanted was to wind up in a shootout with Japan. After all, the South Americans almost never practice penalty kicks – or have any success when they do. Yet Paraguay took the most difficult route to its first World Cup quarterfinals Tuesday. After 120 exhausting minutes without scoring, the Paraguayans found [...]
David Villa called it one of his best goals. He was talking about the timing but the effort was pretty nice, too. On a night when Portugal’s defense fought off attack after attack, the Spanish striker finally broke through in the 63rd minute, giving the European champs a 1-0 victory Tuesday and a spot in [...]
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has done a U-turn over the use of goal-line technology and apologized to the English and Mexican football associations for controversial refereeing decisions in their last 16 defeats. FIFA confirmed to CNN Tuesday that the next meeting of its International FA Board from July 21-22 in Wales would discuss technology but [...]
As Brazil was dismantling Chile, a couple of fans delighted the crowd by parading around the stadium with two giant gold replicas of the World Cup trophy. Another three games like this and Brazil could be hoisting the real thing – yet again. With an impressive mixture of symphony-like teamwork and standout individual plays, Brazil [...]
Two months ago, a month ago, even two weeks ago, few wanted to listen to this severe man who is said to write poetry and contemplate retirement as a farmer. He was Japan’s coach at the World Cup, but who could take Takeshi Okada seriously? Japan reach the semifinals? A team that had never won [...]
Like clockwork, the Oranje are into the World Cup quarterfinals. The Netherlands reached the final eight Monday when standouts Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder scored in each half of a 2-1 victory over Slovakia. The Oranje, who have never won soccer’s biggest prize, went ahead in the 18th minute when Robben cut inside from the [...]
Carlos Tevez scored twice – once on a disputed goal – and Gonzalo Higuain added another as Argentina beat Mexico 3-1 on Sunday to advance to the World Cup quarterfinals. Tevez was offside when he headed in a pass from Lionel Messi in the eighth minute. The referee awarded the goal after consulting with his [...]
Germany’s latest World Cup victory over England will be remembered not for any of the brilliant goals, but for the one that didn’t count. Thomas Mueller scored twice in the second half Sunday and England had a goal not awarded by the referee in a 4-1 victory Sunday that put Germany into the World Cup [...]
With the game on the line, Luis Suarez sidestepped two defenders in the driving rain and struck a right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area. “The truth is, I didn’t realize the ball was going to go in,” he said. It did. And now Uruguay is headed to the World Cup quarterfinals for [...]
Life on the edge came to an exhausting and crushing end for the United States against a familiar foe. Ghana sent the U.S. packing from the World Cup – again – eliminating the Americans in the second round Saturday night. Asamoah Gyan scored 3 minutes into overtime, leading the Black Stars to a 2-1 victory [...]
FIFA acknowledges there might be something wrong with the Jabulani World Cup ball, but won’t act on any problems until after the tournament. Many players have likened the Jabulani to a “supermarket ball,” saying it is too unpredictable and flies through the air too easily. “We’re not deaf,” FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said Saturday. [...]
Switzerland’s defense is as good as it gets in soccer. That wasn’t enough at the World Cup. Despite yielding only one goal in three games, the Swiss did not advance to the second round because they couldn’t score against Honduras on Friday. The 0-0 draw sent Chile into the round of 16 the runner-up to [...]
Spain avoided becoming the third of European football’s anciens régimes to be toppled at this World Cup – and a potential clash with Brazil in the last 16 – by overcoming Chile in a thrilling and highly tense encounter. Despite going two goals up through David Villa and Andrés Iniesta, and facing a side reduced [...]
Two of soccer’s most prolific teams couldn’t find the net Friday at the World Cup. Portugal reached the second round of the World Cup on Friday after a listless 0-0 draw with group winner Brazil. Brazil had already secured advancement and won Group G with seven points, two more than Portugal. Ivory Coast, which beat [...]
Ivory Coast bowed out of the World Cup in style. Needing an offensive show and a little bit of luck to make the second round, the Elephants got the offense but not the luck. Yaya Toure, Koffi Romaric N’Dri and Salomon Kalou each scored Friday in a 3-0 win over North Korea, thrilling a pro-Ivory [...]
