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Biedermann sets 200 freestyle short-course WR
Paul Biedermann of Germany has broken his 200-meter freestyle short-course world record. Biedermann clocked 1 minute, 39.37 seconds at a World Cup meet Sunday to shatter the mark of 1:40.83 he set at the same meet one year ago.
16-11-2009 - 01:40
Germany without striker Klose for friendly
Germany will be without striker Miroslav Klose for its friendly against Ivory Coast on Wednesday, the team's first game since the suicide of its goalkeeper Robert Enke. The Germany team arrived at its headquarters in Duesseldorf from Hannover, where it...
16-11-2009 - 01:03
McLaren in talks with Heidfeld
McLaren-Mercedes has been in talks with German driver Nick Heidfeld about a place on the Formula One team. Mercedes motor sports chief Norbert Haug says Heidfeld is an experienced and capable driver but that no decision has been made. Heidfeld is out o...
16-11-2009 - 00:07
Slim Portugal lead gives Bosnia WCup playoff hope
Portugal's slender 1-0 advantage over Bosnia-Herzegovina after the first-leg World Cup playoff in Lisbon in which the visitors struck the goal frame three times offers little comfort for the Portuguese ahead of the return match. "It's going to be close...
15-11-2009 - 23:44
Smith quits as England rugby league coach
England's rugby league team is looking for a new coach after Tony Smith's long-anticipated decision to stand down. The 42-year-old Australian said Sunday he will concentrate on his full-time job as coach of Warrington, the club he led to a Challenge Cu...
15-11-2009 - 23:10
Sporting Lisbon names Carvalhal as new coach
Sporting Lisbon has appointed Carlos Carvalhal as the club's new coach. Carvalhal replaces Paulo Bento who quit just over a week ago after Sporting slipped to seventh place in the Portuguese league, 11 points off the lead. The 43-year-old Portuguese co...
15-11-2009 - 23:07
Tiger wins for first time in Australia
Tiger Woods gave the record crowds at the Australian Masters everything they could have wanted with his victory here Sunday, except a definitive answer when he would return. "I promise it won't be as long," Woods said to yet another warm ovation. Woods...
15-11-2009 - 21:29
Hornets fire coach Byron Scott, GM to take over
The New Orleans Hornets fired Byron Scott only nine games into the season on Thursday and replaced him with general manager Jeff Bower, hoping the man who put the current roster together can get more out of it on the court. "I told Jeff, 'The genie's o...
13-11-2009 - 10:18
Bolt becomes ambassador-at-large of Jamaica
The world's fastest man has received another top honor in his Caribbean homeland. Sprint superstar Usain Bolt was named an ambassador-at-large by Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding during a ceremony in the capital, Kingston, on Thursday. He was also ...
13-11-2009 - 09:50
Ferguson banned for criticizing referee's fitness
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was banned from the bench for two games _ with a further two-game ban suspended _ and fined 20,000 pounds ($32,000; ⁈) on Thursday for criticizing the fitness of referee Alan Wiley after a Premier League game. Fe...
13-11-2009 - 02:07
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