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2008-10-12 20:19:00

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros, a five-times major winner, said Sunday he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. "I inform you that after an exhaustive check, that was realized at Hospital La Paz, a brain tumour has been detected," t

2008-10-12 19:23:00

MADRID (AFP) - Spanish golf legend Seve Ballesteros, a five-times major winner, said Sunday he has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. "I inform you that after an exhaustive check, that was realized at Hospital La Paz, a brain tumour has been detected," t

2008-10-12 17:43:16

Two brothers were among three football fans who died in a car crash as they returned home from watching England's World Cup qualifying match at Wembley. Police said that Tony Worby, 25, and his 21-year-old brother Jonathan, of Rowlestone Rise, in Bradford

2008-10-12 13:57:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Australian captain Ricky Ponting faced a tricky decision on a likely target for India after the hosts clawed their way back into the first cricket Test on Sunday. The tourists will start the final day's play on Monday with an over

2008-10-12 13:49:00

LONDON (AFP) - Former England manager Bobby Robson insists there is room for both Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the England midfield engine room - but wants Fabio Capello to use them in a 4-4-2 formation. Robson, who led England to the 1990 World Cu

2008-10-12 13:47:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Australia lost two key second innings wickets as they increased their lead to 144 runs on the fourth day of the first cricket Test against India here on Sunday. The tourists went to tea at 74-2 on a deteriorating wicket, with open

2008-10-12 12:00:00

BANGALORE, India (AFP) - Zaheer Khan smashed an unbeaten 57 to continue India's stirring lower-order fightback in the first cricket Test against Australia here on Sunday. Zaheer, the number nine batsman, emerged as his team's top-scorer as India took thei

2008-10-12 08:02:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Unbeatens United States and Costa Rica won in lopsided routs Saturday to secure berths in North America's qualifying tournament for the 2010 World Cup, but Mexico was denied with a loss at Jamaica. The Americans blasted political rival

2008-10-12 03:39:00

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AFP) - South Africa's Rory Sabbatini fired a seven-under-par 63 Saturday to capture the third-round lead in the 4.5 million-dollar Valero Texas Open. Sabbatini's 14-under total of 196 put him one stroke in front of former Masters champ

2008-10-12 02:04:00

LONDON (AFP) - Fabio Capello has warned his England stars that Belarus will provide a much sterner World Cup test than a Kazakhstan side that frustrated them for the best part of an hour at Wembley on Saturday. Although England ultimately ran out 5-1 winn