Paraguay couldn’t score against New Zealand. Then again, it didn’t need to. Despite being held to a 0-0 draw Thursday by the All Whites, Paraguay still won its World Cup group and moved into the round of 16. Neither team created much in the way of scoring chances – the Kiwis had exactly zero shots [...]
The players were delighted, the coach was discomforted. So which is the real Netherlands team at the World Cup? The Dutch produced their first goals of flair and finesse to beat Cameroon 2-1 and set up a second-round match with Slovakia. Robin Van Persie finished off an end-to-end move in the 36th minute, and substitute [...]
Take a bow, Japan. Better yet, take two. You’ve advanced at the World Cup. Spectacular first-half goals by Keisuke Honda and Yusuhito Endo helped lift the Japanese to a 3-1 win over Denmark on Thursday, sending Japan into the round of 16. It was an energentic performance by the Japanese, who collected just their second [...]
Defending champion Italy was eliminated Thursday from the World Cup with a humbling 3-2 loss to Slovakia, which advanced. Slovakia finished second in Group F to Paraguay. The Italians were last, the first time they’ve ever finished at the bottom of an opening-round group. For the third consecutive game, the Azzurri allowed an early goal [...]
When John Isner finally won the longest match in tennis history, he collapsed on the Wimbledon grass and then summoned one last burst of energy, springing to his feet to applaud along with the crowd. The American hit a backhand winner to win the last of the match’s 980 points, and he took the fifth [...]
After a match that wound up meaning very little, both Australia and Serbia reflected on what might have been. Tim Cahill and Brett Holman scored second-half goals Wednesday to help Australia beat Serbia 2-1 in Group D of the World Cup. But both teams did not advance to the second round. Marko Pantelic pulled a [...]
Germany and Ghana advanced to the second round of the World Cup finals on Wednesday as Australia and Serbia made their exits. Germany, who beat Ghana 1-0 at Soccer City in Johannesburg, finished top of Group D and will play England in the second round on Sunday in Bloemfontein. Ghana, the only African team to [...]
Tennis history was rewritten at Wimbledon on Wednesday as Nicolas Mahut and John Isner shattered the record for the longest-ever match — and still could not finish. A string of tennis records were blown away as the players came off court at 59-59 in the final set, having slugged it out for around 10 hours [...]
How quickly it turns. It might not have been by the most convincing scoreline but it was with a much-improved performance – vibrant and intense – that England beat Slovenia in Port Elizabeth to qualify second in the group and reach the last 16. At the final whistle the players gathered in a huddle as [...]
Landon Donovan’s goal in extra time lifted the U.S. to a dramatic 1-0 win over Algeria on Wednesday, sending the U.S. on to the second round of the World Cup for just the third time in history. The options were clear for the U.S. entering the game: Win and go on, or lose and go [...]
Look out, world. Even playing mostly backups Argentina looks good. Martin Demichelis and Martin Palermo scored second-half goals Tuesday as Argentina beat Greece 2-0 at the World Cup to win Group B. Coach Diego Maradona replaced seven starters from the Albiceleste lineup that ran up a 4-1 victory over South Korea – the other team [...]
Strutting into the stadium dancing and singing, Bafana Bafana turned its final game at the World Cup into a rollicking party for all of South Africa. All that was missing was enough goals to see them through to the next round. For France, Tuesday’s 2-1 loss completed a miserable meltdown. With each team needing a [...]
Maybe Uruguay is the best example of how strong South American nations have been in the first round of the World Cup. The last team to qualify for the tournament, Uruguay needed to beat Costa Rica in a playoff to get to South Africa. The Uruguayans have looked like anything but an outsider, though, and [...]
South Korea reached the second round of the World Cup by holding Nigeria to a 2-2 draw Tuesday in their final group game. Defender Lee Jung-soo and Park Chu-young scored for South Korea after Kalu Uche had given Nigeria the lead in the 12th minute. Ayegbeni Yakubu netted a 69th minute penalty to draw Nigeria [...]
With the gambling scandal rocking the sumo world getting bigger, questions are mounting over whether the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament scheduled for next month should be held as planned. Embattled Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa, who spoke at a news conference following an executive meeting Monday, came under fire after a protege was found to [...]
