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2008-09-03 11:45:00

NEWCASTLE (AFP) - Kevin Keegan's future as Newcastle United manager remained in the balance on Wednesday despite the Premier League club insisting they wanted him to stay in his job. Keegan is believed to have made clear his disgust at the club's transfer

2008-09-03 08:06:00

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - His theme song was "Thanks for the Memory," and now Bob Hope fans will get a chance to say their own "thanks" of a charitable kind in an auction of golf mementos and other memorabilia once owned by the comic legend. Five years afte

2008-09-03 06:57:00

NEW YORK (AFP) - Four-time defending champion Roger Federer and 2007 runner-up Novak Djokovic survived five-set scares from stubborn fourth-round opponents Tuesday at the 20.6 million dollar US Open. Federer, whose 12 Grand Slam titles are two shy of Pete

2008-09-03 04:52:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Phelps will use the $1 million (562 million pounds) bonus he earned for winning eight Olympic gold medals in Beijing to start a foundation, the American swimmer said on Tuesday. The first initiative by the Michael Phelps

2008-09-03 03:00:00

MADRID (AFP) - Real Madrid's last-minute sale of its unsettled Brazilian striker Robinho and the Spanish club's failure to sign a replacement highlight its disastrous recruitment for the 2008-09 season. The Spanish champions signed only one new player - D

2008-09-03 01:21:00

NEW YORK (AFP) - With his normally reliable forehand stuttering and his body failing him, Serbian Novak Djokovic had to dig deep to beat Tommy Robredo in a five-set slugfest Tuesday at the US Open. Djokovic overcame an injury to his right hip and an openi

2008-09-03 00:07:00

NEW YORK (AFP) - Serbian Novak Djokovic overcame an injury to his hip and a first set loss by rallying to beat Spain's Tommy Robredo 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 in a five-set slugfest at the US Open on Tuesday. Djokovic, who now leads the career meetings agai

2008-09-02 22:03:00

ORLANDO, Florida (AFP) - World number one Tiger Woods and his wife Elin are expecting their second child to be born in late winter, which could delay the US golf superstar's return to action from a knee injury. Woods announced Tuesday on his web site that

2008-09-02 21:24:00

LONDON (AFP) - Manchester City's new billionaire Arab owners say they are willing to pay 135 million pounds to land Cristiano Ronaldo from the Red side of the city. "Ronaldo has said he wants to play for the biggest club in the world, so we will see in Ja

2008-09-02 21:12:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Newcastle United said on Tuesday Kevin Keegan was still their manager after a day of speculation that he had been sacked after just eight months in the job. Thousands of angry fans flocked to the club's St James' Park ground in the city