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2008-10-11 13:50:00

PARIS (AFP) - Rejuvenated England, European kings Spain and defending champions Italy hope their young players can fire them closer to the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday. But former champions Germany and France, whose qualifying campaigns have yet to h

2008-10-11 03:19:00

LONDON (AFP) - Fabio Capello has warned Steven Gerrard that he will have to sacrifice his ambition to be England's main man if he wants to keep his place in the national side. Gerrard recently claimed he had only played in his favoured central midfield ro

2008-10-11 02:55:00

PARIS (AFP) - The International Cycling Union (UCI) has come in for some harsh criticism after bending its own rules to allow American star Lance Armstrong to return to professional cycling at the Tour Down Under. Armstrong's plan to break his three-year

2008-10-11 00:51:00

MADRID (AFP) - Doctors believe Spanish golf legend Severiano Ballesteros suffered an epileptic fit before being admitted four days ago to a Madrid hospital, where he has now left the intensive care unit, the facility said Friday. "Severiano Ballesteros ha

2008-10-10 23:37:00

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Former National Basketball Association star Magic Johnson was outraged Friday after two Minnesota radio talk show hosts accused him of faking that he had contracted HIV, which can lead to AIDS. Chris Baker and Langdon Perry of station

2008-10-10 23:13:00

LONDON (AFP) - Championship strugglers Charlton could become the latest English club to have foreign owners after receiving an indicative offer from a group of Dubai-based investors, the club confirmed on Friday. The Addicks, who currently lie 14th in the

2008-10-10 22:29:00

MOSCOW (AFP) - Former world number one Marat Safin defeated Russian compatriot and three-time champion Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-4 to reach the Kremlin Cup semi-finals on Friday. Seventh seed Safin struck 17 aces to knock out the world number fi

2008-10-10 22:16:00

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Japanese teenager Kei Nishikori dismissed his own illness worries to advance into the semi-finals of the Stockholm Open without firing a shot on Friday while top seed David Nalbandian was barely tested with a quick victory in just over a

2008-10-10 20:51:00

SWANSEA, Wales (AFP) - Wales centre Gavin Henson has been axed from the Ospreys' opening European Cup games against Leicester and Perpignan in what the Welsh outfit described as a "rugby-related disciplinary decision". The shock move came less than a week

2008-10-10 19:51:00

NORFOLK, Virginia (AFP) - Disgraced former 100-meter world record holder Tim Montgomery was sentenced to five years in prison here Friday after the former athletics star admitted to distributing heroin last year. The mandatory five-year sentence will be s