David Villa scored two goals as Spain got its World Cup pursuit back on track with a 2-0 victory over Honduras on Monday. Villa beat three defenders in the 17th minute before goalkeeper Noel Valladares got a touch to the Spain striker’s rising shot but not enough to keep it out. Villa scored his 40th [...]
Substitute Mark Gonzalez scored on a header in the 75th minute Monday as Chile beat 10-man Switzerland 1-0 to move closer to a spot in the final 16 at the World Cup. Gonzalez headed home a pass from fellow sub Esteban Paredes, who had gotten around the staunch Swiss defense and crossed to Gonzalez at [...]
Portugal put on the most dominant performance of the World Cup, routing North Korea 7-0 on Monday and eliminating the Asian nation from the tournament. Simao Sabrosa, Hugo Almeida and Tiago scored over an eight-minute span in the second half, after Raul Meireles’ 29th-minute goal gave Portugal the lead. Substitute Liedson added another in the [...]
Luis Fabiano scored a pair of goals and Elano added another as Brazil beat Ivory Coast 3-1 Sunday to secure a spot in the second round of the World Cup with one match to spare in Group G. Luis Fabiano scored his first goal in six matches for Brazil with a powerful right-footed shot in [...]
Paraguay looked increasingly strong today, easily downing their Slovak counterparts by a score of two goals to none (2 – 0). Paraguay seemed to control the game from the start, dominating possession and the tempo of the match. In the 27th minute, Lucas Barrios slipped a beautiful pass into the box for Enrique Vera who [...]
World champions Italy suffered an embarrassing 1-1 draw with underdogs New Zealand in their second World Cup Group F match Sunday, a result which complicates their chances of progressing to the knockout stage. New Zealand, ranked 78th in the world, took a shock lead on seven minutes after struggling Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro made a [...]
Manute Bol, a towering Dinka tribesman who left southern Sudan to become one of the best shot blockers in the history of American basketball, then returned to his homeland to try to heal the wounds of a long, bloody civil war, died Saturday at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, according to Sally [...]
Denmark eliminated Cameroon from the World Cup and sent the Netherlands through to the second round. Yet the Danes could find little to cherish in their 2-1 victory Saturday night. Dennis Rommedahl scored one goal and set up another as Denmark made the Indomitable Lions the first team knocked out of the tournament. In the [...]
Wesley Sneijder scored the only goal Saturday and the Netherlands beat Japan 1-0 for its second straight World Cup win. Sneijder’s 53rd-minute strike finally broke through a Japanese defense that had stifled Dutch creativity in front of 62,010 fans at Moses Mabhida Stadium. It was Sneijder’s 15th goal in 63 internationals. The Netherlands again failed [...]
England continue to contest their own game at the World Cup – the Fear Factor. Alarmingly lacking in belief and energy, Fabio Capello’s side continue to splutter whether at altitude or now at sea level. Heaven knows what Franz Beckenbauer will make of this. England fans did: they howled in derision. After a second successive [...]
For Germany, the damage may be only superficial. They have a game against Ghana on Wednesday and will still confidently expect to clamber safely out of Group D but they have now been exposed as fallible when the perception previously was of no other side being better prepared, or more clear-eyed, when it comes to [...]
Two first-half goals from Slovenia dealt a massive blow to the USA’s bright start to the 2010 World Cup — but an incredible second-half rally put Team USA level and kept their hopes of advancing alive. Valter Birsa hit a spectacular long-shot that beat US goalkeeper Tim Howard in the 13th minute at Ellis Park [...]
Kobe Bryant sprinted after the ball, which Lamar Odom joyously flung downcourt to burn the remaining seconds in Game 7 of the NBA finals. With the celebration starting behind him, Bryant chased it down and then held it aloft to his teammates. The Los Angeles Lakers’ 16th championship was secure following a gritty 83-79 victory [...]
Substitutes Javier Hernandez and Cuauhtemoc Blanco each scored in Mexico’s 2-0 win over France at the World Cup on Thursday, leaving Mexico needing only a draw to reach the next round. Hernandez, nicknamed “Chicharito (Little Green Pea),” ran onto Rafael Marquez’s pass as the France defense stopped, believing Hernandez was offside. He dribbled around goalkeeper [...]
