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Real Madrid reduce Barcelona’s league lead to one point after returning to winning ways with a 2-0 victory against Getafe despite having a man sent off, with Gonzalo Higuain, above, netting both goals.

Rescuers raced against the clock Friday to free people trapped in earthquake-ravaged Haiti as aid workers tried to give out water and food to survivors.

The president of Athletics South Africa, Leonard Chuene, has been suspended for lying about his involvement in the Caster Semenya gender row

New world No. 1 Serena Williams, above, will take on her older sister and defending champion Venus in the final of the season-ending WTA Championships in Qatar on Sunday as injuries again took their toll on the world’s top women tennis players.

Portsmouth have sacked manager Paul Hart following their poor start to the English Premier League season.

10:24 p.m. — An Icelandic search-and-rescue team has freed a woman who was entombed — uninjured — for 50 hours in the ruins of the Caribbean Market in Port-au-Prince, CNN’s Gary Tuchman reports. The team, having heard her voice, had been trying to reach her for about 24 hours. The team rescued at least one other person there; many other people were killed as a result of the building’s collapse.

Last year’s world champion Lewis Hamilton claims pole position for Sunday’s inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix while his successor as Formula One’s top driver, fellow Briton Jenson Button, qualifies fifth.

South Korea’s Lee Jung-Su confirms his reputation as the top men’s short-track speedskater at the 2010 Winter Olympics with his second gold medal, while American Apolo Anton Ohno snatches a place in the history books with a last-gap bronze.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson brands Manchester City’s handling of Mark Hughes’ dismissal as “unacceptable”.

English golfer Ross Fisher continued his rise in prominence by upsetting Masters champion Angel Cabrera in an epic 39-hole semifinal at the World match Play Championship in Spain on Saturday.

Togo captain Emmanuel Adebayor has labeled as “outrageous” the controversial decision to ban his side from the next two Africa Cup of Nations.

Nico Rosberg is the first signing for the new Mercedes Grand Prix team after their takeover of all-conquering Brawn GP.

Arsenal dealt a crushing blow to the top-four aspirations of London rivals Tottenham with a 3-0 victory on Saturday, while Chelsea remained top of the English Premier League with a 4-0 win at 10-man Bolton.

U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro keeps alive his challenge at the ATP World Tour Finals in London with a nervy 6-4 3-6 7-6 victory over Fernando Verdasco on Tuesday.

Substitute Steven Gerrard scores a controversial late penalty to earn struggling Liverpool a 2-2 English Premier League draw against Birmingham at Anfield.

Defending champion Venus Williams reaches the semifinals of the $4.55 million WTA Championships in Qatar, where she joins sister Serena, without hitting a ball on Friday.

Opener Tillakaratne Dilshan scored a superb century as Sri Lanka forced their way back on the second day of the first Test against India in Ahmedabad.

The 63-year-old bearded fireplug of a man erupted in tears, pulled a white handkerchief from his back pocket, carefully unfolded it and pressed it into his eyes, pulled it away, pressed it again to his eyes, this time with more force, pulled it away again just long enough to take a sip of water, then rubbed them again.

Heikki Kovalainen prevents practice for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from being an all-British affair as he tops the timesheets after Friday’s second session.

Nemanja Vidic celebrates his goal as Manchester United beat Wolves 3-0 to go level with Chelsea at the top of the English Premeir League.

Ten people, including Americans and Dominicans, carrying 33 children were arrested along the Haitian-Dominican Republic border Saturday, according to Mario Andresol, chief of Haitian National Police.

Cristiano Ronaldo is in the running to win the FIFA World Player of the Year for a second successive year after being named on a 23-man shortlist for this year’s award.

Chelsea have been rocked by a leg injury to England left-back Ashley Cole, which threatens to keep him out of action for weeks.

Costa Rica sent hosts Egypt crashing out of the Under-20 World Cup, moving into the quarterfinals with a shock 2-0 victory in Cairo on Tuesday night.

Inter Milan moved four points clear at the top of Serie A after beating Palermo 5-3 in a thriller on Thursday night.

A half-time pep talk from a furious Arsene Wenger sparks a 2-1 victory for Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday to pile the misery on his Liverpool counterpart Rafael Benitez.

Marlies Schild of Austria threw down the gauntlet to her Olympics rivals in winning Tuesday’s women’s slalom on home snow at Flachau as the likes of Lindsey Vonn and Anja Paerson both failed to finish.

Sweden’s Daniel Chopra holds the clubhouse lead at the Singapore Open as lightning again disrupted play with more than half the field failing to finish their second rounds, including first round leader Ian Poulter and world number two Phil Mickelson.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is set to be without Fernando Torres for six weeks after the English Premier League club revealed he will undergo an operation on his right knee.

French rescuers in Haiti on Wednesday pulled from rubble a girl who they believe could have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake.