The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the decision of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)'s Disciplinary Committee banning Marlon Samuels for two years on charges of match...

New Delhi, May 13 : After watching the footage of Harbhajan-Sreesanth row, and listing to both the players' stand, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)-appointed commissioner Sudhir Nanavati submitted his report to the BCCI today....

(AP Photo/Rich Schultz)Annika Sorenstam, of Sweden, announces her retirement from the LPGA Tour during a press conference at the Sybase Classic golf tournament at Upper Montclair Country Club in...

(AP Photo/John Russell, File)In this Jan. 12, 2008 file photo, NCAA president Myles Brand delivers the state of the association address during the opening business session of the 2008 NCAA Convention...

Barry Bonds , charging the home run king with 14 counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.Bonds originally was charged...

Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook have never put on a century opening stand. Photograph: Rebecca Norton/PA A batting line-up is like a drill sergeant's bark. Ideally, it should go left-right,...

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)New York Knicks new head coach Mike D'Antoni poses for photos outside New York's Madison Square Garden after a news conference, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The Knicks introduced...

at 5:25 p.m. Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday rejected a suggestion from a group of residents that the Chicago Park District restore a half-completed, artificial-turf soccer field in Lincoln Park to a...

BALTIMORE -- Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona left the team and will miss the first two games of his team's series at Baltimore following the death of his mother-in-law. Mary Ann Lang, mother...

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., wears a U.S. flag pin at a town hall-style meeting held at Thorngate Ltd. in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C....

(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)New Orleans Hornets forward David West reacts to a foul call during the third quarter of Game 4 of an NBA Western Conference semifinal basketball series against the San Antonio...

Sport news & features section. It was last updated at 02:04 on May 14 2008. County Championship matches should all be played over three days to make room for a Twenty20 league, Jack Simmons, the...

(AP Photo/Jerry Lai, File)This Jan. 31, 2008 file photo shows Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett speaking during an interview in Chicago. The Buffalo Bills released Kevin Everett on Tuesday May...

(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)In this April 12, 2008 file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts after striking out with two men on while trailing the Boston Red Sox 4-3 in the eighth inning...

Bill Belichick was fined $500,000, while the team was fined $250,000 and forced to forfeit its 2008 first-round draft choice.The tapes Walsh provided confirmed what was already known. The clips cut...

Former governor James Thompson, chairman of the state/city agency that operates U.S. Cellular Field, confirmed in an e-mail he had received a letter from Tribune CEO Sam Zell outlining the company's...

The All-Star point guard said his right hamstring was not healthy enough to help the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of their second-round series with the Orlando...

The 6-foot-9 Durant led the SuperSonics with 20.3 points per game, 7.6 more than any other rookie. He was the only first-year player to lead his team in five categories — points, blocks,...

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - A Mid-South man's love for baseball recently nearly cost him his life. Anthony Cardona stopped breathing for more than two minutes after running into trouble while trying to...

HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Canada has written the perfect script to the ice hockey world championship, taking an unbeaten record into Wednesday's...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sweden's Annika Sorenstam, who has dominated women's golf for a decade, said on Tuesday she would quit competition at the end of this...

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Mayo reportedly received about $30,000 and other benefits Guard declared for the NBA draft after his first year at USC Brand says he isn't afraid to sanction USC or any other...

Annika Sorenstam, one of the most successful golfers in the history of the women's game, has announced she will retire at the end of the season. The 37-year-old Swede, the world number two, has...

The mechanic injured by Danica Patrick’s car was released from the hospital The accident caused a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and a skull fracture Patrick has been absolved of any wrong...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Buffalo Bills on Tuesday released Kevin Everett in a move that will allow the injured tight end to apply for disability...

Torchbearer Yang Jinghui, the Athens Olympics 10m dive gold medalist, carries the torch past onlookers at the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Wednesday, May 7,...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Larry Bird has filed a lawsuit alleging a couple who bought his former home in southern Indiana are improperly using his name to promote a...

Johannesburg - With less than four months to go to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games two of SA's top sprint paddlers continue to make time in their demanding training schedules to continue to give back...

Mark Cavendish won the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia Tuesday in a group sprint finish, and Franco Pellizotti retained the overall lead for a third day. Cavendish, who rides for High Road,...

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman said it felt. Just two days after a deflected puck caught him near his left eye, Coburn sat in front of reporters and television cameras Tuesday morning to discuss his...

Unseeded teenager Victoria Azarenka routed 19th-seeded Sybille Bammer 6-1, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Open on Tuesday before play was suspended due to rain. The highly touted Azarenka...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Tuesday there was nothing new in videotapes he received showing the Patriots taping opposing teams' signals and that no additional penalty...

Rome - A torrential downpour suspended play for the second time in Rome on Tuesday as the first round programme of the women's WTA Rome International was interrupted. Only four matches had...

MIAMI (Reuters) - Former National Football League running back Troy Hambrick was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for trafficking crack cocaine in...

"This happened last year in preseason. I tore my meniscus," White said. "I played on it all season. Contrary to what people believe, I am a soldier. I played on it all year and I didn't complain, not...

NEW YORK -- So, is it over? Is the nine-month Spygate nightmare finally over? Unless there is new specific and conclusive evidence that the Patriots did more than we know now -- after the league's 50...

Half Time 43:09 Rostyn Griffiths (Gretna) caught offside. Indirect free kick taken right-footed by Steve Banks (Hearts) from own half, resulting in open play. 40:37 Attacking throw-in by Lee...

Bolton boss Gary Megson says that El-Hadji Diouf could still be at the club next season, despite the forward announcing that he will be leaving. Diouf, 27, has another year on his deal but said he...

The England and Wales Cricket Board is to examine "as a matter of urgency" the invasion of South African players in county cricket. On Tuesday, a Championship game between Northants and...

Seven people from seven different sports will be recognized in November as the newest members of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Former NHL star Steve Yzerman, one-time world heavyweight champion...

Trapattoni: 'Any player who is not in this squad is still in my thoughts'. Photograph: Peter Morrison / PA Giovanni Trapattoni has left the door open for Stephen Ireland to return to international...

Kentucky Derby horse in the Preakness after all.Gayego, who finished 17th in the Derby on May 3, was added to the Preakness field Tuesday. He will be the only one of the 19 horses beaten...

Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana team manager Sipho Nkumane left on Tuesday on a fact finding mission to the central Nigerian city of Abuja. He will not only inspect the condition of the pitch on...

London - England coach Peter Moores has confirmed that a fit Andrew Flintoff would have been included in the squad for the first Test against New Zealand, even though the all-rounder has not played a...

Johannesburg - Former Protea HD Ackerman has signed a contract to play for the Dolphins in the 2008/2009 season. "We need someone with his wealth of experience to bolster the team after losing the...

Russia and Canada remained on a collision course at the ice hockey world championships on Monday, completing qualification round play unbeaten to take top spot in their group standings. With Prime...

Three games into the Western Conference finals, the fifth-seeded Dallas Stars sure look like overachievers who are just lucky to be here. Not even being back home could help them. Pavel Datsyuk got...

'); Fourth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko cruised into the third round of the Hamburg Masters by beating Ivan Ljubicic 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday, and two more players retired because of injuries. Davydenko...

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida : During their first 10 seasons, the Tampa Bay Rays grew accustomed to serving as gracious hosts whenever they faced the Yankees or the Boston Red Sox at Tropicana Field. ...