The 2010 World Cup has seen a shortage of goals relative to recent tournaments, but Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain is doing his best to rectify that. The 22-year-old scored three goals for his country today, giving them a comfortable 4-1 victory over South Korea. It is the first World Cup hat trick since 2002, when [...]
The Bafana Bafana World Cup dream began to unravel tonight after a Diego Forlán double and a late third from Alvaro Pereira took Uruguay to the top of Group A and left the South Africans hoping that neither France nor Mexico join them this evening. With one point from two games, Carlos Alberto Parreira’s side [...]
The World Cup needed a jolt. Switzerland provided it. Gelson Fernandes scored on a rare Swiss attack, giving his team a stunning 1-0 upset Wednesday over European champion and tournament favorite Spain. The loss ended Spain’s run of 12 straight wins and handed the Spanish just their second loss in 50 games – the other [...]
On a night where the sub-zero chill seeped into every sinew, Brazil struggled to warm the senses as their bid for a sixth World Cup began with a narrow victory. North Korea, making their first World Cup appearance since 1966, offered solid resistance in the first half but appeared to be wilting in the second [...]
Winston Reid scored in second-half injury time Tuesday, lifting New Zealand to a 1-1 draw with Slovakia. Robert Vittek scored early in the second half, giving Slovakia the lead in World Cup Group F. But Reid sneaked behind the defense to take a long cross from Shane Smeltz and tie it. The Kiwis are ranked [...]
Japan beat a lacklustre Cameroon 1-0 in Bloemfontein with a Keisuke Honda goal to notch their first ever World Cup victory on foreign soil. It was also a belated birthday present for Honda, who had turned 24 on Sunday. The Blue Samurai, struggling for goals in the run-up to the tournament, took the lead in [...]
Netherlands needed a lucky own goal and a late strike by Dirk Kuyt to get their World Cup campaign off to a winning start with a 2-0 win over Denmark in their Group E match at Soccer City on Monday. They took the lead just after halftime when Denmark defender Simon Poulsen’s misdirected header from [...]
Italy was heavily favored against Paraguay going into the teams’ first match of the 2010 World Cup, but the underdogs held strong for the first 37 minutes, keeping the game scoreless. Then, in the 38th minute, Paraguay stunned the defending World Cup champions by scoring a goal on a free kick. Aureliano Torres kicked the [...]
The first time Tim Cahill ran into Bastian Schweinsteiger he earned a red card. The second time he dissolved into tears. Cahill, the hero of Australia’s 2006 World Cup campaign, was sent off on Sunday with a straight red card in the 56th minute for a late challenge on Schweinsteiger at Moses Mabhida Stadium. He [...]
The first World Cup in Africa has its first African winner. Ghana stunned Serbia when Asamoah Gyan scored on an 84th-minute penalty kick Sunday for a 1-0 victory in Group D. The win set off celebrations not only on the Loftus Versfeld pitch, but throughout Ghana. And across the African continent. “That’s what you’re seeing,” [...]
Today is the day we on this side of the Atlantic have been waiting for: the United States of America taking on England in the opening game of Group C. Judging from some of the hype leading up to the game, this could be the most meaningful encounter between the two nations since the Revolutionary [...]
World player of the year Lionel Messi lived up to his billing with a wonderful performance in Argentina’s 1-0 win over Nigeria to confirm the South Americans’ status as one of the World Cup favorites. Though he did not score, Messi peppered the goal with shots, drawing a string of finger-tip saves, and tormented the [...]
Almost a million fans braved wet weather and took to the streets of South Korea on Saturday to cheer on the national team and celebrate a 2-0 win over Greece in their opening World Cup game. Police estimated 969,000 people nationwide, including nearly 200,000 in Seoul, gathered to watch their team in far away South [...]
