DURBAN, South Africa (AP):South Korea and Nigeria could turn to veterans like 2002 World Cup hero Ahn Jung-hwan and Nwankwo Kanu for today's Group B game as they fight to join Argentina in the last 16.South Korea can advance to the next round by...
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP): Mexico and Uruguay need only a draw in their Group A match today at Royal Bafokeng Stadium to take both through to the next round of the World Cup, so both may choose to play cautiously to ensure they advance....
WIMBLEDON, England (AP):Six-time champion Roger Federer overcame a two-set deficit to avert a monumental first-round upset at Wimbledon, beating Alejandro Falla 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-0 yesterday.Dustin Brown, the first Jamaican man to play...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): David Villa scored two goals to put Spain's World Cup back on track with a 2-0 victory over Honduras yesterday. Villa beat three defenders in the 17th minute and put a rising shot past Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares...
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC): Rain and dour batting from West Indies combined to transform the fourth day of the second Test against South Africa into a humdrum affair at Warner Park yesterday.Starting the day well poised to push on at 424 for four...
The Organising Committee of the 2010 Commonwealth Games says if required, it will seek Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell\'s intervention to ensure double world record holder Usain Bolt attend the October 3-14 event.
West Indies will resume this morning on 424 for four replying to South Africa’s first innings total of 543 for six declared in the second Test at Warner Park in St Kitts.
Lower-order half-centuries from Dave Bernard Junior and Gavin Tonge earned West Indies-A a high-scoring draw in the second and final four-day “Test” against India-A at Whitgift School in England yesterday.
RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP):England players held a crisis meeting with coach Fabio Capello yesterday to discuss what went wrong in the dismal 0-0 draw with Algeria that left the team facing possible elimination from the World Cup.Although defender...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Luis Fabiano scored a pair of goals and Elano added another as Brazil beat Cte d'Ivoire 3-1 yesterday to secure a spot in the second round of the World Cup with a match to spare in Group G...
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP): Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld has raised his team's sights from simply qualifying for the round of 16 at the World Cup to winning a group that contains European champions Spain....
NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AP): Defending champions Italy were held to another 1-1 draw yesterday, this time by New Zealand, in the latest World Cup surprise.The 78th-ranked All Whites took the lead in the seventh minute when the ball glanced off...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP):Despite being drawn in the toughest group and losing the first game, North Korea coach Kim Jong Hun believes his team can still reach the second round at the World Cup.The Koreans only lost 2-1 to Brazil...
JOHANNESBURG (AP):Anything less than a win for Spain against Honduras later today could see one of the pre-tournament favourites making an early exit from the World Cup.The Spanish team described their shock 1-0 defeat to Switzerland in their opening...
NELSPRUIT, South Africa (AP): New Zealand's performance in the shock 1-1 draw with Italy at the World Cup was motivated by the widespread belief that the team was going to be thrashed, according to Shane Smeltz, who scored the opening goal...
CROYDON, England, (CMC):Lower-order half-centuries from Dave Bernard Jr and Gavin Tonge earned West Indies-A a high-scoring draw in the second and final four-day 'Test' against India-A yesterdayBernard scored 70 and Tonge made 54 to follow up sound...
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts, (CMC): Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendan Nash transformed a seemingly hopeless position for the West Indies with purposeful hundreds in the second Test against South Africa yesterday at Warner Park.
JOHANNESBURG (AP):The Nigerian team has asked its government to provide security for midfielder Sani Kaita after his red card during a World Cup loss to Greece prompted more than 1,000 death threats.Nigeria team spokesman Idah Peterside said Kaita has...
WIMBLEDON, England (AP): It's become a ritual of the British summer: Roger Federer striding on to Centre Court for another final on the last day of Wimbledon. He's been in the last seven finals, a record, and lost only one.
KNYSNA, South Africa (AP):France's World Cup ambitions lay in ruins yesterday after public rifts erupted between players, coaches and national officials over Nicolas Anelka, who was thrown out of the squad for insulting team coach Raymond Domenech...
Kensington will contest the final of the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) Senior Cup. However, they will have to wait for at least another week to know who their opponents will be after the St Thomas versus St Mary semi-final at Palmer's Park...
JOHANNESBURG (AP): Andres Iniesta is "not totally well" and could miss Spain's World Cup match against Honduras later today, according to coach Vicente del Bosque.
JOHANNESBURG (AP):Brazil are expecting more difficulties when they face Cte d'Ivoire today with the chance to reach the second round of the World Cup with a game to spare in Group G.Victory would allow Brazil to relax and maybe even rest some...