Hosts South Africa opened the 2010 World Cup with a 1-1 draw with Mexico on Friday as the world’s greatest sporting spectacle arrived on the African continent for the first time. An estimated global audience of hundreds of millions watched as the home side’s Siphiwe Tshabalala crashed home the first goal of the tournament early [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers ran out of comebacks. One of the most remarkable postseason runs in sports history ended Wednesday night when the Flyers lost 4-3 in overtime to the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals. Chris Pronger, Mike Richards and the seventh-seeded Flyers overcame tremendous odds just to get this far. [...]
John Wooden, college basketball’s gentlemanly Wizard of Westwood who built one of the greatest dynasties in all of sports at UCLA and became one of the most revered coaches ever, has died. He was 99. The university said Wooden died Friday night of natural causes at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he had been [...]
In the wake of Armando Galarraga’s(notes) perfect-game-that-wasn’t, Chevrolet and the Detroit Tigers rightly decided that the jilted pitcher deserved a grand gift anyway. [Video: Watch the controversial play] So a new Corvette was driven behind home plate prior to Thursday’s game with the Cleveland Indians and presented to the man who has been nothing but class [...]
Dario Franchitti drove 199 nearly flawless laps, then survived the last one with a huge break from a spectacular crash to climb back on top of the open-wheel world Sunday with his second win at the Indianapolis 500. Two years removed from a failed try in NASCAR, Franchitti held on with a scant 1.6 gallons [...]
Mayweather gained some major street cred in boxing circles. Quality of competition is a familiar talking point amongst Mayweather’s critics, but anyone who says Floyd is only capable of dominating smaller or less-skilled opponents wasn’t paying attention on Saturday night. Make no mistake: Mosley is a first-ballot Hall of Famer and a legend awfully close [...]
Jockey Calvin Borel steered Super Saver through the mud to win his third Kentucky Derby in four years. The win ended trainer Todd Pletcher’s Derby drought. Pletcher came into the race 0-for-24, but Borel put him in the winner’s circle at Churchill Downs with a perfect ride along the rail and through the slop. Super [...]
Lorena Ochoa, 28, announced Tuesday that she was stepping away from competitive golf, ending her reign as the LPGA’s top player and, arguably, the most dominant female athlete on the planet. Typical of Ochoa’s understated sensibilities, the stunning news was delivered by way of a short press release, with Ochoa nowhere in sight. A news [...]
Former boxing champion Edwin Valero, who had a spectacular career with 27 straight knockouts and flouted a tattoo of President Hugo Chavez on his chest, hanged himself in his jail cell Monday after being arrested for stabbing his wife to death, police said. The former lightweight champion used the sweat pants he was wearing to [...]
Phil Mickelson came into the 2010 Masters without a victory on the season and with a lot on his mind. His wife, Amy, and his mother, Mary, are battling breast cancer, and Phil has tried his best to maintain his own life while helping them hold onto theirs. He’s flown to Houston for treatments, even [...]
The too-perfect basketball story with the too-perfect ending is still available on DVD. The real celebration for the new national champion – that’s taking place on Tobacco Road. Kyle Singler scored 19 points and Brian Zoubek rebounded Gordon Hayward’s miss with 3.6 seconds left Monday night to help Duke beat Butler 61-59, ending the tiny [...]
World heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko knocked out U.S. challenger Eddie Chambers with five seconds remaining in the 12th and final round to defend his IBF, WBO and IBO titles. The Saturday bout in Duesseldorf, Germany, was the 33-year-old Ukrainian’s fifth defense of his WBO and IBF titles. Chambers went down for at least two minutes [...]
Fernando Alonso led a Ferrari one-two on his debut for the team as they made a stunning start to the Formula One season. Alonso produced the defining move of a dull Bahrain grand prix two-thirds of the way through, passing the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel, who was struggling with exhaust trouble. Felipe Massa also [...]
Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is the star. With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell Saturday night to retain his welterweight title and cement his status as the [...]
With the flick of Sidney Crosby’s wrist, Canada found Olympic redemption. From the pall of a luger’s death, from a series of embarrassing glitches, from a first half so disappointing that Canadian Olympic officials prematurely conceded the medals race, from the men’s hockey team losing to the upstart Americans in a preliminary game. All that [...]
With one more perfect run down sliding’s most intense track, Steven Holcomb drove USA-1 to the Olympic gold medal in four-man bobsledding on Saturday, ending a 62-year drought for the Americans in the event. It was the first gold medal for the U.S. in sliding’s signature race since Francis Tyler won one for the Americans [...]
A dominating Canada ended 50 years of Olympic hockey frustration against Russia. The Canadians got a goal and two assists from Dan Boyle during a take-charge first period to beat the world champions 7-3 Wednesday and surge into the Olympic semifinals. A superpower showdown — one that may have been better suited for the gold-medal [...]
Bode Miller fulfilled his Olympic dream at last with a gold medal in the men’s super-combined at Whistler Creekside on Sunday. The flamboyant U.S star has been in superb form at the Vancouver Winter Games and his victory completes a full set of medals, after he claimed silver in the super-G and bronze in the [...]
While not quite the caliber of 1980′s “Miracle on Ice,” the United States pulled off a big upset Sunday when it defeated Canada 5-3 in a preliminary-round game of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Brian Rafalski had two goals and assist, Jamie Langenbrunner added a goal and assist and Ryan Miller was strong [...]
U.S. snowboarder Shaun White’s Double McTwist 1260 won an Olympic Gold Medal with 48.4 points in the halfpipe competition. Another American, Louie Vito, with a score of 39.4 after the 2nd run, was also a contender for a medal. Scotty Lago, another American won the bronze medal. View the vancouver2010.com medals’ table
Lindsey Vonn lived up to expectations and won the Olympic downhill Wednesday, and childhood rival and American teammate Julia Mancuso took a surprise silver medal. In a race characterized by several crashes – including one to Swedish standout Anja Paerson — Vonn’s bruised right shin proved to be no problem as she sped down Franz’s [...]
Canada’s long wait for a first Olympic gold medal on home soil is over after Alexandre Bilodeau won the men’s moguls event in Vancouver. Bilodeau, 22, finished ahead of Australia’s reigning champion Dale Begg-Smith and American Bryon Wilson. It ended a 34-year wait and sparked wild celebrations at Cypress Mountain. Canada had never won an [...]
Larry Ellison’s space-age trimaran BMW Oracle won back the America’s Cup for the United States by speeding across the Mediterranean and routing two-time defending champion Alinghi of Switzerland in a two-race sweep. The 65-year-old software tycoon was onboard his incredibly fast craft Sunday, after sitting out Race 1 due to a weight limit. His victory [...]
Someday very soon, ‘O Canada’ will receive good air time at the Vancouver Olympics. First, though, American Hannah Kearney gets to celebrate. It’s a party four years in the making for the 23-year-old from New Hampshire, who slashed through the rain and down the moguls Saturday night — a remarkable run that gave America its [...]
A decade-long odyssey to bring the Winter Olympics to Vancouver was completed Friday night in a stunning spectacle of color, culture and celebration to mark the start of 16 days of sporting events. But the euphoria inside the opening ceremony, as deafening as it was in Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium, was tinged with sadness over [...]
Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili has died after launching from the track and hitting his head on a metal pole during a training run Friday at Whistler Olympic Park. Kumaritashvili was going close to 90 miles an hour (150 km/h), near the end of the course, when he launched off the track. Witnesses say his [...]
Saints running back Reggie Bush crashes against the Colts defense in Super Bowl XLIV at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) pursues Saints cornerback Tracy Porter (22) in vain as the New Orleans defensive back returns an interception 74 yards for a game-clinching touchdown late in the fourth quarter [...]
Recently Mercedes Benz revealed images of its stunning Formula Zero Racer, a futuristic foray into the next generation of racing. Incorporating elements from luge, yacht, and Formula One vehicles, the zero-emissions racer is propelled by a wind-catching sail in addition to electric motors that are powered by renewable resources. The concept is a tribute to [...]
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptian football fans are on the streets of Cairo tonight, celebrating their team’s victory in the final of the African Cup of Nations. Their victory over Ghana makes it an unprecedented three titles in a row. As soon as referee Koman Coulibaly, from Mali, had blown the final whistle, an all-night [...]
A 40-yard field goal in overtime by a little-known kicker could become as famous as jambalaya in these parts. The New Orleans Saints, a team with no home and an uncertain future five years ago, are heading for their first Super Bowl. By battering Brett Favre and beating the Minnesota Vikings 31-28 Sunday, they set [...]
Disgraced ex-baseball star Mark McGwire said on Monday he used steroids during his record-breaking home run season in 1998, dealing another blow to the drug-tainted image of America’s national past-time. The 46-year-old former Oakland Athletic and St. Louis Cardinals star expressed regret and confirmed long-held suspicions that he used performance-enhancing drugs for nearly a decade. [...]
The New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals clinched division titles and playoff spots but the previously unbeaten Indianapolis Colts lost to the New York Jets in a stunning upset. On the penultimate weekend of the regular season, the Colts, unbeaten in 14 starts this year and 23 regular season games in total, finally crashed to [...]
Playing her best at the most important events, Serena Williams re-established herself as the top player in women’s tennis in 2009 and was a landslide choice as Female Athlete of the Year by members of The Associated Press. Williams received 66 of 158 votes cast by editors at U.S. newspapers that are members of the [...]
Ukrainian boxer Vitali Klitschko claimed a unanimous points victory over Kevin Johnson in Bern to retain his WBC heavyweight title. The previously unbeaten US challenger was kept on the ropes for much of the fight, only landing a few heavy shots to hurt his 30-year-old victor. Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) was making a third successful [...]
Tiger Woods has announced that he is taking an “indefinite break from professional golf.” He also directly admits to adultery for the first time, apologizing for the “disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children.” Here is the full statement: I am deeply aware of [...]
A few seconds, a handful of punches and a brief display of blinding hand-speed was all Amir Khan took to retain his World Boxing Association world light-welterweight title in Newcastle last night. One detonation, after 10 seconds of the first round, reduced the challenger, Dmitriy Salita, from Brooklyn, New York, to a state of hopelessness. [...]
The United States received a favorable draw for the 2010 World Cup on Friday and will be expected to advance to the second round of the soccer world championship, which will begin June 11, 2010 in South Africa. Anything short will be considered a major disappointment. The US drew a top seed in England, the [...]
Manny Pacquiao enhanced his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world with a commanding win over holder Miguel Cotto to claim the WBO welterweight title. The Filipino southpaw stopped his opponent 55 seconds into the 12th and final round to win a seventh world title in an unprecedented seventh weight class. Pacquiao twice [...]
Egypt has beaten Algeria, setting up a World Cup play-off with their bitter rivals after a tense encounter just days after a violent attack on the visiting team’s bus. Emad Moteab scored five minutes into stoppage time to earn Egypt a 2-0 victory on Saturday that led to wild celebrations at the final whistle that [...]
Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke had been suffering from depression, his widow said, one day after the Hannover captain threw himself in front of a train. Speaking at a news conference called by his club, Teresa Enke said her 32-year-old husband was afraid their adopted daughter would be taken away from the family if his illness [...]
Zenyatta, the unbeaten 5-year-old mare, put together a performance for the ages Saturday before 58,845 at Santa Anita, California. She rallied from last place in a field of 12, went to the inside around the final turn, went to the outside in the stretch and mowed down her male rivals to win the $5 Million [...]
The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Phillies 7-3 on Wednesday to win the World Series. The 4-2 series victory gave the Yankees their 27th Fall Classic crown and first since 2000. Hideki Matsui was named Most Valuable Player after batting .615 with three home runs and eight RBIs over the series. The Japanese slugger [...]
Shocking has won the $5 million Melbourne Cup to give trainer Mark Kavanagh his second victory in four days. A 10-to-one chance for the 3,200-metre classic, Shocking pulled away from the pack with Irish stayer Crime Scene in the straight and won by three-quarters of a length. South Africa-trained Mourilyan, owned by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, [...]
Most people can’t wait to start their vacation. Not Chase Utley. A loss away from a winter’s worth of golf outings, Utley extended the Philadelphia Phillies’ season at least two more days Monday, belting a pair of home runs to lead an 8-6 victory over the Yankees and send the World Series back to New [...]
The New York Yankees scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning to forge a commanding 3-1 World Series lead with a 7-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday. The Yankees broke open a 4-4 tie with three runs off Phillies reliever Brad Lidge and moved within one victory of claiming their [...]
The camera never blinked but it did play a role in the two-run homer by Alex Rodriguez when video technology was used to reverse a call for the first time in World Series history. A-Rod hit a disputed drive in the right-field corner that clanked off the lens of a TV camera above the wall [...]
Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui shook the New York Yankees from their lumber slumber and sent the World Series to Philadelphia all tied up. Teixeira and Matsui hit solo homers off familiar foe Pedro Martinez, backing a sharp performance by A.J. Burnett and giving the Yankees a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game [...]
Serena Williams claimed the world number one spot at the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha after her rival Dinara Safina quit the championships through injury. The American was guaranteed a top place finish for the first time since 2002 after Safina pulled out of her game against Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic after just two games in her [...]
The Phillies drew first blood in the opening game of baseball’s World Series with a 6-1 victory over hosts New York Yankees. Strong pitching by Cliff Lee and two home runs by Chase Utley powered Philadelphia to victory with Game Two of the best-of-seven series taking place in New York on Thursday. Lee tantalised the [...]
When the popular former team manager of Israel’s most famous basketball club killed himself last week, it seemed like a sad tale of a heartbroken man who couldn’t adjust to life after sports. Now it appears there’s more to the story. Authorities suspect Moni Fanan was running a multimillion dollar investment scheme for some of [...]
A triumphant Philadelphia Phillies strolled past the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 10-4 home victory to seal the National League Championship Series and advance to the World Series. The Phillies wrapped up the best-of-seven series 4-1 and will face the winner of the American League Championship Series. The New York Yankees are poised to take that [...]
A wild throw from Maicer Izturis in the 13th inning handed the New York Yankees a 2-0 American League Championship Series lead over the Los Angeles Angels. The error at the new Yankee Stadium gave the home side a 4-3 win in game two on Saturday as LA self-destructed again – one night after making [...]
Mark Teixeira led the New York Yankees to a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five division series. In the other American League playoff, the Los Angeles Angels got a strong pitching performance from Jered Weaver and some timely hitting for a 4-1 victory over the Red [...]
Maicon may have made a late appearance as a substitute for Brazil, but he was worth the wait after twice scoring to propel Brazil to a 2-1 victory over Germany in extra-time to reach the semi-finals of the Under-20 World Cup. Brazil, the only remaining team with a previous tournament win, now face Costa Rica, [...]
The Leeds Rhinos have become the first side to win three consecutive Super League Grand Finals after downing St Helens 18-10 in a rugged defence dominated match at Old Trafford in Manchester. Leeds centre Lee Smith, who joins rugby union club London Wasps in the off season, enjoyed a memorable departure with a try in [...]
Deron Williams(left) of Utah Jazz breaks through during an NBA pre-season game at the O2 stadium in London, Britain, Oct. 6, 2009. Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz by 102-101 with a 0.1 second buzzer-beater by rookie James Johnson. Wesley Matthews of Utah Jazz goes for basket during an NBA pre-season game at the O2 stadium [...]
Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC heavyweight title with a 10th round technical knockout over previously undefeated challenger Cristobal Arreola in Los Angeles. Arreola, who was outclassed by the taller and more mobile Ukrainian, did not answer the bell at the start of the 11th round. The victory was Klitschko’s third since returning to the ring in 2008 [...]
Thousands of people from the Argentine city of Tandil, located 220 miles from Buenos Aires,welcomed on Thursday the Champion of the U.S. Tennis Open, Juan Martin del Potro. Del Potro was acclaimed by the people, in the southeast of Buenos Aires province, where there are other outstanding tennis players like Mariano Zabaleta and Juan Monaco. [...]
New York Yankee’s Derek Jeter raises his fist after hitting a single in the second inning for his 2,722 hit breaking Lou Gehrig’s record for most hits ever by a Yankee in the Yankees’ MLB American League baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, September 11, 2009.
Kimi Raikkonen managed to keep Force India’s Giancarlo Fisichella at bay to clinch Ferrari’s first win of 2009 at an incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix. World champion Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button crashed out early on, although the Brawn man’s championship lead was cut by only two points to 16. The incident saw the safety car [...]
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